One of my wonderful 5th graders said to me once, “Make your day dance!” …and captured the essence of dance as a transformative experience. Watch this little clip, and transform yourself with a smile…
Entries Tagged as 'performance'
Thank you, dance network…
September 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
A remarkable & intriguing performance by Jerome Murat — and one of those things I only know of because I’m a member of DEAW & daCi. Grateful when people find tidbits to share!
Tags:performance
An anecdote
September 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Last week while learning the particulars of Writers Workshop, I had to write a “personal narrative” in order to work through the process. Personal narratives — stories of small & true moments — are foundational in the Writers Workshop method. Since the one I developed came straight from my life as a dance educator, here […]
SYTYCD: so you thought you could disregard…
July 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
disregard vb. 1. to give little or no attention to; ignore. 2. to treat as unworthy of consideration or respect. So You Think You Can Dance has been going on for 5 years now, but I’ve only just hopped on the bandwagon. Despite having seen it once or twice a couple years ago — and […]
Dance around the world
June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Look for “Dance Around the World” in The Big Picture.
Tags:culture·performance
Rehearsal: skill development for kindergarteners
June 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Performance over, there’s finally time to review the process… There’s a lot to learn in the process of rehearsal, if the dance is built for continuous learning. And although the goal of rehearsal would seem to be a more perfect performance, it’s not. It’s growth. There’s a limit to how perfectly kindergarteners are going to […]
Training the audience
June 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Audience norms are really different, depending on the event. Golf: total silence for the swing. Ballet: silence with applause following fantastic turns and jumps. Modern: silence, even following fantastic turns and jumps. Baseball: general conversation, cell phones & folks hawking food, but don’t disturb your neighbor during a play, and be ready to cheer wildly […]
Guest voice: Post-performance blues
June 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Guest Voices
It’s been my hope & intention that this blog might be a means for myself and others to converse with each other from our isolated locations as dance educators. All for the purpose of sharing ideas, anxieties, questions, solutions, hopes, and humor as we hone our skills for the daily diet of dance we serve. […]
Tags:audience·chaos·culture·curriculum integration·obstacles·parents·performance·problems
Performance: Kids & costumes & sound, oh my!
June 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
The silence resounding on this blog since the last entry reflects in reverse the noisy mantra that took over my brain and all spare moments of my life the past few weeks, accelerating toward and recovering from performance. Like the shrill chant of “lions & tigers & bears” in The Wizard of Oz, the details […]
Tags:chaos·choreography·curriculum integration·intermediate·logistics·management·obstacles·performance·primary
Performance: Learning x 325
May 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Busy time of year… building toward the final performance. We’ve had small performances throughout the year — one class at a time, showing something at the end of a unit. And we meant to have a performance last December, but it was stormed out. So the excitement is bubbling now. Each day, students ask me, […]
Tags:achievement gap·choreography·curriculum integration·intermediate·logistics·performance·primary·teaching