My students were thrilled to do a musical! Speaking lines! Acting! Being characters — & fairy tale characters at that! Singing! Dancing! We were using the musical Character Matters, by Ron Fink & John Heath at the Bad Wolf Press. It’s a great resource: script, teacher’s guide, CD with songs & intrumental accompaniment. A fun [...]
Entries Tagged as 'rehearsal'
A musical — with dance, of course
July 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · dance arts integration into academic subjects
Tags:choreography·dancing·intermediate·music·performance·primary·rehearsal·thinking skills
Persistence — learned in dance class
February 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
Yesterday I was preparing 4 groups to perform on Monday. It’s always touch-and-go. I want whatever we’re rehearsing to challenge them to practice new skills. But I don’t want rehearsal to usurp too many of our sessions together. I taught my 3rd graders a lovely dance I learned from Sanna Longden last week — “I [...]
Rehearsal: skill development for kindergarteners
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · 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 [...]