I’m just saving this for later…
Via Maya Soto & Carla Barragan — thanks, ladies!
Entries Tagged as 'video'
4th & 5th graders, talkin’ about site-based choreography…
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Pipe dream: integrating dance & the compass rose!
August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Whoa! This, via Corey Mahoney, is cool. The kids would love it! Let’s see…
…it’d be most appropriate for the 4th & 5th graders… but the boys probably won’t dig the skirt idea too much, so I need a boy-version of swishy clothing, hopefully with one-size-fits-all for both boys & girls. Then I’ll need 32 of [...]
I like this…
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This, via Linda Osborne… I’ll file it here, so I remember to use it later as a good video to show my kids. Most of them won’t have seen it. There’s a great moment of unison movement & a lot of conversational movement (taking turns moving & “listening”)…
watch?v=7lrUZKPtJP8
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Summer homework: Dance Day
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tomorrow’s the last day of classes. With my 4th & 5th graders, we’ll watch the Dance Day video & I’ll give them their summer assignment. Here it is…
Summer homework
Learn a dance, get some exercise & celebrate Dance Day on July 31!
Go to www.dizzyfeetfoundation.org & click on the Dance Day video, where Napoleon & Tabitha (choreographers) [...]
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Tap Dance in the public schools
March 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
… is hard to do. No tap dance shoes. Even if I did have shoes for the kids, no way am I going to let the floor get scuffed up.
Nonetheless, we just finished some tap dancing, and it was successful, thanks to the instructional DVD Rhythm Kidz — Tap Dance in Tennis Shoes with Steve [...]
Dancing through thick and thin…
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
November was a challenging month, and I’m still looking for December to work some special magic. Upheaval and turmoil aside, the daily schedule continues… 25 kids, 8 times a day, five days a week… sometimes I wonder how. But classes get planned, executed, tracked & reflected upon. ‘Cause appropriate instruction is the difference between order [...]
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Eddie Uehara: Dance Quotes
November 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Here’s a good excuse for a smile, no matter what else is going on…
via Corey Mahoney, most recently
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