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4th & 5th graders, talkin’ about site-based choreography…

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I’m just saving this for later…
Via Maya Soto & Carla Barragan — thanks, ladies!

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Groove your bump!

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Early, early dance ed…

Via Maya Soto

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