I have parents who aren’t too sure what this dancing business is all about. They don’t necessarily speak English, many don’t have time to come to school and talk about it, most come from a different culture or world view. So I made a video and put it on the website. Truth be told, it […]
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Dancing your own way
July 17th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
My 5th graders want to dance their own way, which has as many meanings as I have students. As I work on expanding their interest in all kinds of music & expressing all kinds of ideas their own way, this video should help. I’m filing it here, so I can use it next year to […]
Performance aftermath
June 5th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Today I made it to the exhibit Nick Cave: Meet Me At the Center of the Earth at the Seattle Art Museum — its last day here! I’ve had it on my list to go since before it even arrived, so when I realized today was it, I called a friend, grabbed breakfast & took […]
4th & 5th graders, talkin’ about site-based choreography…
August 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
I’m just saving this for later… Via Maya Soto & Carla Barragan — thanks, ladies!
Pipe dream: integrating dance & the compass rose!
August 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · 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 […]
I like this…
June 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · 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 · Comments Off · 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 […]
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Tap Dance in the public schools
March 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · 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 […]
Dancing through thick and thin…
December 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · 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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