Exploring dance forms and styles: a guide to concert, world, social, and historical dance

"Exploring Dance Forms and Styles" helps you to introduce students to a variety of dances - without having to leave the classroom! This book - DVD package is an all-in-one resource that will help your students appreciate various dance forms and begin to recognise the characteristics that make each dance or style distinct. And because of the way the information is packaged, you can be a dance novice yourself and still expertly guide your students. Exploring Dance Forms and Styles presents a gradual approach for building critical thinking skills: Viewing: What did you see? Connecting: What do you know? Responding: What do you think? Performing: What can you do? The book - DVD package includes 39 dance performances and resources for 21 more dance forms. And information sheets and worksheets are included, both within the book and on the DVD, for ease of use. With "Exploring Dance Forms and Styles", you can select individual dances or develop complete dance units. You can introduce various forms of dance to students who might otherwise not be able to view live dance performances.But best of all, you can deepen students' understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of dance. ÍNDICE: Chapter 1. Viewing: What Did You See?; Chapter 5. Concert or Theatrical Dance; Chapter 6. World Dance; Chapter 7. Social Dance; Chapter 8. Historical Dance; Chapter 9. Helping Students Develop Aesthetic Values; Chapter 10.Comparing Dance Forms and Dances; Chapter 11. Focusing on Universal Themes and Sociopolitical Issues; Chapter 12. Reflecting on Diversity and Blending of Cultural Aspects

• ISBN: 978-0-7360-8023-1
• Editorial: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 292
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés