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Experiencing Dance

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Kelly Berick

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Experiencing Dance

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Kelly Berick

Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Third Edition, is a best-selling high school text for students who have completed an introductory dance course and want to further expand their dance knowledge and skills. Geared toward students in dance II, III, and IV classes, this text places teachers in the role of facilitator and opens a world of creativity and analytical thinking as students explore dance as an art form. Designed to meet national and state dance education standards, Experiencing Dance offers a complete and flexible dance curriculum that will allow students to understand dance through creation, performance, analysis, and response. Whether as performers, choreographers, or observers, students will cultivate a deeper appreciation of dance as they delve into major topics such as these: Recognizing movement potential as a dancer Understanding dance science and its application through studying basic anatomy and injury prevention in dance training Developing proper warm-ups and cool-downs Integrating fitness principles and nutrition information into healthy dancing practices Exploring dance as an art form—the roles of the dancer, the historical and cultural heritage of the dance, and the dance’s connections to community and society Choreographing dance in a variety of styles and forms and incorporating various production elements for the performance Preparing for a future as a dancer or choreographer or for a career that is otherwise connected to dance Experiencing Dance engages students in learning with a mixture of movement and written, oral, and multimedia assignments. Each of the text’s 15 chapters offers at least three lessons, each containing the following sections: Move It! introduces students to the lesson through a movement experience; the web resource supplements some activities with video examples. Vocabulary provides definitions of key terms. Curtain Up offers relevant background information. Take the Stage presents dance-related assignments for students to produce and share. Take a Bow gauges students understanding of the assignment. Spotlight introduces a person, thing, event, or place aligned with the topic. Did You Know? offers additional information to enhance overall knowledge. The web resource contains extended learning activities, worksheets, handouts, and additional resources. With tools that fully immerse students in the world of dance, Experiencing Dance is the ideal textbook to help students develop interactive dance portfolios and gain perspective of dance as an art form. Note: A QR code for accessing the web resource is included with this ebook.

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1718220014

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Experiencing Dance 2nd Edition

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Scheff, Helene,Sprague, Martha,McGreevy-Nichols, Susan

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Experiencing Dance 2nd Edition

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Scheff, Helene,Sprague, Martha,McGreevy-Nichols, Susan

Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Second Edition, presents a complete dance education curriculum for high school students who have more than an introductory experience in dance. The text, with more than 45 lessons, will help students create, perform, respond to, analyze, connect, and understand dance in various styles and settings.

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1450421903

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Experiencing Dance

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

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Experiencing Dance

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Second Edition, takes off where its previous edition—a best-selling high school text for students enrolled in dance classes—left off. Geared to students in dance II, III, and IV classes, this text places teachers in the role of facilitator and opens up a world of creativity and analytical thinking as students explore the art of dance. Through Experiencing Dance, students will be able to do the following: • Encounter dance through creating, performing, responding to, analyzing, connecting with, and understanding dance through its 45-plus lessons. • Experience dance as performers, choreographers, and audience members. • Learn about dance in historical and cultural contexts, in community settings, and as career options. • Go through a complete and flexible high school curriculum that can be presented in one or more years of instruction. • Meet state and national standards in dance education and learn from a pedagogically sound scope and sequence that allow them to address 21st-century learning goals. • Use Spotlight and Did You Know? special elements that will enhance the learning experience and connect studio learning to the real world of dance. Experiencing Dance will help students engage in movement experiences as they learn and apply dance concepts through written, oral, and media assignments. These assignments help them gain a perspective of dance as an art form and provide the content for students to develop interactive dance portfolios. The text contains 15 chapters in five units. Each chapter offers at least three lessons, each containing the following material: • Move It! introduces students, through a movement experience, to a lesson concept. • Vocabulary provides definitions of key terms. • Curtain Up offers background information to help students understand lesson topics and concepts. • Take the Stage presents dance-related assignments for students to produce and share. • Take a Bow engages students in response, evaluation, and revision activities to process their work and concepts presented in the chapter. Each lesson includes Spotlight and Did You Know? special elements that help students extend their learning and deepen their understanding of historical and cultural facts and prominent dancers, dance companies, and professionals in careers related to dance. Each chapter includes a chapter review quiz. Quizzes incorporate true-or-false, short-answer, and matching answer questions. Finally, each chapter ends with a capstone assignment. Students will delve into major topics such as these: • Identifying your movement potential as a dancer • Understanding dance science and its application through studying basic anatomy and injury prevention in relation to dance training • Developing proper warm-ups and cool-downs and integrating fitness principles and nutrition information into healthy dancing practices • Expressing through various dance styles and forms the roles of the dancer, the historical and cultural heritage of the dance, and the dance’s connections to community and society • Developing and performing dance studies and choreography in a variety of styles and forms and then producing the dance using production elements for a variety of settings • Preparing for a future as a dancer, choreographer, or a career that is otherwise connected to dance • Advocating for dance in your community and beyond The text is bolstered by web resources for both students and teachers. These resources enhance the students’ learning experience while enabling teachers to prepare for, conduct, and manage their classes. The student web resource contains these features: • Journaling prompts • Extended learning activities • Web search suggestions for further research • Worksheets and assignments to either print out or complete online (via editable Word files) • Interactive chapter review quizzes (these are completed online and students get immediate feedback) • Video clips • Vocabulary terms with and without definitions to aid in self-quizzing and review The teacher web resource contains everything that is on the student web resource, plus the following: • A printable full-color poster for the classroom • PowerPoint presentations for each chapter • Answer keys for worksheets and quizzes • A full electronic version of the student textbook In addition, Experiencing Dance is available in both print and interactive iBook versions. The iBook version has embedded chapter-opening and instructional video clips as well as interactive quizzes (in which students immediately receive feedback on their answers). This updated text, with its solid instruction and comprehensive lessons, new resources, and extended learning experiences, will help students at levels II, III, and IV increase their understanding of, expertise in, and enjoyment of dance.

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149258438X

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Exploring Dance Forms and Styles

A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance

By: Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

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A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance

By: Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

This text and DVD package helps you to introduce students to a variety of dances without having to leave the classroom! It includes 39 dance performances and resources for 21 more dance forms.

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Experiencing Dance

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Kelly Berick

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Experiencing Dance

From Student to Dance Artist

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Kelly Berick

Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist, Third Edition, is geared toward students in dance II, III, and IV classes. It places teachers in the role of facilitator and opens up a world of creativity and analytical thinking as students explore dance as an art form.

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1718219997

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Dance about Anything

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

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Dance about Anything

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

Helps k-12 teachers learn the creative processs for developing movement and dance around a theme -- and how to integrate dance with other subjects.' --cover p.[4].

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073603000X

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Building Dances

By: Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague

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Building Dances

By: Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague

Even if you've never taught or choreographed dance before, Building Dances provides all the tools and blueprints you need to create and facilitate dances. This how-to book will help you introduce, develop, and assess the basics of choreography in grades K-12. Building Dances takes you step-by-step through the choreographic process. You'll find sample lesson plans; guidelines for teaching the skills involved; suggestions for organizing movements; ideas for stylizing and individualizing dances; dance construction models for designing dances; age-appropriate adaptations for grades K-3, 4-6, and 7-12; student outcome/assessment forms and sample criteria; summaries and a glossary that explains important dance terms in everyday language. The book is accompanied by a unique deck of 112 Deal-a-Dance cards that provide movement examples students can try out right away. These cards offer 224 teacher-tested and student-appreciated ideas for choreographing dances.

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0736050892

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Building Dances

By: Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague

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By: Susan McGreevy-Nichols,Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague

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Dance about Anything

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

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Dance about Anything

By: Marty Sprague,Helene Scheff,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

Helps k-12 teachers learn the creative processs for developing movement and dance around a theme -- and how to integrate dance with other subjects.' --cover p.[4].

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Exploring Dance Forms and Styles

A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance

By: Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

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Exploring Dance Forms and Styles

A Guide to Concert, World, Social, and Historical Dance

By: Helene Scheff,Marty Sprague,Susan McGreevy-Nichols

This text and DVD package helps you to introduce students to a variety of dances without having to leave the classroom! It includes 39 dance performances and resources for 21 more dance forms.

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