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

Scheff, Helene, 1939-

Exploring dance forms and styles : a guide to concert, world, social, and historical dance / Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague, Susan McGreevy-Nichols. - xxix, 314 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 computer disc (12 cm)

Includes 60 student worksheets and teacher fact sheets. "83 minutes of video showing 39 dance performances."--Cover. Accompanied by: 1 computer disc (DVD-ROM)

Includes bibliographical references.

Building critical thinking skills in dance. Viewing : what did you see? ; Connecting : what do you know? ; Responding : what do you think? what do you wonder? ; Performing : what can you do? -- Sorting dances into categories and subcategories. Concert or theatrical dance ; World dance ; Social dance ; Historical dance -- Using dance forms : looking at dance through different lenses. Helping students develop aesthetic values ; Comparing dance forms and dances ; Focusing on universal themes and sociopolitical issues ; Reflecting on diversity and blending of cultural aspects -- Appendix -- Glossary.


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0736080236 9780736080231

2009036947


Dance--Study and teaching
Dance.

GV1594 / .S34 2010

793.3

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