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Dancing with Adolescents

Creative dance in intermediate and secondary classes

Make dance class easy with Dancing with Adolescents. It supports teachers to create a safe and organised environment where students can explore ideas and create their own dance motifs and sequences. This resource will demystify the curriculum objectives by providing detailed lesson plans and simplifying the dance strands for both planning and assessment purposes.

Ages: 12-15 | Pages: 44 | Code: 0151 | ISBN: 9781877300400

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Frances Reed

Frances Reed (now Frances Adlam), a highly experienced and creative educator and therapist, has 20 years of teaching experience, is considered a “gifted teacher” by many, and for over 15 years has been involved in teaching the arts, creativity, multiple intelligences and working with creatively gifted children. She has lectured in New Zealand and been an adviser for teachers in the aforementioned areas. She is also a published children’s author, a dancer and a playwright. She currently works as an educator and therapist for children in her private practice, Out of the Box, where she specialises in working with children who are on the spectra of dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome and autism. Frances has written many resources for Essential Resources. You can find out more about Frances at www.outofthebox.net.nz.

CONTENTS

Introduction4
Part One: Teaching Considerations5
The Educational Value of Creative Dance5
Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Creative Dance in Schools6
Teaching Dance at the Intermediate Level8
Curriculum Considerations8
The Elements of Dance8
Choreographic Devices and Forms11
Focus of the Lessons12
Lesson Planning13
Part Two: A Balanced Dance Programme16
Programme Overview16
Lesson One:Sport17
Lesson Two:Sounds in Silence20
Lesson Three:The Moving Cross23
Lesson Four:Balances25
Lesson Five:Feel the Beat28
Lesson Six:Kowhaiwhai Patterns and Tukutuku31
Lesson Seven:Disco Queen!33
Extension Lesson:Let's Grab It!35
Appendix 138
The Dance Strands Simplified for Purposes of Planningand Assessment
Appendix 241
Using the Communicating and Interpreting in Dance Strandfor Evaluation Purposes

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