DANCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULA
Dancing is a form of art that allows many children to express themselves through body motion while developing many skills. Children throughout the world have been dancing since the day they began walking. When a child to take their first steps and puts together the simplest combination of movements, that would be considered as dancing. Music also plays a major role in the development of children understanding dance, because it is can be used as an accompaniment, and can help children get a better feel for the rhythm in dances. Over the past century educators have come to the conclusion that dance serves as a form of art, and should be taught in public schools and colleges to help the growth in children of all ages both physically, mentally, and academically.
The development in dance in education, during the 19th century in the United States, was linked to the sudden increase of elementary schools, secondary programs, colleges, as well as the establishment of private dance academies throughout the nation. Dance had always been thought as being just a form of socializing and not as a form of art. Private academies introduced dance as an art form before public schools. The private academies felt that through dance children would benefit greater academically, and physically, than those children who did not have the luxury of taking dance. Enrollment increased in private academies, while throughout the United States the enrollment in public schools steadily decreased. This was when educators decided to begin including dance in public school curricula.
Kraus (1969) found that " a major influence in helping to bring dance into public schools and colleges was the work of the French dramatic teacher, Francois Delsante " (p.127). By the beginning of the 20th century, dance had become accepted by public schools throughout the United States and was now a required class. The only negative part about dance being taught in public schools, was that not all teachers who taught the dance classes were certified because there main objectives were to teach core classes. Throughout the United States, dance classes provided a form of exercise for children, but the dance were so basic it was not until public schools adopted the concept of modern dan...
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...dance education is to continue growing throughout public schools and colleges in the United States, students, parents, and the rest of the community will need to stand behind their dance educators. Dance has always served a form of great exercise that allows people to express themselves through movement, and will continue to do so into the future. Dance education in the elementary level is a place that may need some help in child development, and the way to solve this problem is by getting classroom teachers who are skilled in dance and creative movement instruction. Dance education in the secondary level also needs to get highly skilled teachers who are also certified in dance themselves. It would also help attract more students if dance was presented in a different department other than physical education. Dance education in the college level is taught by certified dance instructors, therefore dancers in this level are able to explore movements, while being critiqued by someone who knows what is happening. Dance education has played a major role in the development of children of all ages, and will continue to do so, as long as dance educators and dancers have the proper support.
... social dance. Many people in today’s society enjoy social; dancing. Chapter eleven dance concert, properly planning and establishing a dance concert is of the utmost importance. The partnership with the lighting designer usually takes priority over all other factors. One of the most important issues concerning customers has to do with mobility. The dancer must be able to move comfortably in the costume. The task of producing a dance concert is an overwhelming and tiring one. Chapter twelve dance in education and career in dance, many dance educators present the argument that teaching and learning dance as an art form is obviously absent from the American student education. There has always been and always will be people who have a love, desire, and passion to instruct and learn the art of dance, will ensure an important place for dance in higher education.
Ballroom dancing in New York gives underprivileged children the opportunity to be exposed to the arts, which is usually a program that is cut from low-income schools. This program is a part of a fine arts curriculum with a focus on movement/dancing. A fine art curriculum approach integrates the different aspect of the arts to enhance the learning experiences of the students (Agrelo, 2005; “Dancing Classrooms- Mission”, 2015; Gorski
The freedom of the American life and culture of the 1970’s overflowed to make a major impact on music and dance during this period. American culture flourished. The events of the times were reflected in and became the inspiration for much of the music, literature, entertainment, and even fashion of the decade. Choreographers wanted to motivate the dancers to leap into the unknown and experience the contact of dance in their own way.
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...respect from white men around the world. Thanks to strong dancers such as Misty Copeland, Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp and Bojangles, African Americans have been much more inclusive in the dance world. Dancers have also struggled paying bills, affording healthcare or even a home because of their inability to maintain a steady paying job. Luckily, thanks to the Dancers Equity Association and many other organizations, dancers have been finding support systems to help achieve their dreams of being a performer. Educating society is the best solution for developing a respect for our professional field. Dance is very undermined in the world, questioned in our society of whether attending a university for dance is “worth the money”, and answering these questions with an honest and truthful statement is what needs to be done in order for society to understand our lives.
The essay demonstrates the aim of the dance company, however, it does not explore how this relates to dance education and research to help the reader understand black girls daily life experiences in the community. The author is clear about African American dance, heritage, different forms of dance, methods of teaching dance, but vaguely touch on what are the challenges, terror, and trauma black girls and women face. Even though, the author mentions an education initiative it is not clear how her dance company relates to a K-20 curriculum and pedagogy in the school or community.
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Dance is ubiquitous, found all over the world. As dance involves all students, it can also incorporate the diverse cultures celebrated at school. Every year, a new population of students arrives in the classroom, and I never know what types of students will be part of our classroom, especially in Kindergarten. They could be an array of students from different cultures or speaking different languages. Creative movement enhances and brings knowledge to the students of cultures around the world.
If you think back to when you were in school, was there always a person picked last while picking teams for a game of kickball? The problem with using sports as a way to exercise is that they're competitive, create arguments, can make a person feel down by not being picked first for a team, and can often make a person injured. Dance isn't competitive and yet it's still a wonderful way to stay fit. It may be even better than sports at helping kids be healthy. In fact, the article written by Rebecca Lake called The Benefit of Dance For Kids, says that "The repetitive movements involved in dance can improve muscle tone, correct poor posture, increase balance and coordination and improve overall cardiovascular health.
By that I do not mean a conservatoire style training, but the type of dance that grew in American universities often developing from Physical Education programmes and often based on the pioneering work of Margaret H ‘Doubler at the University of Wisconsin. This was a form of education that developed the whole person and saw that technical ability was not an end in itself but was at the service of creativity.’ (Jackson,
Dancing has been around for centuries. It all started with ritualistic, symbolic dances in the early tribal societies. Early tribes used these dancers to tell stories, old folks tales, and were used to worship or communicate to their gods. An example of these types of dances is called a rain dance to worship a certain. “ The dance designed to excite the emotions, such as the war dance; the dance purporting to communicate with the gods, such as the rain dance.” (Fegurson1). Many would gather to worship and dance to their rain god, believing this would bring water and prosperity to their land. These types of dancing later evolve into dancing in the renaissance era in the 17th and century and modern day era. Ballet, another form of dance, was originally created in Italy and France in the 15th centuries. Dance during this time was used for celebration. Therefore early Italian ballet choreographers combined many dif...
There are already enough courses for the goal of college or a career after high school that are offered as a part of the curriculum and dance courses would be seen as unnecessary and a distraction to academic classes. However, there are students who want to train to become a professional dancer, go to college and major in dance like myself, or want to take an active class other than physical education. Where would these students be properly trained and why is physical education the only option for a course that incorporates being active? I trained at a dance studio far away from my high school and it was difficult to afford the training, and the physical education classes became a course where students just played team sports, which was not every students strength. The dance classes would be more than beneficial to students, offering convenient training and another option instead of physical education. Rather than the dance classes being a distraction, they would posses ways to enhance being focus in academic classes like relieving
To many, dance is only an art. In reality, dance is much more. It 's an art, a sport, a way to express one’s self, a way to exercise, a way to get feelings out. Since the beginning of time, humans have used different types of dance to express themselves. There are many advantages to dancing, however there are also some disadvantages. Dance is one of the most physically and cognitively demanding sports.