Teaching dance

The elements of dance are for all performers and all classrooms! Download PDF handout and start using in your classroom today. Add this language and these prompts to your performance activities to deepen not only your students’ understanding of movement, but their own portrayal of unique storylines. Handout contains prompts for four of the elements of dance.

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I remember when I first started teaching dance, I would google how to plan a dance lesson. Well look no further because by clicking here you will learn 7 steps to planning a dance class! Free resources are also available!

Team-building dance games help students develop collaboration, communication, and creative skills as they work together to meet a shared challenge. Not only are these skills important in the dance studio, but they will also serve our students well in their lives outside the studio. When students tap into these skills sets and learn to be part of a community, they grow as artists and individuals. Making time for team-building dance games is an important way that we can set our students up for…

Anyone who grew up dancing competitively knows that dance teachers carry more than one title. In addition to dance instructor, choreographer, and in my own dance teacher's case, Checchetti Queen, some other jobs include second mom, drama mediator, dance mom wrangler, business owner, and more. All of...

Why is it important to get to know your dance students? By the time a new dance session roles around, I am usually ready and roaring to get back into the studio and get to work. After some time off – whether it is a week or two over winter break or an extended ...

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Today's dancing through sound strategy is based in an old Dalcroze method that uses sound to provide a springboard for creativity and interpretation.