Methods of Teaching Dance (K-12)

 We hope that the dancers who learn at our studio learn how to express themselves and grow and thrive in a positive, safe environment. Dancers at our studio will learn beyond how to dance; we hope our students can uncover their desire to dance and why they want to dance, and especially how dancing makes them feel. 

 Our studio exists to help dancers find themselves through dancing and be able to express themselves however they see fit to. This dance studio provides many dance classes that include various dance styles, and we are open every day of the week except Sundays. Our goal of operations is to help younger students learn the importance of dance and hope that each dancer takes away at least one important value of dance after leaving our studio.

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Hypothetical Class: 12th grade ballet class both boys and girls in the class. Since this is a private dance studio with mirrors on the wall and barres attached to the wall, everyone has years of training, are very familiar with ballet and have proper training backgrounds. Girls should wear leotards and pink tights with hair tied back tight, boys should wear white shirt and black shorts. There is only one teacher in the dance room with 15 kids. Tasks will include ballet vocabulary with a verbal and physical assessment/demonstration at the end of this unit, other tasks will consist of basic barre and floor work and then will gradually get more advanced. Assessment: full participation during the entire class with proper attire=getting 100% for the day. Lesson Plan: Body, Energy, Space, Time, Relationship Anchor standards: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work, Organize and develop artistic ideas and work, Refine and complete artistic work, Select, analyze, and interpret artis...

Our belief: We believe the classroom is a safe environment full of diverse students who have opportunities to speak their minds and learn.  One Classroom Rule: Respect the classroom and everyone in the classroom.  Procedure: Enter room, take off outside clothes and store safely, come to center of room and start individual stretch. Raise hand to go to bathroom. Once teacher starts class, stay quiet, limit conversations with friends, pay attention. Raise hand if you have question about the combination. At the end of class, thank the teacher and retrieve belongings.  Minute to Minute Schedule: High school kids, grades 9-12. Mondays and Wednesdays 1:05-2:15. 1-1:05: students come in and put stuff down, get dance shoes on. 1:05-1:20: instructor-led warm up and stretching. 1:20-1:45: across the floor. 1:45-2:15: students learn a combination. 2:15-2:20: students grab stuff and leave. Positive Consequences: Thank students

Title: Improv Class Component: Dance Creation Objective: Feels the music and responds to it, whether it's sad or happy movements for example.  Competency: As the teacher puts on a song, she tells the children to do movements and poses based on how the song makes them feel.  Key Concept: Expose young students to expressing themselves so they feel comfortable improvising when they're older  Activity: Students split into two groups. The first group is on the floor, the second are sitting in front. The teachers puts on a song, and all of the dancers must do some poses and movements based on how they feel. Each person has a partner, and then the second group tells their partner from the first group what emotion they think the dancer was expressing and then they switch groups.  Materials: No materials, just students and music Assessment: See how well students can express themselves and portray how they feel when they hear different types of music.