Exploring dance forms and styles : a guide to concert, world, social, and historical dance / Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague, Susan McGreevy-Nichols.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, ©2010.Description: xxix, 314 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780736080231 (soft cover)
  • 0736080236 (soft cover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 793.3 SCH
LOC classification:
  • GV1594 .S34 2010
Contents:
PART I Building critical thinking skills in dance : Ch. 1 Viewing: what did you see? -- Ch. 2 Connecting: what do you know? -- Ch. 3 Responding: what do you think? What do you wonder? -- Ch. 4 Performing: what can you do? -- PART II Sorting dances into categories and subcategories : Ch. 5 Concert or theatrical dance -- Ch. 6 World dance -- Ch. 7 Social dance -- Ch. 8 Historical dance -- PART III Using dance forms: looking at dance through different lenses : Ch. 9 Helping students develop aesthetic values -- Ch. 10 Comparing dance forms and dances -- Ch. 11 Focusing on universal themes and sociopolitical issues Ch. 12 Reflecting on diversity and blending of cultural aspects.
Summary: "Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social , and Historical Dance Helps teachers introduce students to abide variety of dance forms and styles - without having to leave the classroom! This book-DVD package is an all-in-one resource that will help your students Appreciate various dance forms and begin to recognise the characteristics that make each dance form or style distinct. And because of the way the information is packaged, you can be both a dance novice yourself and still expertly guide your students in becoming both effective audience members and astute observers." -- Book cover.
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PART I Building critical thinking skills in dance : Ch. 1 Viewing: what did you see? -- Ch. 2 Connecting: what do you know? -- Ch. 3 Responding: what do you think? What do you wonder? -- Ch. 4 Performing: what can you do? -- PART II Sorting dances into categories and subcategories : Ch. 5 Concert or theatrical dance -- Ch. 6 World dance -- Ch. 7 Social dance -- Ch. 8 Historical dance -- PART III Using dance forms: looking at dance through different lenses : Ch. 9 Helping students develop aesthetic values -- Ch. 10 Comparing dance forms and dances -- Ch. 11 Focusing on universal themes and sociopolitical issues Ch. 12 Reflecting on diversity and blending of cultural aspects.

"Exploring Dance Forms and Styles: A Guide to Concert, World, Social , and Historical Dance Helps teachers introduce students to abide variety of dance forms and styles - without having to leave the classroom!
This book-DVD package is an all-in-one resource that will help your students Appreciate various dance forms and begin to recognise the characteristics that make each dance form or style distinct. And because of the way the information is packaged, you can be both a dance novice yourself and still expertly guide your students in becoming both effective audience members and astute observers." -- Book cover.

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