by Sue White | Jun 13, 2015 | Blog, New Book
PRESS RELEASE June 6, 2015 Brenda Pugh McCutchen (Dance Curriculum Designs LLC) announces a newly completed stanza book, CHOREOGRAPHIC IMPULSES to Explore, Improvise, and Abstract. (Special pre-publication orders are taken until July 15 at 25% off.) Its 187 poetic...
by Sue White | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Learn To Dance
Introduction: I invited Dr. Rima Faber to share her perspective as chair of the dance writing team for the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards in order to give us insights into the vision behind the new NCCAS dance-arts standards. The team’s work was...
by Sue White | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog, Learn To Dance
=Part 1 in a series= Keys to unlock dance literacy are found in holistic models of dance education. One holistic and adaptable model proposes that six defining characteristics explain and guide dance content and instruction in K-12. Successful implementation...
by Sue White | May 29, 2015 | Blog
The New York City Department of Education and the New York City public schools partnership has made a significant impact on the quality of dance education in America. Not only did they produce the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance, Grades PreK-12 in...
by Sue White | May 21, 2015 | Blog, Learn To Dance
The stanzas in Choreographic Impulses to Explore, Improvise & Abstract are open-ended creative catalysts. It is up to you to decide what to do with them. They were envisioned to stimulate choreography yet are equally effective for creative dramatics,...
by Sue White | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog
In our last blog post, We noted the tendency for people to blame others and play the victim. We found that a holistic dance curriculum based on democratic pedagogy puts students in a position to take responsibility for learning and for contributing to the learning...
