Dance Resource Finder

 
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 ♣  ARE YOU IN HIGHER EDUCATION?  
~A professor, college student, or student teacher?

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Are you a Professor?

• of Dance Appreciation? =The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3)
• of Choreography? =The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3)
=Book: Dragonfly Diamantes–Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography
• of Dance Analysis/Critique? =Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3)
=Posters: Essential Questions 1, 2, and 3 (each is a set of 6 critical thinking posters)
=Posters: Dance Elements I or II–key vocabulary to analyze and critique
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education
• of Dance Pedagogy? =Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3)
=Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3)
=Posters: Dance Elements II–BSTER vocabulary to analyze and critique
=Posters: Essential Questions 1, 2, and 3 (each is a set of 6 critical thinking posters)

→Are you a College Student?

• a Dance Education Major? =Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3)
=Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3)
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education (Level 3)
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 (set of 5) (Levels 1 and 2)
=Posters: Essential Questions 1, 2, and 3 (each is a set of 6 critical thinking posters)
• a Student Teaching Intern? =Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3)
=Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3)
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education (Level 3)
=Posters: Essential Questions 1, 2, and 3 (each is a set of 6 critical thinking posters)
• an Undergraduate Dance Major? =Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3) for analyzing and critiquing
=Kit: The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3) for dance composition
=Book: Dragonfly Diamantes-Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography -choreography

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♣  ARE YOU FROM A K-12 SCHOOL?
~A dance teacher, teaching artist, or other educator?

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Are you a Dance Teacher or a Teaching Artist? 

• In Middle or High School? =Kit: Advanced Toolkit 1 (MS)
=Kit: Ultimate Toolkit 1 (HS)
=Kit: Advanced Toolkit 2 (MS)
=Kit: Ultimate Toolkit 2 (HS)
=Essential Questions poster sets I & II
=Dance Elements I (MS, HS general)
=Dance Elements II (upper HS)
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education (Level 3)
• In Elementary School?  
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 1 (Level 1)–think critically about dance and to analyze using the elements of dance
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 (Level 1) required movement language
=Posters: Essential Questions 1 to guide viewing activities
=Book: Utilize Teaching Dance as Art in Education as source for teacher guidance


Are you an educator of a different sort? 

• Librarian? =Kit: Basic Toolkit 1 (critique)
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 2 (choreography)
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education (2006:Human Kinetics)–outstanding peer review
• Artistically Gifted/talented teacher?
=Kit: Ultimate Toolkit 1/ critique (Level 3)
=Kit: Ultimate Toolkit 2/ choreography (Level 3)
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 (Level 1)
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education for teacher guidance
• Classroom teacher?
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 1/critique (Level 1) if interested in dance literacy
=Posters: Dance Elements I to develop dance literacy
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 for creative dance
• PE teacher?
=see all basic level resources (Level 1)
=Magnets: Dancer magnet
=Magnets: Build Your Own Body (high school anatomy)
• Related arts teacher?
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 1/ critique (Level 1)
=Posters: consider all basic level poster sets
• Home school teacher?  
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 1/critique (Level 1)
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 2/ choreography (Level 1)
• Teacher intern?
see all resources listed for elementary and secondary
• Substitute dance teacher?
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education (Level 3) as lesson plan aid
=Kit: Basic Toolkit 1/dance appreciation (Level 1) for classroom use

 

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♣  ARE YOU AN ADMINISTRATOR?
~A principal, fine arts coordinator, curriculum specialist, or other type??

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Are you a Principal?

• at elementary principal?
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 (Level 1)
=visit curriculum consulting page
=visit teacher workshops page
• at middle or high school principal? 
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 (Level 1)
=visit curriculum consulting page
=visit teacher workshops page
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education as teacher reference
=visit curriculum consulting page
=visit teacher workshops page
• at arts gifted magnet principal with dance?
=Kit: Toolkits 1 and 2
=Book: Dragonfly Diamantes–Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography (Level 2)
=Posters: Dance Elements 1 or 2
=Posters: Essential Questions 1, 2, (and 3 for advanced classes)

 

Fine arts coordinator?   =see all advanced resources (Level 2)
=Kits: Advanced Toolkit 1
=Kits Advanced Toolkit 2
=Posters: Essential Questions
=Posters: Dance Elements charts
=visit curriculum consulting page
=visit teacher workshops page

 

Curriculum specialist?   =see Teaching Dance as Art in Education
=look over the educational posters and charts
=visit curriculum consulting page

 

Arts magnet coordinator? =Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education
=Kits: The Ultimate Toolkit 1 (Level 3)
=Kits: The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3)
=Book: Dragonfly Diamantes—Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography (Level 3) for upper level HS
=Workshops: see workshop page

Gifted and talented coordinator?

• In G/T arts   
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education
=Kits: The Ultimate Toolkit 1(Level 3)
=Kits: The Ultimate Toolkit 2 (Level 3)
=Book: Dragonfly Diamantes—Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography (Level 2)
=Posters: Dance Elements
=Posters: Essential Questions
• In G/T academics
=Book: Teaching Dance as Art in Education
=Kits: See advanced and ultimate level toolkits (Levels 2 and 3)

 

Home School Network?

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♣  ARE YOU A DANCE ARTIST?
~A professional dancer or choreographer?

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Are you a professional dancer? =Book: Dragonfly Diamantes—Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography
=if you also teach, check out the Ultimate Toolkits 1 and 2 (Level 3) and educational charts and posters
Are you a choreographer?  =see all our resources, especially the Ultimate Toolkit 2 and Dragonfly Diamantes—Stanzas to Abstract for Choreography (both volumes)

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♣  ARE YOU A DANCE BUSINESS?
 ~A studio owner, dance supplier, from a dance catalog?

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Are you a studio owner? =see our line of educational posters, inspirational posters, and downloadable plaques
=see the Basic Toolkit 1 for viewing dance performances
Are you a dance supplier? =see our full product line, then contact us about becoming a distributor
Do you produce a dance catalog? =see our product line, then contact us about ways we can work together to serve the needs of the field

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♣  ARE YOU SOMEONE ELSE?
~A dancer, dance lover, dance writer, critic, journalist, parent or grandparent of a dancer?

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Are you a dancer?  Parent or grandparent of a dancer? 

Check out our web site to find the dance resources that fit what you are looking for. Return often to see the new products on our site.

Are you a dance lover, dance connoisseur and regular audience member?

Then why not volunteer to facilitate “viewing sessions” for arts groups, book club, at the local art museum, senior centers, and social clubs. That way, you will share your love of dance with others as well as teach them how to look more closely at dance as art, to talk about dance, and to expand their perspectives on what they see. Seeing dance through different lenses offers hours of pure enjoyment. Dance appreciation is for everyone and certainly not limited by age. In fact, it grows with age. As appreciation grows, so do insights about dance. Enjoy this enriching journey.

Are you a dance writer, critic, or journalist (or want to become one)? 

The Basic Toolkit 1 (Viewing Dance/Vocabularies) is a must for writers and critics. Its resources share the insights and words to enable you express your ideas more clearly and to better describe what you see in a dance work. Should you be deeply interested in the choreographic process and how dances are constructed, consider the Basic Toolkit 2. Use them yourselves to aid your discovery of dance at a deeper constructivist level.

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