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  • Abstraction Lesson

    In this lesson, students enact through dance their interpretation of individual words spoken out loud. Learning Objectives/Goals Isolating different body parts, experience different energies in Movement, develop ability to...

  • Ball Passing

    Students will take inspiration from the choreographer Charles Moulton and his community based ball passing choreography. Students will learn basic ball passing movements and rhythms and create their own way of ball passing...

  • Create Your Own Line Dance

    Students will explore the different steps and movements that make up common social dance line dances. They will then take some of these ideas and create their own unique line dance by manipulating these movements and using...

  • Great Salt Lake Food Chain

    Students will explore energy qualities and relationships within a group using inspiration from organisms in the Great Salt Lake food chain. Learning Objectives/Goals Create a model using movement to show the movement of...

  • Hold Abstraction

    This Lesson Plan came from the work the company did with choreographer Kaley Pruitt on a work called HOLD. It is based on the idea of abstracting different words and their meaning into movement. The dancers went through...

  • How Not to Dance to Lyrics

    The goal of this lesson plan is to re-enforce the importance and power of abstract thinking and abstract movement in the choreographic process. This lesson plan can help teachers fight the pre-conceived notion that dance...

  • Tracing Space Improvisation

    Dancers explore different ways of dancing in and with the space through exercises in the center and across the floor Learning Objectives/Goals Dance element - space with emphasis on the use of positive and negative space....

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What People are Saying

This activity was valuable because it helped students make connections between dance, rhythm, healthy lifestyles, and expression. The students were impressed by the talent of the dancers and it was motivating to them.
Opportunities for art and expression are so limited at school but so essential and valuable for all students, especially those who struggle to learn through traditional methods. My Kindergarteners have been dancing since you left!
This was so engaging. I looked around the auditorium and every student was watching. Not one person was talking or distracted
This activity is valuable to teachers and students because it gives them a creative outlet. We need movement in the classroom to engage, energize and deepen student learning.
I got great ideas on how to incorporate movement into math and science lessons.
I loved how you made movement and exercise relatable to the students. The dancers were full of energy and there was very little down time so students stayed engaged.
Our children were captivated by the performance. They listened to you and they were learning without knowing. They usually giggle when bodies are shown and talked about. But the way you presented it was so tastefully done, they now do poses and movement around the room and outside. You brokesome barriers and they took that permission and literally ran with it!
This activity got the students up and moving. It made them believe in their abilities to use their bodies to express themselves.