Dance in Eduation
See also: Drama in Education.
 Dancing
in Your School: A Guide for Preschool and Elementary School Teachers
Anne Dunkin
More than 70 dance activities in this handbook give educators the tools
to use dance in their classrooms, gyms, and playgrounds. Combining
theory with practice, introductions to the history of dance education
and to dance terminology provide the foundation for the lesson plans
and activities tailored for physical education, kinesthetic learning,
and arts education. Each lesson plan and activity can be customized
to fit into any curriculum. Includes extensive, helpful appendices
on equipment and dance-education networking resources. A specialized
list is categorized into age-appropriate dance activities, sample lesson
plans and group dances. Softcover, 180 pp. $30.95.
 Teaching Dance as Art in Education
Brenda Pugh McCutchen
Teaching Dance as Art in Education is a comprehensive introductory
textbook that helps dance education majors and dance specialists
understand and incorporate the aesthetic foundations of educational
dance in grades K-12. Content is
delineated through four cornerstones of dance as art in education:
Dancing and Performing, Creating and Composing, Knowing history,
culture and
context, and Analyzing and Critiquing. Hardcover, 543 pp. $82.50.
 The Ballet Book
Darcey Bussell
Join Darcy Bussell, principal ballerina with London's Royal Ballet, and Royal
Ballet School teacher Patricia Linton in this fully illustrated guide to the
magical world of ballet. Included are step-by-step instructions on getting started,
basic positions, pas de deux, classical poses, arabesques, pirouettes, jumps,
and performances. Softcover, 64 pp. $8.99.
 Let's Dance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Dancing Success
Lyndon Wainwright
Want to learn how to dance but don't know where to start? Let's
Dance will
have you taking the floor with style and confidence, whatever the
occasion. Written by ballroom dancing's most distinguished teacher,
Lyndon Wainwright,
and featuring simple foot diagrams and step-by-step photography,
this book makes ballroom dancing fun and easy to learn. Included
is a nine-track CD. Hardcover, 256 pp. $46.95.
 On Pointe
Basic Pointe Work: Beginner - Low Intermediate
Thalia Mara & Janice Barringer
Dancing on pointe is part of the art of academic classical ballet. It is the
ultimate in technical attainment for the female ballet dancer. However, if a
dancer is trained improperly, deformed toes, painful bunion joints, and nagging
backaches can result. This excellent manual demystifies the process of dancing
on pointe, with detailed instruction and honest advice for dancers, teachers,
and parents. Softcover, 132 pp. $29.95.
 Teaching Dance Studies
Judith Chazin-Bennahum
Teaching Dance Studies introduces key issues in dance pedagogy.
This volume of fourteen essays covers many areas of dance education,
including choreography, improvisation, movement analysis, music
for dance, dance on film, kinesiology
and injury prevention, Labanotation, and dance theory, history, and
criticism.
Softcover, 252 pp. $37.95.
 Ballet for Beginners
Marie-Laure Medova
A fully illustrated guide for young ballerinas. Includes
all basic positions and movements, as well as terms and a
description of the life of a dancer. Softcover, 112 pp. $11.95.
 Ballet Beyond Tradition
Anna Paskevska
For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers
has followed two different paths. Ballet Beyond Tradition seeks
to reconcile this age old conflict and bring a new awareness
to ballet teachers of the importance of a holistic training regimen
that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies
have to offer. Softcover, 187 pp. $27.95.
 Dance Teaching Methods and Curriculum Design
Gayle Kassing & Danielle M. Jay
Dance Teaching Methods and Curriculum Design presents a conceptual model
of dance education that embraces dance as an art form and disseminates it through
learning experiences in dancing, dance making, and dance appreciation. Through
this book, dance educators will broaden their understanding of the dance content
that is appropriate for their students and their educational setting. Hardcover,
421 pp. $70.95.
 Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist
Helene Scheff & Marty Sprague
From anatomy and exercises to expression and choreography, Experiencing Dance is
a comprehensive look at the art of dance. Novice as well as experienced dancers
will find a wealth of useful material in this instructional and inspirational
book. Softcover, 218 pp. $33.95.
 Inclusive
Creative Movement and Dance
Karen A. Kaufmann
This book instructs and empowers teachers to use dance in inclusive
classrooms, to celebrate and value differences, and to help all students
discover the uniquely personal art form of dance. Included are five sample
units for creative movement and dance appropriate for grades K to 12.
Softcover, 155 pp. $38.95.
 Teaching Children Dance
Second Edition
Theresa Purcell Cone & Stephen J. Cone
Teaching Children Dance - Second Edition contains a practical framework and
approach for presenting creative dance lessons to children in kindergarten to
fifth grade. It combines essential dance content appropriate for an elementary-level
program with detailed descriptions of strategies. Featuring 20 dance learning
experiences, the book has been updated and expanded to reflect educators' renewed
commitment to making dance an integral part of children's education. Softcover,
173 pp. $33.95.
 The Parent's Book of Ballet
Angela Whitehill
Co-authored by William Noble.
Answers critical questions about the care and development of the
young dancer. Softcover,
184 pp. $29.95.
 The Body Can Speak
Annelise Mertz
Within this collection of essays on creative movement education with emphasis
on dance and drama, a balance is struck between aesthetic appreciation
for creative movement and practical pedagogical methods and approaches. The
Body Can Speak
provides performing arts teachers with a wealth of invaluable ideas,
which is certain to stimulate any learning environment. Softcover,
148 pp. $29.95.
 The Art of Dance In Education
Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard
This updated edition of Smith-Autard's popular 1994 book traces new
developments in English dance curriculum, and also takes into account
new research and movements in dance teaching. It also offers practical advice
on constructing a syllabus for use in schools, and gives many additional
resource sources. An excellent field-guide for teachers to use. Softcover,
$31.95.
Bone, Breath & Gesture
Don Hanlon Johnson
A collection of writings on the principles and techniques bythe pioneers
of bodywork and body awareness disciplines which make up a historical
record of somatics from Ida Rolf to Elizabeth Behnke. 389 pp. $33.95.
Building Dances
Susan McGreevy-Nichols, written with Helene Scheff
This book provides all the tools and blueprints necessary to create
and facilitate dances. A how-to book that will helf introduce, develop
and assess the basics of choreography for grades K-12. 200 pp. $44.95.
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