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Arts: Dance

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Lesson Plans: PreK-2 | 3 - 5 | 6 - 8 | 9 - 12

Resources

  • African-American Contributions to Theatrical Dance Commercial
    http://www.theatredance.com/mhist01.html
    A comprehensive dance history site covering topics such as plantation dances, American vernacular dances, and minstrelsy.

  • African Heritage Dancers & Drummers: Dances of West Africa Teachers Program Guide
    http://www.ahdd.org/contents.html
    One of the first black performing arts companies in the Washington D.C. area, African Heritage Dancers & Drummers offers dance, music, and crafts workshops for children and youth as a multicultural educational tool

  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
    http://www.alvinailey.org/
    Although still under construction, this site provides a tour schedule for AAADT and Ailey II, and information about the Ailey School and the Ailey camp.

  • American Dance Festival
    http://www.americandancefestival.org/
    Originally named The Bennington School of Dance, today's American Dance Festival includes performances, workshops, archives, and classes ranging from body therapies to repertory, composition, and all major dance techniques.

  • Archives of Early Lindy Hop Commercial
    http://www.savoystyle.com/
    Learn more about the "Lindy Hop," and watch QuickTime video clips of noted "Lindy Hop" dancers.

  • ARTS (Arts Recognition and Talent Search) Competition http://www.ARTSawards.org
    Arts recognition and talent search, a program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

  • BAMBOOZLED: The Minstrel Show Commercial
    http://www.bamboozledmovie.com/minstrelshow/
    A brief history of black face and minstrel shows, with clips from Spike Lee's movie BAMBOOZLED, as well as original animated cartoons.

  • Beacon Learning Center Florida Site
    http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/
    Beacon Learning Center provided standards based lesson plans. Lesson plans can be located based on specific SSS Benchmarks taught.BLC also provided web space for teachers.

  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
    http://www.merce.org
    Learn about choreographer Merce Cunningham and the history of his dance company at this site.

  • Dance Films Association, Inc.
    http://www.dancefilmsassn.org
    This association promotes "excellence in dance films and video and public awareness through festivals, screenings, publications, grants, and workshops."

  • Division of Cultural Affairs Florida Site
    http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dca/
    The Division of Cultural Affairs awards, administers, monitors, and evaluates cultural grant programs of the Department of State, as well as plans and implements programs designed to gain national and international recognition on behalf of Florida artists and arts organizations.

  • Foundation Course in African Dance Drumming
    http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/
    Foundation.html
    This site offers information about African music, performance, and culture.

  • Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM): Dance
    This site provided by the Department of Education, provides educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial web sites.

  • The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
    http://kennedy-center.org/
    One of the preeminent performing arts centers in the United States, The Kennedy Center produces and presents a variety of theater and musicals; dance and ballet; orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, and folk music; and multimedia performances for all ages.

  • Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies
    http://www.limsonline.org
    A Web site with information on the teaching and the study of movement in all its forms.

  • PBS
    http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/arts/
    This PBS web site has links to Arts related links which can be used in association with programs on the PBS stations.

  • Rhythmic Movement Dance Series Commercial
    http://www.susankramer.com/DanceSeries.html
    Dancer, educator, choreographer Susan Kramer presents texts for pre-k-20 showing progressive techniques and lesson plans in rhythmic dance and ballet in HTML and PDF formats. Texts written to include the U.S. National Standards for Arts Education in dance.

  • Royal Academy of Dance
    http://www.rad.org.uk/
    Classical ballet is exciting, demanding and inspiring. For ballet to retain its vigor it is vital to have professional classical ballet teachers, equipped with internationally recognized qualifications, imparting their knowledge and love of dance to future generations.

  • StreetSwing.com: Dance History Archives Commercial
    http://www.streetswing.com/histmain.htm
    Descriptive histories on the proliferation of dances like the "Cakewalk," the "Black Bottom," and the "Charleston" as well as information on dancers Master Juba and Zip Coon.

  • Thinkfinity
    http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/
    basic_search.asp
    A search tool for lesson plans and resources related to the arts and interdisciplinary lessons.

  • XSPASM - Dance Technology
    http://xspasm.com/
    XSpasm focuses on the application of technology in dance teaching, learning, choreography, performance and viewing. Whether it is about Kathakali, Salsa, Waltz or HipHop. Whether it is about shoes, lights, video, internet or mocap. XSpasm wants to bring together those developing the technology and those who could make good use of it.

 

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Dancers/Choreographers

  • Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities
    http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/kdunham/index.htm
    Read a biography of the legendary dancer and obtain information about the Katherine Dunham Dynamic Museum and Children's Workshop Institute for Intercultural Communication at this site.

  • The Official Fayard Nicholas Web Site Commercial
    http://www.nicholasbrothers.com/index.htm
    One half of the greatest tap-dancing team of all time -- the Nicholas Brothers -- Fayard Nicholas' site features an extensive biography and fabulous black-and-white photos of the duo.

  • Kathleen Academy of Dance: Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson Commercial
    http://www.kathleenacademy.com/funzone/bojangls.html
    A Web page chronicling the life of dancer Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson.
 

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August 20, 2007

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