Dance for wellness
Resources:
Resources I have come across in my searches:
Links to Dance resources and lessons:
Physical & Health Education Canada (PHEC), 2014, http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/dance/dance-resources
So many great lessons:
Council of Ontario drama and dance educators (CODE) 2014, “Primary Dance Resources, Lesson Plans” http://www.code.on.ca/resource?field_subject_value_many_to_one=Dance&field_panel_value_many_to_one=Primary&term_node_tid_depth[1]=1
Variety of good Lesson contributed by many authors:
TESconnect 2014, ‘Primary / KS1 Physical education / Dance activities’ http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomysearchresults.aspx?parametrics=40069,41716,41738&mode=browse&page=2
Dance lesson from more websites:
BBC 2014, ‘School Radio Broadcast’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/dance
NSW department of Education and communities ‘Dance Program’ http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/primary/pdhpe/dance/
Herts for Learning Ltd 2014, ‘Teaching Resources’ http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/dance/ks1_2/resources/index.shtml
Promethean Planet 2014, http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Search/resources/language/english/?Keywords=dance&SortField=relevance&PageIndex=2&RecsPerPage=10&ViewType=ListView
I moves Dance 2014, http://imovesdance.com/
Lesson ideas from the following authors:
If planning on carrying out a dance program or integrating creative dance into cross curriculum teaching I highly recommend reading one of the book listed below. Brehm & McNett in particular has detailed lesson plans, warm ups, links to dance elements, and many extension ideas.
Brehm, M.A & McNett, L, 2008, Creative Dance for learning, McGraw-Hill, New York
Dinham, J 2014, Delivering authentic arts education, 2nd edn, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne.
Zakkai, J.D., 1997, Dance as a way of knowing, Stenhouse Publishers, USA.
Griss, S., 1998, Minds in Motion, Heinemann, Portsmouth.
Sanson, A., 2011, Movement and dance in young children’s lives, Peter Lang Publishing, New York.
Smith-Autard gives an account of the UK syllabus of dance. This could come in useful when designing activities, it gives a detailed account of dance content, a cadenced version is supplied (appendix 8.)
Smith-Autard, J., 2002, The Art of Dance in Education, A & C Black Publishers Limited, London.
Sites of interest:
Ausdance: Articles and links to further suggested sites http://ausdance.org.au/
Resource for Boys: Dance becomes less acceptable for boys as they get older DEC state that “some boys report fear of being ridiculed for showing expression and grace in such non-traditional activities as dance” (199-2001). Boys should be encouraged early on so that they are less likely to be discouraged as they get older.
Tap Dogs 2014, ‘All male tap dancing group’ http://www.tapdogs.com/current
Maybe interesting to follow up to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders:
ABC ‘Indigenous hip hop projects offer hope across Australia’ http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/03/29/2858662.htm
Contempory Aboriginal dance: ‘Bangarra Dance Theatre’: http://bangarra.com.au/