Forum – Dance Education Laboratory

Paige Cohen posted an update 4 years, 12 months ago

Hi, I was just making sure that you received my final assignments.
Thank you

Bhawna Sudhir posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago

Hello all the beautiful dancers,
I am so glad to be a part of this group this year.
Let the “Temple of my Dance Art built more” going together with you all into the frame of LMA vocabulary and relish all the ‘Rasa’ ( sentiments) taught through my classical dance.

Desiree Monplaisir posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago

Hi everyone,

Yesterday class had me thinking about my experience when I had to advocate Dance in school. I encountered a situation when a teacher told another Dance Teacher that students need to be more focus on their academics, to say dance was not academic and shouldn’t be so important. I found it really upsetting that a teacher would speak t…[Read more]

Pamela Knowles posted an update 7 years, 1 month ago

Connected…yes! What a beautiful group:)

Michelle Solares posted an update 8 years, 5 months ago

Azucena Rollan posted an update 8 years, 10 months ago

happy new year

Shelley Franklin replied 8 years, 10 months ago

Happy New Year!!

Gala Rizzatto posted an update 9 years ago

Congratulations to Jody for the Teachers college , Columbia University gift to establish a new doctoral Program in dance education: Im watching this NOW ! watch it , it\’s great! http://www.thirteen.org/programs/thirteen-specials/ps-dance/

Taryn Vander Hoop replied 9 years ago

Hi Gala! Make sure to navigate to “DEL Foundations 2016-17” so your comment is logged in our forum for our class as opposed to general status update! 🙂 Hope you are having a great time in DEL Foundations.

Katia Francisque posted an update 9 years ago

Hello Everyone,

I am so delighted to be part of this dance community. I love how many of our stories intertwine yet we are all unique. As I completed my work week, I had a few challenges with my pre-k students. Many are resistant to dancing and prefer to sit down. Something in their tiny souls is put off by my requests for them to dance. I feel…[Read more]

Shelley Franklin replied 9 years ago

I don’t have a ton of real-life experience, but I know it’s important to remember that some of them may feel the same about dancing as others do about math or science. Even if the teacher says it’s important and tries to make it fun, they may have a mental block with it that is hard for them to get around. Maybe the movement sentence section could…[Read more]
- Katia Francisque replied 9 years ago
  
  Hi Shelley, thanks for your suggestion. I will try to engage them by giving sa prompt and allowing them to go where they’d like to. As I think about it, it’s all a learning process. I think it will be interesting to see how their creativity emerges over time. I appreciate your helpful insight.
Emily Meisner replied 9 years ago

Hi Katia,
I find with Pre-K that the class needs to be divided into lots of short sections. For example: 5 minutes movement warm-up, 5 minutes shape game, 5 minutes movement story, 5 minutes music listening and then 5 minutes moving to that music. 5-10 minute creative movement game. 5 minute review and goodbye.
I also find that ritual is…[Read more]
- Katia Francisque replied 9 years ago
  
  Hi Emily,
  You are absolutely right. I will be working on breaking up the lessons more. Perhaps I am losing there attention because they need more variation. Do you have any lesson plans to share?
  
  Thank you for your thoughts:)
  Katia
Taryn Vander Hoop replied 9 years ago

Hi Katia! Make sure to navigate to “DEL Foundations 2016-17” so your comment is logged in our forum for our class as opposed to general status update! 🙂 Hope you are having a great time in DEL Foundations.
- Katia Francisque replied 9 years ago
  
  Hi Taryn, so how do I get these comments to transfer?
  - Taryn Vander Hoop replied 9 years ago
    
    You can copy and paste your comment to the correct forum! There isn’t a way to transfer this thread.

Shelley Franklin posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago

Hello beautiful dancers!

To introduce myself, I am Jody’s personal assistant by day, dancer/actress/plus model by night. I recently formed a non-profit theater company with some uber-talented people called “The Chameleon Fools Theatre Troupe” and we debuted our first production this past September at HERE Arts Center.

I took Jody’s DEL…[Read more]