Diversity in Dance
Promoting an understanding of different cultures through dance.
What is Multicultural Dance Experience?
Providing opportunities for students to learn through individualized curriculum
What is Personalized Learning?
Meaningful opportunities for learning that will stay with learners long term
What is Cross-content teaching?
Dancers express emotions in combination with creativity
Using talent to advocate change in their communities
What is social change?
Dancers learn to accept people who are different than themselves.
What is Tolerance?
Breakthroughs, confidence, engagement.
What is High Expectations?
Teaching transferable problem-solving skills
What is Cross-content teaching?
"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they're great because of their passion."
Who is Martha Graham?
Study and explore social issues and learn how to break those issues.
How break social change through dance education?
Dance education meets the needs of diverse learners.
What is Inclusion?
Engaging, trustworthy and respectful attitudes.
What is Positive Class Culture?
Multiple academic subjects
What is collaboration?
Creative freedom through movement
What is creativity?
No leaders, no followers in dance.
What is breaking gender roles in Dance?
Welcomes the advantages and skills of all students, including those with a learning disability, emotional disorder, cognition, or physical disability.
What is an Inclusive Classroom?
Excellence is the daily norm.
What are High Expectations In Dance?
What are the principles of cross-content teaching?
Dancers find pieces of themselves in dance they did not know before
What is creativity in dance education?
What is social change in dance?
A place where students come together and meet others who may not have known each other otherwise.
What is Dance Class?
Problem-solving skills, reasoning skills, analysis and examination, and decision making.
What is Critical Thinking In Dance?
What is effective cross-content instruction?
Fearing entering a dance class, but realizing they have a dancer hidden inside as the weeks progressed
Dance has been used to advance social change throughout history and all over the world.
DANCE AS A FORM OF PROTEST