Dance and Literacy

1
Dance and Literacy
2
Dance and Literacy Programs

• Dance and Literacy Programs can enhance dance
  education in education as a whole
• Dance and Literacy Programs can help children see
  how everything they learn in all their academic
  classes can also connect art classes
• Dance and Literacy programs to teach dance and
  literacy
• through movement, poetry, storytelling and visual
  art

3
Dance and Literacy programs can incorporate
reading and dance which can reading to movement.

• Students engagement in what they read in class
  is increased when they are asked to recall story
  elements through movement
• then are taught to express
• character
• conflict
• setting
• and other story components through their own
  movements and dance expressions.

4
Other perks to Dance and Literacy Programs

• Dance and literacy are such an important part of
  every childs life and we should be proud to be a
  part of this process
• Teaching artists are professional dancers, do
  these programs during their residency, a local
  dance company performs for and dances with the
  kids
• In many program the children can present their
  work they choreographed with the teaching artists
  in a performance
• Their pieces are usually theme based or a story
  to incorporate the literacy aspect to bridge both
  dance and literacy!

5
Programs involving Dance and Literacy

• New York City Ballet
• NDEO
• ArtsEdge
• The National Endowment of the Arts
• New York State Council on the Arts

6
New York City Ballet

• New York City Ballet offers professional
  development programs and workshops.
• NYCB offer a program called "Dance - Literacy
  through an Aesthetic Education," which is a one
  day workshop offered to educators,
  administrators, parents, etc. The workshop
  introduces the 'literacy of dance and its
  intrinsic relevance to literacy in other subject
  areas. The workshop involves movement,
  discussion, writing, and curriculum design
  exercises to illustrate how literacy across
  disciplines can be achieved.
• The Second Program is the BalletCurriculum
  through Aesthetic Exploration is a 15-session
  series for individual professionals from New York
  City public schools. This program examines the
  craft and aesthetic of ballet, as exemplified by
  NYCB, to provide teacher and student with
  opportunities for literacy enrichment and
  curricular development.

7
NDEO

• The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
  is an autonomous non-profit organization
  dedicated to promoting standards of excellence in
  dance education by providing the dance artist and
  the dance educator a network of resources and
  support, a base for advocacy, and access to
  programs and projects that focus on the
  importance of dance in the human experience.
• The goals of NDEO are to
• 1) promote dance as an artistic process which
  broadens and deepens human experience
• 2) strengthen the national voice in articulating
  and implementing a vision for dance education
  and
• 3) weave dance into the complete fabric of
  learning. The NDEO works to advance knowledge in
  the field of dance education, encourages research
  and practical application, and promotes quality
  instruction in dance arts education conducted by
  qualified teachers of dance.

8
ArtsEdge

• Artsedge provides lesson plans that involve the
  National Standards for Arts Education
• These lesson plans unite the arts with academic
  subjects such as Math, English, History, and
  Sciences
• There website lists the Standards as well as up
  to date articles, reports, and other arts related
  materials

9
The National Endowment of the Arts

• The NEA is an organization that provides many
  excellent programs for artists in our nation.
• They have grants and funding programs to help
  artists start new artist projects and many other
  great opportunities for art supporters.
• They also house the Council on the Arts.
• The National Endowment for the Arts is a public
  agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the
  arts, both new and established bringing the arts
  to all Americans and providing leadership in
  arts education

10
New York State Council on the Arts

• The NYSCA's Mission is that "The New York State
  Council on the Arts is dedicated to preserving
  and expanding the rich and diverse cultural
  resources that are and will become the heritage
  of New York's citizens
• The Council believes in supporting the
  following." They also are "committed to fostering
  public understanding and enjoyment of arts and
  culture through support of arts education, public
  participation, and lifelong learning programs in
  schools and community settings for children and
  adults."

11
The End