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Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion

Creative Movement Exercise for Dance and Dramatic Arts

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    If you've shied away from teaching dance-related movement skills in your class because you're unfamiliar with the subject or think your class won't be interested, consider this: Creative movement exercises help young people develop important learning skills, such as group dynamics, listening, problem solving, and language. Plus, creative movement skills are a fun way to introduce students to using movement as a form of expression.

    Now there's a resource that makes it easy for you to include creative movement exercises in your class so that your students can learn these valuable skills. Perpetual Motion: Creative Movement Exercises for Dance and Dramatic Arts helps you get both female and male students excited about dance, build essential skills, and improve educational outcomes—even if you've never taught movement exercises before.

    Perpetual Motion introduces more than 100 movement exercises organized around six themes: rules, recipes, props, poetry and prose, objects and images, and integrated arts.

    Everything you need is here to inspire students to step out of their movement comfort zones and develop their own potential. Each chapter identifies a theme, specific learning skills, recommended exercises, and a strategy for stimulating class discussion about the exercises. Plus, teachers have the convenience of being able to select exercises from 12 categories of learning skills.

    You can adapt these versatile exercises with ease and success to challenge beginners as well as skilled dance students. Within each exercise you'll find variations you can use to increase the difficulty, add variety, and create more than 90 entirely new exercises.

    The book includes other features to make the movements easy to teach:
    -A 15-minute warm-up routine builds teachers' confidence.

    -A glossary of movement terms ensures clear communication when integrating projects.

    -A handy “finder” chart lets you quickly identify exercises that meet the learning skills you want. Perpetual Motion will enable any teacher to successfully integrate creative movement exercises into general classroom, physical education, dramatic arts, and language arts classes. There is no better reference for overcoming students' fears about dance and helping them develop vital learning skills that will pay off in any educational setting.

    Audience

    Reference for grades 3-12 physical educators, dance and dramatic arts educators, and arts education administrators; supplemental text for teaching methods courses.

    Learning Skills Reference Chart
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    How to Use This Book

    Chapter 1: Rules
    The Concept Behind the Rules
    Application
    Back to Front
    Five Times Five
    Wave Walk
    Tag
    Walk on the Wild Side
    Mirrors
    Flocking
    Ping-Pong
    Is the Hand Faster Than the Eye?
    Isolation Conversations
    Body Parts
    Add Water and Stir

    Chapter 2: Recipes
    The Concept Behind the Recipes
    Application
    Recipe Preparations
    Recipes for Novice Dancers: Solos
    Recipes for Novice Dancers: Ensembles
    Recipes for Elementary- and Intermediate-Level Dancers: Solos
    Recipe for Elementary- and Intermediate-Level Dancers: Ensembles
    Recipe Exploring Dramatic Potential of Movement and Voice
    Recipe for Intermediate- and Advanced-Level Dancers: Solo
    Recipe for Intermediate- and Advanced-Level Dancers: Ensembles

    Chapter 3: Props
    The Concept Behind Props
    Application
    Chairs
    Bamboo Poles
    Elastics
    Tube Cloth “Body Bags”
    More Fabric
    Lots More Props

    Chapter 4: Poetry and Prose
    The Concept Behind Poetry and Prose
    Application
    Sound Circle
    Five By Five With Sound
    Soundtracks
    Word Work
    Onomatopoeia
    Sound and Body Isolations
    EMphasis, EmPHASis, EmphasIS
    Strange but True Phrases
    Set Text

    Chapter 5: Objects and Images
    The Concept Behind Objects and Images
    Application
    Tic-Tac-Toe
    Snakes and Ladders
    Daily Chores
    Knots
    Revolving Doors
    Corridors
    Totem Poles
    Objets d'Art

    Chapter 6: Dancescape Projects
    The Concept Behind Dancescapes
    Movement and Environmental Studies: Beachscape Project
    Beachscape Project in Action
    Dramatic Movement, Self, and Society: Urbanscape
    Urbanscape in Action
    Movement and Computer Sciences: Dance Into the Picture
    Dance Into the Picture in Action
    Movement, Music, and Visual Art: Art Through Art
    Art Through Art in Action
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    Appendix A: Random Factor Variations
    Appendix B: Warm-Up Ideas
    Appendix C: Discography
    Appendix D: Assessment Strategy
    Appendix E: Stage Picture
    Glossary of Movement Terms

    Janice Pomer has been teaching and performing in the fields of dance, theatre, and music since 1976. She has been a guest artist in schools, universities, international education conferences, dance studios, and art centers in communities throughout North America. Janice has introduced thousands of elementary and high school students to creative movement and choreography in a variety of special projects that integrate dance with visual art, music, theatre, architecture, nature, and urban studies. She has taught and created programs for the Canadian Children's Dance Theatre (1983-1995), the National Ballet of Canada's education department (1990-1997), the Children's Dance Project (1993-2000), and the Toronto Urban Studies Centre, Through the Arts Studio (1996-2001). Janice teaches modern dance at Pegasus Children's Dance Centre in Toronto, Onario, Canada.