DanceWare - Tools for Teaching Dance, featuring the Elements of Dance

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DanceWare presents the
Teaching the Elements of Dance
Reproducible Worksheets and Assessments

Teaching the Elements of Dance is a 46-page workbook full of reproducible worksheets for Elementary and Middle School teachers.

Each worksheet is designed to be self-directed to allow your students to become more familiar with the vocabulary and concepts of the Elements of Dance, provide them with activities to practice using them in their own choreography and give you the tools necessary to assess their learning.

Activities include:

Getting to Know the Elements of Movements, Body, Space, Time and Energy
Activities to practice combining the Elements, such as Movements and Space, Relationships and Movement
Matching Practice, Quizzes and Tests, as well as both Peer and Self-Evaluations.
Fun activities like crossword puzzles, "Dance Lib" (fill in the blank story) and making your own Elements of Dance mobile!

No more scrambling for lesson plans when you have to be gone from your classrom!
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Our workbook can help you enhance the Dance curriculum in your Music or PE program.

The Elements of Dance posters and workbook were designed by professional dancer and classroom teacher, Alan Pietsch a 22-year veteran dance educator and classroom teacher. Alan currently teaches dance at the Atascadero, California Fine Arts Academy, a grades 4-8 arts magnet school, as well as the Atascadero High School.