Students will research a pair of well-known partners in dance and will brainstorm a list of qualities that are important for successful dance partnering. The class will learn, practice, and revise a teacher-choreographed dance sequence. They will then sw

An American Ballroom Companion presents a collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress. The list begins with a rare late fifteenth-century source, Les basses danses de Marguerite d'Autriche (c.1490) and ends with Ella Gar

Unit overview: The Integrated Dance Curriculum unit focuses on specific ways dance curriculum connects with mainstream classroom concepts and the content curriculum of other disciplines. The unit is a springboard for individual perception of ways to incl

A tapestry of holiday music, mixing traditional and contemporary versions of holiday classics in a modern dance setting with a "Hollywood" flavor. Wacko, funny, somewhat ironic and Xmas with a twist, saving us all from the dreadful onslaught of

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