VALERIE WILLIAMS CHOREOGRAPHER    DANCER    MOVEMENT SPECIALIST Choreography     Performing     Residencies     Argentine Tango     Social Dance     Early Dance

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                          Dance in Public Education:
A Practical Guide to Iowa's Dance Curriculum

In serving on a State of Iowa Department of Education curriculum development committee, Valerie became impatient with the amount of time required for decision making and with the assumptions made by the Iowa Department of Education. Figuring that what teachers actually needed were specific lesson plans, Valerie collected a number of field-tested lessons and wrote them as specifically as possible. Valerie is available for residencies and teacher in-service to teach use of the Guide and/or to help develop a dance curriculum. This accompanying Guide contains lesson plans for units in creative movement, movement and curriculum, social dance, and folk dance. It also contains a rationale for creative movement, discussions of how to teach creative movement, reference pages, helpful lists of words (action, shape, describing, etc.), resources for music, film, video and more!

How To Order the Curriculum Guide: Write    Call    Email Curriculum Guide Co'Motion Dance Theater 129 East 7th Ames, IA 50010 515 232-7374 fax 233-9290 v@vjw.biz