A professional dancer/teacher enriches your experience
* for the student (teaches about space/time/energy concepts; allows physical expression of ideas and feelings)
* for the teacher (see your students in a different light; shows use of movement and curriculum; teaches about dance, requires cooperation and imagination)
Dancers make your school come alive!
Photograph by Sam Wormley
"It was so great for the students to understand that movement can also be art-full"
Kearney, Nebraska
I love to dance and share dance. I'll teach your kids different ways of moving their bodies; how to look at and analyse movement in space, time, and energy; how to create short dances; and give them a vocabulary to discuss dance. I have a strong commitment to dance education, and welcome any opportunity to share my art with young audiences - performing, teaching, directing and choreographing.
A residency in dance and creative movement would, of course, be an excellent addition to any Physical Education program, and I can provide a printed curriculum guide and Teacher In-Service training so that you can incorporate dance into your yearly program. I also enjoy working with curriculum subjects as lesson themes. Science, language arts, math, geography, and history can also be used as subjects and/or content for dances, enhancing understanding of those areas as well as providing ideas for making dances.
What you provide/How much will this cost?
You will provide objectives for the residency, housing, mileage or travel expenses, plus $250/day for each day I work with your students or $1000 for a 5 day week. I am on Artist in Residence rosters for several states; schools or communities can request matching monies from those agencies for choreographic residencies. Call me for information on those programs in Iowa.