Leaping into Dance Literacy through the Language of Dance®

Teresa Heiland

• Publisher: Intellect Books
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781789386127
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

The main aim of this book is to present the theory and purpose underpinning the approaches to dance literacy as explored by the Language of Dance® community in the USA and UK. Through their teacher training programs, they are changing the face of dance-based dance literacy using motif notation.

Through their teachertraining programs, they are changing theface of dance-based dance literacy usingmotif notation. This book reveals howdance notation literacy has changed dueto practices being focused onconstructivist and constructionistpedagogy. Based on work by danceeducator Ann Hutchinson Guest and expanded upon by her protégés, this isthe first book of its kind to bring togethertheory, praxis, original researchoutcomes, taxonomies, model lessonplans, learning domain taxonomies ofdance, and voices of dance teachers whohave explored using dance notationliteracy. We are in a new era foreducating with dance notation, focusingon learners' engagement by makingconnections between the learningdomains using constructivist andconstructionist learning approaches. Arts-literate dancers can deepen their dancecraft and transfer their arts knowledge, capacities, and skills to lifelong learning.Dance-based dance literacy practicesusing notation enhance learners'flexibility, adaptability, self-direction, initiative, productivity, responsibility, leadership, and cross-cultural skills.

The book will appeal to dance educators focusing on cognitive and metacognitive learning in dance using communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

Useful for preschool and primary teachers aiming to integrate dance into classroom experiences and for secondary teachers teaching dance and looking to upgrade their approach to dance literacy so students are able to achieve higher level cognitive learning, problem solving, and social skills in dance classrooms.

Choreographers and dance teachers will find new approaches to dance making and to expressing their craft using a system that is well codified and now augmented with examples to guide them with making their own projects and processes.

Anyone with an interest in the idea of dance literacy will find concrete examples of how to put their knowledge into practice to advance their teaching and dance making.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• PART 1: BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE OF DANCE® PEDAGOGY
• PART 2: BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE OF DANCE® PEDAGOGY
• PART 3: COLLECTION OF LESSON PLANS FROM LOD PRACTITIONERS
• Appendix A: I. Reading and Interpreting Scores, II. Notating Dance, and III. Documenting your Choreography
• Appendix: B. Motif Notation Practice for Writing Using LOD and LBMA
• References
• Index