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Teacher’s Guide Downloads
The DanceSense teacher’s guide is now available for downloading in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® to read or print these files. See About Acrobat Reader for more information.
KET will also post expanded versions of the guide material, as well as additional lesson plans, as this web site is developed. Please check back!
You may download the entire guide as one file (slightly more than 1 megabyte). Or click on a chapter title below to download the PDF file for that chapter.
- Introduction
covers, table of contents, and introduction to the series
7 pages; 462K
- Understanding Dance
why people dance
2 pages; 161K
- The Dance of Culture
origins and functions of dances around the world
2 pages; 143K
- Dance in America
Native American, African-American, and European influences on American dance forms
2 pages; 114K
- The Elements of Dance
space, time, and force
3 pages; 128K
- The Moving Body
how bodies move and how dancers train
2 pages; 113K
- Making Dance
what choreographers do and how improvisation fits in
3 pages; 168K
- Ballet
dance as creative expression and as communication with audience
2 pages; 117K
- Modern Dance
contemporary innovations and developments
2 pages; 105K
- Jazz Dance
improvisation, syncopation, and ever-changing forms
2 pages; 130K
- Tap and Percussive Dance
classic tap and its roots in jazz and blues, plus cousins like Flamenco and clogging
2 pages; 122K
- Supplemental Material
glossary, biographies of artists featured in the series, and Kentucky Core Content correlations
5 pages; 162K
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