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Dancing Threads: Community Dances from Africa to Zuni
Traditional folk dances from various cultures
Grade Levels:
Primary-8
Length:
30 minutes
Taping Rights:
Unlimited
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Teaching Materials:
See Below

In this KET-produced series, outstanding performers teach traditional Appalachian, African-American, and Native American dances and play party games. The activities, some centuries old, are “community dances” involving patterns of singing, dancing, poetry, mimicry, and play-acting. Each program features step-by-step instructions as well as a complete performance of the game or dance demonstrated by students. An interview segment with the performer gives the historical and cultural contexts of the dance.

Dancing Threads gives young people a multicultural and historical perspective, encouraging them to value their own and other cultural traditions. Additional background information is provided in the extensive teacher’s guide.

Programs 2 and 3 of this series are available online in the KET EncycloMedia.


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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED

Block Feed: Programs 101-104 Program Details
2 hours
    Monday, August 27 at 10:00 am on KETED
    Monday, October 1 at 10:00 am on KETED
    Thursday, October 18 at 2:00 am on KETED
    Monday, January 28 at 10:00 am on KETED
    Monday, March 3 at 10:00 am on KETED
    Thursday, April 24 at 4:00 am on KETED
    Wednesday, April 30 at 6:00 pm on KETED
    Wednesday, May 7 at 10:00 am on KETED


Episodes Included in These Block Feeds

101. Goin' to Boston
Taught by Appalachian storyteller Anndrena Belcher. Discussion topics: changing attitudes toward dance, immigration from the British Isles to North America. 27 minutes.

102. Little Johnny Brown
Taught by African-American musician and storyteller Paula Larke. Discussion topics: types of games, oral tradition, African settlement in America, slave life. 15 minutes.

103. Weevily Wheat
Taught by Anndrena Belcher. Discussion topics: Britain's Bonnie Prince Charlie, genealogy, family traditions, heroes. 27 minutes.

104. Zuni Harvest Dances
Taught by Zuni storyteller Arden Kucate. Discussion topics: history of the Southwestern American Indians, daily life of the Pueblo peoples, similarities and differences among cultures. 30 minutes.

Teaching Materials

VIDEO
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DOWNLOADABLE GUIDE
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Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

Kentucky schools may tape and retain programs according to the rights listed above. For further information, contact the KET Education Division.

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