Building Dances: A Guide to Putting Movements Together

by Susan McGreevy-Nichols, Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague

Book Overview

For years, K-12 teachers have been relying on the invaluable tools and blueprints in Building Dances and Building More Dances to help their students put movements together. Now, with Building Dances, Second Edition, the original text has been significantly expanded and updated to give you even more tools to guide your students as they experiment with the creative process--even if you've never taught or choreographed dance.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736050892
• ISBN13: 9780736050890
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 5 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Great book--dance cards have practical application

I teach dance to adult women, and, although this book is geared towards teaching children, I have found the dance cards enormously useful. Using the suggestion in the book to pass out the cards to students in small subgroups, I have seen amazing creativity result in the mini-choreographies that they make. Using the cards is a great 10-15 minute class exercise that really enhances creativity. I've received good feedback from students, and, in my opinion, the cards alone are worth the price of the book. The book also contains some good basic information about body positioning, choreography, and how to use the cards. The book is written in very clear language, with clear illustrations and graphics. I'd rate it an A+.

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I thin kthe book was very interesting. And as a vocal artist I dance and it gave me some tips on better dance moves and i think my choreographer that of it as a blessing (i gave her a copy too). Thanks