Creative Dance for All Ages

By Anne Green Gilbert

Creative Dance for All Ages, Second Edition, has had a long history of providing a dance curriculum to teachers and students preparing to teach creative dance. Author Anne Gilbert demystifies expectations when teaching creative dance and provides the theory, methods, and lesson ideas for success in a variety of settings and with students of all ages. This one-stop resource offers dance teachers everything they need, including a sequential curriculum, lesson plans, instructional strategies, assessment, and other forms. It's like having a seasoned dance teacher at your side offering inspiration and guidance all year long.

Internationally recognized master teacher and author Anne Gilbert Green presents creative dance for everyone and tips on meeting the challenges of teaching it. She offers a complete package for teaching creative dance that includes the theory, methodology, and lesson plans for various age groups that can be used in a variety of settings. Gilbert also offers an entire dance curriculum for sequential teaching and learning. The second edition of her classic text has been revised, reorganized, and updated to meet all the needs of dance teachers.

The second edition of Creative Dance for All Ages includes these new features:

- An easy-to-navigate format helps you quickly access the material and find lesson planning and assessment tools.

- Content reflects changes in the field of dance education to put you on the cutting edge.

- Forty age-appropriate and brain-compatible lesson plans are accessible through the web resource, which save prep time and help ensure compliance with the latest standards.

- Five downloadable video clips demonstrate the lesson plans and teaching strategies and how to put them to work in the classroom.

- Suggestions for modifying lessons help you include students of all abilities.

- Eight assessment forms and curriculum planning templates are adaptable to your needs.

If you're a novice teacher, the book also contains these features to ensure effective instruction:

- The same conceptual approach to teaching dance was used in the first edition.

- A sequential dance curriculum helps you systematically cover a 10-week quarter or 16-week semester.

- Class management tips put you in control from the first day.

Creative Dance for All Ages, Second Edition, is an unparalleled resource for dance educators who are looking for a conceptual creative dance curriculum that will support teaching to learners of all ages. Whether in a studio, company, recreational, or educational setting, you will discover a comprehensive and well-rounded approach to teaching dance, emphasizing the how as much as the why.

Human Kinetics is proud to publish this book in association with SHAPE America, the national organization that defines excellence for school-based health and physical education professionals across the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1450480942
• ISBN13: 9781450480949
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

A must for dance teachers

I recommend this book to all ballet and dance teacher. Great, great, great book. very simple to follow and very well done. Thanks Anne Green Gilbert for sharing all your knowledge and experience with so much generosity. Your work is a great inspiration and help in understanding better creative dance and the way to teach it. Luciano Aimar

A Must for Every Teacher

I have been teaching ballet for many years and have never come across a curriculum like this for an introduction to dance. The book is well written providing you with a clear outline of concepts that are introduced and layered upon through out the year according to what age group you are teaching. It provides examples of class planning, music and props. It is very clear on body alignment, strength and capabilities of the developing child as to not cause harm to their young bodies. [[ASIN:0883145324 Creative Dance for All Ages: A Conceptual Approach] is a must for any school of dance and anyone who teaches young children. The children love the class and the time flies leaving them with wanting more!

A recipe book for classroom teachers of creative dance

This book is the most practical one for teachers of creative dance in the classroom, although it is much more than a classroom tool. "Creative Dance for All Ages" is easy to read, simple to grasp and the lessons almost teach themselves. Gilbert starts you from the basics of movement using vocabulary and concepts simplified from Rudolph von Laban's work in movement analysis. Her methods are generous and joyful, reflecting her passion for giving children (and adults) the experience of dance without fear or feeling threatened. Each chapter focuses on one of the elements of dance (and movement) providing multiple choices for activities in each of her lesson plan components. Her basic lesson plan is sound and safe, divided into 5 main components and progressing from (1) Introduction and warm-up using the dance element, (2) exploring the element, (3) developing dance skills, (4) creating with the element explored and (5) cooling down.If you are a teacher of dance or a teacher in the school system, you will find this book invaluable! Many lesson plans are already laid out for you. Most may be adapted to expand student learning in the academic curriculum. This book is also great for dancers looking to expand their compositional approach. Every teacher will want a copy ready at their teaching fingertips.

A complete guide to teaching creative dance

This is an excellent book for anyone interested in teaching creative dance, whether you have dance experience yourself or not. The book provides a thorough overview of what creative dance is and how to teach it. There are hundreds of dance exercises included, as well as sample lesson plans and useful suggestions for how to structure your classes. As a dance teacher, I have found this book to be the most helpful I've encountered -- I use it constantly!