Kate Kuper

Lever Dance and Three Classes of Levers available from itunes or Amazon mp3. Lever Dance focuses on the joints of the body. Move and sing to Three Classes of Levers. Science in motion!

Professional Development at your fingertips!....

Song for Dancing is a tool for learning and teaching creative dance to preschool and primary children.
Published by Heritage Press, this new, improved version includes an instructional DVD, detailed book and jam-packed CD and visual aids. Purchase copies directly from Kate
or through West Music, J W Pepper, Heritage Press and others.
Watch "Galloping Song" and more from the DVD on YouTube. See sample pages and listen to tracks from the book.

Brain Bop available for download

You can now download Brain Bop tracks through itunes or Amazon.

AlphaBeat Companion Guide and download

Download tracks through itunes or Amazon.
Download the AlphaBeat Companion Guide as well as Target Concepts, Learning Objectives and prompts for reflection questions.

 

 

Classes in Creative Dance for Children at UIUC

"We love this class so much! I am thankful to have an age-appropriate, back-to-basics dance class available in this community. Veronica has learned so much, but to her it's all just good fun." Jennifer B., parent of a child in the 6-7s class

JOIN US! Fall 2013 Creative Dance for Children
10-week session begins September 2013
4-5 year olds meet from 9:00-9:45 a.m.; 6-7 and 8-10 from 10-11 a.m.

Download CLASS INFORMATION and a REGISTRATION form.
Visit the photo gallery to see pictures from class!

Dance for People with Parkinson's Disease

I lead a monthly dance class with colleague Marianne Jarvi at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Classes are held the third Friday morning of each month, 10-11:30. The class is free and open to anyone over 50 with flexibility, balance and mobility issues. Watch a video of our program.

Watch a Jim Lehrer News Hour program about this work, with David and John from the Mark Morris Dance Group who taught us this methodology.

Read an article about the class published in the Daily Illini in May, 2010.

On the Brain Bop page, download a handout of The Developmental Movement Pattern Sequence that you can do sitting in a chair, as we do in our class. You can also purchase a CD of music to use with The Sequence.

Visit the photo gallery to see pictures from class!

Osher Life Long Learning
Viewing Dance: A Lecture Series

Local community members over 50 can sign up for my lecture series through the Osher Life Long Learning Institute. These lectures give valuable insight into the processes and aesthetics of the choreographers in the UIUC Department of Dance, from BFA candidates through faculty and guest alumni. Each lecture corresponds to one of four departmental concerts presented annually. For info about the OLLI series, contact Brenda.

Activate! Magazine is a bimonthly periodical designed for K-6 music teachers published by Heritage Press, a division of the Lorenz Corporation. I've been a regular contributor to this terrific magazine since 2009. Visit the Activate Facebook site and click on "videos" to see me teach Action Dance and The Snowflake Dance from AlphaBeat.

January - May, 2013

January 7 & 8 - Dancetalk and Dancing Machine workshops
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washigton, D.C.

January & February - Dance Residency for Champaign County Head Start (Savoy & Rantoul) through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education Program

February 8/9 - Ohio Music Educators Association, Columbus, OH

April 5 & 6 - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Early Childhood Conference

May 6-15 -Yankee Ridge Elementary, Urbana, IL through a grant from the Urbana Public Arts Commission.

May & June, 2012

May 12 - Creative Dance for Children Spring Session Informance. Classes resume after Labor Day.
June 11 - Music and Dance program to kick off First Baptist Church MUSICAMP, Decatur, IL

April, 2012

April 4 - Songs for Dancing workshop, Montessori School of Champaign-Urbana

March, 2012

March 19 & 20 - Dancetalk and AlphaBeat workshops
Great Neck Arts Center, Great Neck, NY

March 28 - Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN (For college students)

February, 2012

Feb. 13 - March 15 - Head Start (Savoy and Rantoul, IL) Dance Residency

Feb. 23 - Parkland College, Champaign, IL - Workshop for Early Childhood Teachers

January, 2012

Washington Early Childhood School, Urbana, IL - 5- week residency
Indiana Music Educators Association Conference

December, 2011

December 13 - 10 a.m. The Rhythm Is You! with Rocky Maffit
PASS Series, Kirkland Auditorium, Millikin University,
Decatur, IL Sponsored by the Decatur Area Arts Council.

June, 2011

June 23: The Rhythm is You! Performance with Rocky Maffit
Champaign 150th Unity Celebration

Dance Residency for Champaign County Head Start (Savoy, Rantoul and Champaign) through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education Program

May, 2011

Three-day residency for Harristown Elementary School, Harristown, IL through a grant from the Decatur Area Arts Council

April, 2011

Urbana, IL
Teacher In-Service: Sponsored by U of I Child Care Resource Services
Brain Bop!: Social and Emotional Well-Being through Movement

Decatur, IL
Teacher In-Service: Sponsored by U of I Child Care Resource Services
Brain Bop!: Social and Emotional Well-Being through Movement

Friday, April 8
Indiana AEYC Conference
Indianapolis
AlphaBeat: Movement, Music and Language Development

March - May, 2011

Dance Residency for Rantoul Head Start through a grant from the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education Program

March 1 - April 28
Dance Residency for Champaign Early Childhood and Head Start, Champaign, IL

February 1 - February 24
Dance Residency for Head Start, Savoy, IL

Thursday, January 27
Chicago Metro AEYC
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Brain Bop! Get Smart and Calm Down through Movement

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