Kate Kuper

Conference Appearances:
January 20, 2012 - Indiana Music Educators Association, Fort Wayne, IN
Step on the Beat and Brain Bop sessions

March 19 & 20, 2012 - Dancetalk and AlphaBeat workshops
Great Neck Arts Center, Great Neck, NY

March 28, 2012 - Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN (For college students)

April 13, 2012 - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Early Childhood Conference
Brain Bop session

April 27, 2012 - Indiana Association for the Education of the Young Child, Indianapolis
Songs for Dancing session

Coming Soon....

A re-release of Song for Dancing as a CD/DVD/book set.
Available February, 2012.

Step On the Beat

Published by Heritage Press, released in November, 2010. The new, improved version includes an instructional DVD, booklet and CD. Watch excerpts from the DVD. Purchase copies directly from Kate
or through West Music, J W Pepper and others.

 

AlphaBeat in Reprint

Came out in April, 2010 and it looks great. It's a digipak (soft container) and you can download the AlphaBeat Companion Guide as well as Target Concepts, Learning Objectives and prompts for reflection questions.

Also available as a download through Amazon and itunes.

 

Classes in Creative Dance for Children at UIUC

Spring 2012 Creative Dance for Children
The two 7-week sessions begin January 28. Session I: Jan. 28 - March 10. Session II: March 31- May 12. 4-5 year olds meet from 9:00-9:45 a.m.; 6-7 and 8-10 from 10-11 a.m. TO REQUEST REGISTRATION MATERIALS, contact the UIUC Department of Dance or Kate if you'd like to receive registration materials for Spring, 2012. 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 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.

December, 2011

December 13, 2011 - 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, 2011
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, 2011
Dance Residency for Champaign Early Childhood and Head Start, Champaign, IL

February 1 - February 24, 2011
Dance Residency for Head Start, Savoy, IL

Thursday, January 27, 2011
Chicago Metro AEYC
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Brain Bop! Get Smart and Calm Down through Movement

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