I look forward to your questions and comments and in hearing from you about your experiences with my educational material.
Here's what’s going on and coming up:
On January 29 and 30, I presented at the Illinois Music Educator Association State Conference. I taught a workshop on Brain Bop and one called Ice Breakers and Friend Makers on Step On the Beat and AlphaBeat.
If you didn't get the Brain Bop handout, check out the basic pdf on the Brain Bop page, or download the Ice Breakers and Friend Makers handout here.
AlphaBeat is new again! The reprint just came out and it looks great. It's a digipak (soft container) this time and the guide is a downloadable pdf. Download a separate document of Target Concepts, Learning Objectives and prompts for reflection questions here. Thank you Cissy Whipp for your additional ideas for target concepts!
"The More We Are Together," Track #2 on AlphaBeat, is a nice dance for teaching the concept of Form (ABA). You can download a document here that gives simple and easy instruction for doing just that.
Activate! Magazine invited me to become a contributor to their bimonthly periodical designed for music teachers. The October, 2009 issue featured my lesson for intermediate elementary students on Native American poetry and dance. To see an instructional video of the lesson plan, click here to link to the Activate Facebook site.
For the December/January issue, my Snowflake Dance and Action Dance from AlphaBeat were featured with training videos on the Activate Facebook site.
The February/March issue includes my lesson called "Alphabet Actions." It's really fun to be a regular for this terrific magazine.
Register for Spring 2010 Creative Dance Classes
The 14-week spring session begins Saturday, Janu. 23 and run through May 8. There is a 7-week option too! 4-5 year olds meet from 9:00-9:45 a.m.; 6-7 and 8-10 from 10-11 a.m. TO JOIN OUR SPRING SESSIONS, contact the UIUC Department of Dance for registration materials and more information.
Attend a lecture on "Viewing Dance"
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 Kathleen Holden.
PD and Dance: Beginning in November, 2009 I started leading a monthly dance class with cohort Marianne Jarvi for people with Parkinson's disease at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Classes are held one Friday morning each month and include LIVE piano accompaniment (a rare treat for me!)
Marianne and I spent a week in Berkeley, CA in early June getting advanced training in this work with members of the Mark Morris Dance Group. Exciting stuff, and so much fun to share! Thanks to the Krannert Center for making this possible.
Step On the Beat will bepublished by Heritage Press in late 2010. The new, improved version will include an instructional DVD, booklet and CD. I'll be doing a local kick-off at the Urbana Free Library on December 4th, 2010.
Watch this spot for conferences where you can take a workshop with me:
April 9, 2010 - Indiana Association for the Young Child Conference, Indianapolis - Brain Bop Workshop
April 24, 2010 - Champaign Public Library, Early Childhood Educators - Dancetalk Workshop
January 29, 2010: Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Peoria, IL - Brain Bop Workshop
Jan 30, 2010 - ILMEA, Peoria - Ice Breakers and Friend Makers Workshop
On the Web....Watch an interview with me and see excerpts from a residency at Mt. Zion Intermediate School, January 2007. Watch it now.
In Print....
"Music and Movement" Orff Music World. Taipei, Taiwan. Several of my activities translated into Mandarin, with photos and notated music. Order from Orff Music World
"A Teaching Artist in Rural Schools: Sowing Seeds for Creative Expression" (article)
Teaching Artist Journal
Vol. 4, No. 1, 2006
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., Publishers
In Schools... skip down to see my calendar
If you are thinking about inviting me to come and conduct a short tem residency in
your community please
get in touch so we can plan ahead together. I can help you shape
your thoughts and find funding.
School-based short term projects can be funded through Illinois Arts Council Quickstart grants which match dollar for dollar up to $2,000. Community-based projects can take advantage of the IAC STAR (Short Term Artist Residency) grant.
For long term projects in-state through theIllinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education program, the grant deadline has passed. But we can talk about 2010-11 any time! For a copy of the guidelines and grants visit the Illinois Arts Council.
For more good reasons for why the arts are important in education, check out a survey conducted with Ford Foundation support at the Keep Arts In Schools website.
For Teachers… CHECK OUT MY BRAIN BOP WORKSHOPS! This workshop is VERY POPULAR. I have conducted sessions as short as 45 minutes and as long as 5 hours on this topic, for classroom teachers and providers who work with parents and children. The information is versatile, fun and important.
In other news....
As of 2006/7, I can be booked through the Kennedy Center's Partners in Education program, for early childhood - middle school teachers.
For Schools...
As a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Illinois, I direct a
class called “Lecture/Demonstration” in which dance majors construct
a program to tour to the schools. This year's program, What is Post Modern Dance? will tour all the Urbana elemntary schools, thanks to a generous grant from the City of Urbana. Contact me if you'd like to be notified about this program.
For Community...
I am currently booking local, regional and national workshops solo and with Rocky. Programs can be custom designed to meet the needs of health care facilities, park districts, libraries, museums, family and faith based organizations, and corporate clients, to name a few.
2010 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
January 4 - AlphaBeat Workshop for Champaign County Head Start infant and toddler teachers and aides, Savoy, IL
January 4 - Brain Bop Workshop for Champaign Unit #4 After-school program leaders
February - One-month residency at Head Start Savoy site, thanks to a grant from the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education program.
2009 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
January 5 - Workshop for Champaign County Head Start infant and toddler teachers and aides, Savoy, IL
January 21- Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
Jan.24 - Indiana Music Educator's Association State Conference, Indianapolis
February 7 - Presentation at the "Partners In Education" Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
February, 2009 - One-month residency for Headstart, Savoy, IL
Sponsored in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
March 6 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
March 21 - Keynote and Workshops on Learning through Movement, Heart of Illinois AEYC, Peoria, IL
April 1 - One-day student workshops and staff development on Brain Bop!, Riverton, IL
April 23, 2009 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
May 4-8, 2009 - One-week 3rd- grade residency at Barkstall Elementary School, Champaign; Simple Machines and ME
October 8-10, 2009 - Workshops in Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 21-22, 2009 - Workshops in New Bedford, Mass.
Nov. 6, 2009 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
2008 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
October 11, 2007 - Urbana Park District's 100th Anniversary Chautauqua Celebration.
December 6, 2007 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Premiere of Lecture Demonstration Common Threads.
January 6, 2008 - Performance for Grand Opening of the Champaign Public Library. With Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn.
January 3 - 18, 2008 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Residency with 4th grade students.
January 14 - 18, 2008 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Simple Machines and M. E. with 3rd grade students.
February, 2008 - Performances of Common Threads at four elementary schools, Urbana, Il. King (Feb. 6); Wiley (Feb. 13); Yankee Ridge (Feb. 19); Leal (Feb. 26)
February 12, 2008 - Workshops with students at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, Urbana, IL.
February 20 - 22, 2008 - Partners In Education Workshops, Lafayette, LA
March 26, 2008 - "Words Alive!" family program, O'Fallon, IL.
March 13, 2008 - Program for Girl Scouts at Prairie Elementary School, Urbana, working on their Dance Badge, lead by Common Threads performers.
April, 2008 - After-school program in Urbana elementary schools, lead by Common Threads performers.
April 5, 2008 - Teacher Workshop and Family Program for First Baptist Church PreSchool, Savoy, IL
April 15 & 18, 2008 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
April 22 - May 2, 2008 - Residency sponsored by the Bensenville Public Library, Bensenville, IL.
April 26, 2008 - Make-A-Dance Bachelorette Party, Paxton, IL
May 7, 2008- "Dance A Story" parent/child program, Champaign Public Library
May 8, 2008 - Israeli Folk Dance, Israel Independence Day, Champaign, IL
May 12 - May 22, 2008 - Multicultural Dance Residency with 2nd grade students, Stratton Elementary, Champaign.
June 10, 2008 - Library Program, Mattoon, IL
August 16, 2008 - Champaign Public Library, Homeschoolers Fair
October 4, 2008 - Youth Literature Festival, Champaign, IL with Rocky Maffit.
November 7, 2008 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
Nov. 21-22, 2008 - Iowa Music Educator's Association State Conference, Ames, Iowa.
2007 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
Sept. 11-15, 2006, Westview Elementary, Champaign. Theme: Respect. Funded in part through an Illinois Arts Council "Quickstart" grant.
October, 2006 - In-Service for Unit #4 New Teachers on the BrainDance
January, April, 2007 - In-Service for Unit #4 Teachers on Integrated Learning through Movement Every Body Can Do Science
January, 2007 - Mt. Zion, IL
February, 2007 - Westview Elementary, Champaign, IL
February, 2007 - Folk Dance Workshop, Davenport, IOWA
March, 2007 - Performance for Family Resiliency Center, UIUC, Champaign.
March, 2007 - Parent/Child and Teacher Workshops, Potomac, MD
April, 2007 - Kenwood Elementary, Champaign, IL
April, 2007 - BrainDance Workshop, Freeport, IL
May 7 - 25, 2007, Clara Peterson Elementary, Paxton, IL. Kindergarten Dancers!
2006 Calendar of Residencies and Programs...
October 17 - 21, 2005, Isaac Fox Elementary School, Lake Zurich, IL
October 24 - 28, 2005, South Side Elementary, Champaign, IL
November 14 - 18, 2005, Barkstall Elementary, Champaign, IL
November 28 - December 2, Dr. Howard Elementary, Champaign, IL
January 9 - 13, 2006, Booker T. Washington Elementary, Champaign, IL
January 20, 24, 26, 31, Feb. 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 2006 - "Making Connections Through Music" (Mental Health Center of Champaign)
Jan. 20, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
Feb. 4, 2006 - Kids at Krannert "Action Painting through Movement" (Krannert Art Museum; Champaign) - Interpreting the Exhibition "Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne"
350 musuem patrons participated in this event!
Feb. 7, 2006 - "Wiggles for the Wee Ones," Champaign Public Library, Program for 1-3 year olds & Parents, 9:30 - 10 & 10:30 - 11.
Feb. 10, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
February 20 - 24, 2006, Stratton Elementary, Champaign, IL
February 27 - March 3, 2006, Garden Hills Elementary, Champaign, IL
March 4, 2006 - Step On the Beat program for PPROUD, Champaign, IL
March 8 & 9, 2006 - Shelbyville Schools
2-day residency, Shelbyville, IL
March 10, 2006 - Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
MARCH 13 - 24, SPRING BREAK (NO BOOKINGS)
March 27 - March 31, 2006, Robeson Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 3 - 7, 2006, Carrie Busey Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 8, 2006 - Carle Clinic Healing Day (Music and Movement Event), Urbana, IL
April 17 - 21, 2006, Kenwood Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 21, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
April 24 - 28, 2006, Westview Elementary, Champaign, IL
May 1 - 26, 2006, Clara Peterson Elementary, Paxton, IL, funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council's Arts in Education program
May 5 & 19, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
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