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Dance Lesson Ideas from CanTeach:

Dancing to Music
Suggested Grades	K-2
Objective	Students will listen to a variety of music and design an appropriate dance presentation. This activity encourages students to appreciate, and examine different styles of music as well as create dance presentations that are specifically related to the music.
Materials	a variety of short pieces of music on tape, or c.d., preferably with no words
Method	Play a piece of music and ask students to listen to it carefully, think about what it's about and how it makes them feel. Play the music again and ask students to move to the music. If the music is fast, encourage them to move fast. At the same time, ask students to show you how the music makes them feel. If it is happy, then there should be smiles on their faces. Continue through the whole song. Play another piece of music and repeat the thinking process. After the music is finished ask three or four students to come up to the front of the class. Play the music again and ask them to dance to the music appropriately. This time instead of asking them how they should dance, point out how they are dancing, ie: "Oh, I see that Tammy is stomping her feet because the music is really loud and strong..." Repeat the process untill everyone has had a chance to dance in front of the class.

Dance to the Beat
Suggested Grades	K-2
Objective	Students will examine and dance to the beat of a drum. This encourages students to pay attention to the beat of the music while they dance and understand that rythm is an important aspect to dancing.
Materials	a drum, or something that can create beats
Method	Play some sort of beat on the drum. Ask students to listen to it carefully. Are the beats strong, soft, fast, slow...? Then ask students to stand and move to the beat, changing their movements each time the beat changes. Ask a student to come up and play a beat on the drum for their classmates to dance to. Continue until all students have had a chance to play on the drum.

Dancing With Props
Suggested Grades	Any
Objective	Students will learn to use move a prop by moving their bodies. This activity encourages students to focus on balance, a variety of body movements, and making the prop central to their movements.
Materials	a variety of props: scarves, balls, string, hula hoops, pylons, batons, sticks, streamers, flags, rings, bean bags...
Method	Allow students to freely experiments with the variety of movements that are needed to make the variety of props move. Explore one prop at a time. If the number of props are limited, pair students up. After a while, ask students to pick a prop that they liked the best and create some sort of movement presentation with that prop. If students would like, allow them to present the movements to the rest of the class.

Curricular Resources in Dance Here are a number of links to Internet sites which contain information and/or other links related to Dance. Please read our disclaimer. ArtsEdge The mission of the Kennedy Centre's ArtsEdge is to "help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K12 curriculum." Teachers can keep up with arts news, interact with members of the arts and educational communities, access WWW resources (links are organized by discipline, e.g., dance, music, theatre, visual arts, etc.), and review arts-based curricular resources. Students can share their own works and links to a collection of web sites appropriate for children. [The] Country Barn This Country and Western theme site has pages dedicated to describing various C&W dances and their steps. Check out: Line Dances, Partners/Couples Dances, Mixed Bag of Dances. Dance and Movement Page Each month, a new song with instructions for dance/movement is featured. Previous songs are stored in an archive. History of Modern Ballroom Dancing An illustrated article tracing the history of the Viennese Waltz, Modern Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot, and Quickstep. PolkaNet This is a meta-list of links to resources on the Polka. Included are sound files and an incomplete history of the contemporary polka. Tap Dance Homepage Included within this Tap Dance page are: Who's Who in Tap, Tap Films, Tap Videos, Sounds of Tap, Glossary/Notation, History/Books, Tap Steps, and Trivia.

Dance Saskatchewan Links:

Ballet

Alberta Ballet
Ballet Jorgen Ballet Jorgen Canada is the fifth largest Canadian Ballet Company currently serving the nation.
Ballet Northwest
Dance Ontario
Dance Works
Danse Danse. Montréal, Québec
Juilliard
Kirov Ballet - From St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
Les Ballets Jazz De Montreal
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens - Montreal, Quebec
Moscow City Ballet - Moscow, RUSSIA
Moscow State Ballet
National Ballet, Inc. - The US National Ballet
Quinte Ballet School Belleville, ON
Royal Academy of Dance The Royal Academy of Dance is an international teacher education and awardingbody for classical ballet.
Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Ballet & Dance Webring. A webring is a chain of web sites that can be visited, or toured, with a single mouse click.
The Bolshoi- The famous Russian Ballet Site in Russian
The Mariinsky Theatre's Official Page (includes Kirov) Site in Russian
The National Ballet of Canada- Canada's National Ballet School is a world leader providing the best in ballet training integrated with an enriched academic program.
The National Ballet School
Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan, Inc.From Regina Saskatchewan, provides dance education and has performance opportunities in ballet, jazz, modern dance...


Jazz/Hip Hop
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

Tap
Jazz Tap Center - New York
Tap Giants

Ballroom

Ballroom Dancers .com ballroom dance resouce includes insights, message boards, directory, classifieds, books and more.
Classic Dance Club. A nonsmoking social Dance Club. Monthly dances at the Quality Hotel - Saskatoon City Centre. Dance lesson included in admission. Non members admitted at a higher cost
Club Latin. Salsa Instruction at the Crystal Ballroom, in downtown Saskatoon.
Dance Class Saskatoon
Dance Dynamics A Saskatoon based school for American style ballroom dancing.
Dancescape Ballroom Dancing, Dance News, Forums, Shopping and Supplies ...
DanceSport UK. An excellent site managed by Zem software. Get the latest competition news from Europe or take a look at the new costumes, maybe even buy a pair of shoes on-line.
Regina Ballroom dance Club. With membership, the Regina Ballroom Dancing Club (R.B.D.C.) Offers classes held Mondays to Thursdays at the Austrian Club. September through March
University of Saskatchewan Ballroom Dancing Club. American style social dancing. Operates September through March .Members only.
University of Toronto Ballroom Club
World Dance Plaza. is the WWW meeting point for all Dance Sport competitors, coaches, promoters, organisations and supporters. Check out the news and events at this exciting new site in the Netherlands.
Modern/Contemporary Free Flow Dance Theatre Free Flow is a leading edge Canadian Dance Company known for its innovative and risk-taking modern choreography.
Daghdha Dance Company Ltd. Daghdha Dance Company, a leading Irish professional contemporary dance company, is a group of active, highly skilled artists, dedicated to a rigorous discourse in dance, choreography, arts and culture.
Transformation Danse TransFormation is an intensive contemporary dance workshop with an emphasis on experiencing the creation process with established choreographers
New Dance Horizons New Dance Horizons' annual Performing Series presents the work of local, national and international contemporary dance artists. Dedicated to the development and celebration of original creations by NDH Artistic Director Robin Poitras, this project-based company is a foundation for creation, production, and touring. New Dance Horizons offers ongoing workshops and classes for dance professionals and for the community. Studio NDH / The House of Dance is a unique resource centre and studio which houses NDH's rich archive of videos, photographs, and documentation of 20 years of presenting, creating, producing, and learning about dance. It is an essential space for ongoing dance research, development and creation.
Music Ballroom Dance Music. Don't buy that new CD until you've checked it out at this UBC web site
Organizations ADAPT - Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers
Canada Council for the Arts
Canadanc/se.
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists Ontario Chapter
Canadian Culture Canada's Cultural Gateway
Canadian Conference of the Arts
Canadian Dance Teachers Association. The professional body for Canadian Dance Teachers
Dance On Tour - Canadian Directory of Dance on Tour The Canadian Directory of Dance on Tour contains profiles of Canadaian dance companies and artists for use by international dance promoters, venue managers and festival directors - everyone interested in the work of Canadian dance artists.
Canadian Heritage
Canadian Heritage is responsible for national policies and programs that promote Canadian content, foster cultural participation, active citizenship and participation in Canada's civic life, and strengthen connections among Canadians.
Canadian Cultural Observatory
Cultural Human Resources Council - Careers on Live Performing Arts
Dance Education Web
Dance Films Association
Harkness Center for Dance Injuries
Dance/NYC Dance/NYC is a branch of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance.
Dancer Transition Resource Centre Perfessional service organization dedicated to supporting perfessional dancers.
Human Kinetics Canada
IDSF. International Dance Sport Federation. The latest news on the olympic scene. World ranking lists by country. Rules and regulations.
In Motion
International Dance Council
International Council of Kinetography Laban/Labanotation
National Dance Association
National Dance Education Organization
National Film Board of Canada
Ontario Amateur DanceSport Association. Check out the dance scene in eastern Canada
Royal Academy of Dance The Royal Academy of Dance is an international teacher education and awardingbody for classical ballet.
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Society for Canadain Dance Studies The Society for Canadian Dance Studies is a support and advocacy group for anyone who studies or works in the field of Canadian dance studies.
SOCAN SOCAN is an organization that administers in Canada the performing rights of virtually the world's entire repertoire of copyright-protected music. SOCAN distributes the fees collected as royalties to our members (songwriters, composers and music publishers) and affiliated performing rights organizations worldwide.
The Banff Centre
The Canada Dance Festival is a presenter of contemporary Canadian dance, a partner and a community player that facilitates the development of the art form, its artists and its appreciative audience.
The Dance Center Home to Chicago's leading presenter of contemporary dance and the area's only academic program offering a B.A or B.F.A in Dance
Toronto Artscape Inc.
Work in Culture Volunteer The Volunteer Sector The Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) is a unique undertaking between the Government of Canada and the voluntary sector to enhance their relationship and strengthen the sector's capacity. Over the five year initiative they are working together to address issues including funding practices, policy dialogue, technology, volunteerism and research about the sector.

Cultural Dance

Dance Egypt
Del Mundo Multiculural Dance & Music Academy
Maimouna Keita The Maimouna Keita School of African Dance, Inc.

Polonia Polish Folk Dance Ensemble
Vinok Worldance Vinok Worldance is Canada's foremost professional company presenting an international repertoire of world folk dance and music.
The International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance The Art of Belly Dancing. Visit our store to buy bellydancing videos, DVDs and music CDs.
Mi Young Kim Dance Company The Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada (KDSSC) is a not-for-profit organization, founded by Miyoung Kim who is the artistic director of the KDSSC in Toronto. Miyoung Kim Dance Company is a professional dance company of KDSSC with professional dancers.
Danza Morena Latin Dance Academy The Latin Dance Academy’s primary focus is on developing proper technique for Latin dance. This will be achieved by exposing students to a variety of Latin dance forms such as cha cha cha, salsa, mambo, tango, merengue, cumbia and punta just to name a few.
Regina Association of Middle Eastern Dance

Universities

Brenau University Dance at Brenau
UBC Dance Club. Teaching International Style dancing since 1949. Boasts over 1200 members
U of S Ballroom Dancing Club. The Uof S's social dance club
University of Saskatchewan Dancesport. Teaching International Style dancing and Club Latin. Classes begin in September.
University of Toronto Ballroom Club
UVic Ballroom Dance Club.

Saskatoon Dance Clubs

Classic Dance Club. Social dances monthly September through June
River City Swing Dance Club. Lindy Hop lessons and Swing Dances

Arabesque Dance Company and Academy Canada's leading Middle Eastern dance and music ensemble directed by Yasmina Ramzy and Dr. George Sawa. Sponsored by three levels of government, the company performs worldwide to critical acclaim.
Ballet Dancer's Art Gallery
BalletTanz. Europe's leading dance magazine

British Columbia Touring Council. Check out to find an artist touring in your province or state.
Buenos Aires Tango Jazz In this it web site you will find a wide range of artistic-musical cultural spectacles, in tango , jazz, folklore, and classical music, as well as theatre and dance companies from Argentina, avaiable for international shows.
Canadian Children's Dance Theatre. A modern repertory company of 12 to 18 year old dancers based in Toronto, Ontario.|
City of Saskatoon. Provides civic information that is up-to-date, easy to find, and quick to download.
Country Dance Lines A Monthly Magazine Providing Dance News, Views and Information.
daCi
Dancin' Saskatoon A Dance Events Website
Dance Box A dancewear recycling company.
Dance Collection Danse Dance Collection Danse, which holds Canada's largest collection of dance-related documents.
Dance Immersion The only company of its kind in Canada, encourages and presents dancers and dances of the African Diaspora.
Dance Fuzion is one of Canada’s most urban, exciting and on the cutting edge Dance Convention, Summer Training and Specialty Workshop arenas available to young dancers and teachers today. DanceFuzion provides dancers with an exhilarating experience of quality education by active professionals from around the world, exposure to the entertainment industry, and opportunities to launch a career and achieve their dreams as performers!
Dance Manitoba
Dance Power Competition 2003
Dancers At Work - Free Listing for Canadian Dancers and over 300 Canadian Dance Links.
Dance Teacher Magazine
Danza Dance
EDAM (an acronym for Experimental Dance and Music)
Early Dance Circle A British umbrella organisation for people and groups, worldwide, interested in all aspects of historical dance.
German Junior Folk Dancers
Henry's Dance List. Links to just about everthing in the dance world. Well done Henry!
ImPulsTanz - In a world where modern dance related websites are laughed at without exception ImPulsTanz's website is nothing short of stunning.
International Dance Day-Calagry
Jordan Ewart Insurance
Limbers Dance Discount

Moving Pictures The Festival of Dance on Film and Video
Perform Art Studios - Dance & Performing Art School
Performance Technologies Network
Performing Arts Network Japan Performing Arts Network Japan is presented by the Japan Foundation to introduce information on the Japanese perfoming arts scene.
AUUC Poltava Ensemble of Song, Music & Dance Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
Rose Valley School of Dance
Saskachewan Heritage Project
Saskatchewan Scottish Country Dancers
Saskatoon International Folkdance Club

Saskatoon Pilates Centre Body Conditioning & Rehabilitation Signature Dance At Signature Dance we meet with famed dancers and choreographers to create videos and CD's produced to inspire you to teach, choreograph dance and perform. We do this because we love to see great dancing and wish that there were more ways to connect people up with good music, dance class ideas and routines that make life more exciting.
Stamping Ground Dance Festival Showcasing male dance - and ideas about it.
Steppin' On Up Dance & Twirl Inc.
Studio 5th Avenue photographers
Sursaut Compagnie De Danse the Sursaut dance company is devoted to the creation, production and dissemination of dance shows for young and family audiences.
The Book & Brier Patch Books, Music & Coffee
The Broadway Company A new professional company trying to bring Broadway opportunities to communities throughtout the US.
The Core Connection Pilates Studio
The Dance Center Home to Chicago's leading presenter of contemporary dance and the area's only academic program offering a B.A or B.F.A in Dance
The Dance Current Dance dialogue and critical commentary
The Dance Heritage Coalition (DHC)
The Place. An international centre for enquiry, enterprise and originality in dance situated in the heart of London, England.
The Toy Castle Children's T.V. Show


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