Repertory Dance Theatre is dedicated to the creation, performance, perpetuation, and appreciation of modern dance.
In this lesson, students enact through dance their interpretation of individual words spoken out loud.
In this lesson designed for kindergarteners, students experience the alphabet through movement.
Students will take inspiration from the choreographer Charles Moulton and his community based ball passing choreography. Students will learn basic ball passing movements and rhythms and create their own way of ball passing with their friends.
This lesson plan uses creative movement to introduce students to different types of clouds and different types of precipitation.
In this movement lesson, students will use the ideas of shape (symmetrical and asymmetrical), stillness vs. movement and levels in space (high, medium and low) to move across the room.
This lesson plan will explore various ways of walking in different directions on different levels, inspired by Fin Amour Walking Dance.
In this lesson designed for elementary grades 4-6, students explore dance elements by learning about math fractions.
In this lesson designed for kindergarteners, students explore geometric shapes and how their bodies move through motion activity.
The goal of this lesson plan is to re-enforce the importance and power of abstract thinking and abstract movement in the choreographic process. This lesson plan can help teachers fight the pre-conceived notion that dance MUST TELL A STORY, that dance MUST BE ABOUT SOMETHING.
This 13-minute lesson plan was created for the Reimagine Teaching program made possible by UEN/UETN and POPs. It focuses on the movements of animals, their habitats, the environment, and combines creative movement with the Science Core of 2nd/3rd grades.
It is a single creative movement lesson plan for 2nd & 3rd Grade explores directions, levels, speeds, and actions.
This creative movement lesson focuses on line, design, and moving through the room. Straight, Curved and Zig-Zag lines will be explored. High Medium and Low levels in space will also be explored as will pathways through space.
This is a 2nd & 3rd grade based lesson that explores simple machines and connects to the State Core in Science.
The is a 2nd & 3rd grade creative movement lesson plan that explores two ideas: syllables and movement; and a movement relay race.
This 60-minute workshop is part of the Reimagine Teaching program supported by UEN/UENT, and POPs. It is for elementary classroom teachers to help them utilize Creative Movement as a teaching tool in their classrooms. In this session, participants will explore, time, space, energy, levels, direction, speed as well as integrating Language Arts, Science, Social Studies and Math Curriculum into movement lesson plans.
This is a dance history based lesson plan for Jr. and Sr. High School dance teachers exploring the technique and artistic principles behind a famous historical modern dance pioneer: Lester Horton.
This lesson is intended for teachers interested in exploring the technique and creative ideas of Jose Limon, a pioneer figure in the history of Modern Dance as well as connections to the Language Arts Core Curriculum.
This lesson is intended for teachers interested in exploring the technique and creative ideas of Martha Graham, a pioneer figure in the history of Modern Dance.
This lesson is intended for teachers interested in exploring the technique and creative ideas of Michio Ito, a pioneer figure in the history of Modern Dance.
This is a dance history based lesson plan for Jr. and Sr. High School dance teachers exploring the technique and artistic principles behind a famous historical modern dance pioneer: Viola Farber. In particular, it uses elements from her 1970 piece PASSENGERS to explore choreographic principles and ideas associated with post-modern dance and dance structure.