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SPECIAL TOPIC: MOVEMENT LANGUAGE ELEMENTS FOR DANCE
IN EDUCATION
Section: E1.00
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Scheduled Final Exam: NO
Office: 9501mpc
Tel:
291- 3395
Fax: 291-3203
E-mail:
Ruth_Emerson@sfu.ca
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Semester 96-1
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Instructor: R. Emerson
PREREQUISITE
60 credit hours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
About the Instuctor:
Ruth Emerson danced in New York in the Judson Dance Theatre and the Pearl Lang Company. She holds a Master of Arts
in Dance from the University of Illinois, and she is a Laban Movement Analyst. She has directed her own community
dance company, and taught grade 7-12 dance in P.E. and Fine Arts. An adjunct in the Faculty of Education, she has been
teaching Dance Education since 1989.
OBJECTIVES
This course, a prerequisite for Educ 495, Dance in Education, is designed for people with or without dance training, who
want to teach dance in arts, P.E., or classroom contexts. In this experiential class students will dance to develop an
understanding of the movement concepts (Action, Space, Time, Force, and Relationship) which are the framework for
making and teaching dance. The course will explore dance as a nonverbal language, and students will be introduced to
the creative process involved when using and teaching dance as an expressive art form. Students will explore a variety
of aspects of planning and presenting dance lessons. Pleae wear comfortable clothes for dancing.
Accompanist Fee: $20.00/ student for the semester.
REQUIREMENTS
* Active participation in individual and group movement activities
and in class and group discussions ...............................................................50%
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In-Class presentations ...............................................................................20%
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Written Work ............................................................................................30%
READINGS
0-919068-66-9 ?
Parker, Pat, et al.
CAHPER/ ACSE
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Creative Dance
Publications
REQ REC
0-02-342800-7 ?
Gilbert, Anne G.
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Maxwell
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MacMillan Teaching
Movement
the
Experiences
3 R's Through
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