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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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