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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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SPECIAL TOPICS:

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TEACHING CREATIVE DANCE (K-7)

Summer Session, 1991 ?

Instructor:

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Ruth Emerson

(July 2 - August 9)

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Office:

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MPX 8552B

Tuesday & Thursday, 1:00 - 4:50 p.m.

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Telephone:

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294-5522

Location: MPX 7540 (gym) ?

Message:

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291-3395

PREREQUISiTES

Ed. 4011402 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Dance experience,

though welcome, is not essential

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed for the elementary teacher who would like to use dance

in his/her classes. The course would be helpful to teachers using dance in an

arts, P.E., or classroom context. In this experiential class students will dance

together in order to explore movement and the making of dances. Movement

concepts of Action, Space, Time, Force, and Relationship, the what, where,

when, how, and with whom of movement, will be studied in terms of

understanding how to teach dance and choreography. Rather than being

specifically dance technique based, movement in the course will incorporate

general human actions as a nonverbal language. Different uses for movement

and dance in elementary school will be investigated, and students will develop

lessons and units of dance.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Class attendance and participation

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35%

In-class work ?

30%

Final written project ?

35%

REQUIRED TEXTS

CAHPER,

Creative Dance, Basic Skills Series

(from the bookstore)

and

A xerox packet by Anne Gilbert, to be purchased at the first class

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Ruth Emerson has a Master of Arts in Dance from the University of Illinois, and

she is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst. In recent years, she has been

teaching dance, choreographing, developing school arts programs, and

directing her own dance company. She is presently an adjunct professor in the

Faculty of Education, and a teacher at the Burnaby Arts Centre.