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Glide your way through the most popular ballroom dances‹the Latin Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, and Samba; as well as modern classics like the Waltz, Quickstep, and Tango‹in this accessible and entertaining dancing guide. With a partner or on your own, the Ballroom Dance Pack is all you need to master the 6 most popular dances in the privacy of your own home. ... Read more

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A Model Of Simplicity
THE BALLROOM DANCE PACK is a model of simplicity. Walter Laird presents basic instruction in the Waltz, Quickstep, Tango, Cha-Cha, Samba and Rumba. He starts each lesson with a demonstration of a solo exercise and pictures of the appropriate close hold. The emphasis throughout the book is on the basics.

Laird teaches the British style with the man leading with his right foot. Americans consequently will have to reverse the process. I find this requirement to be only a minor inconvenience. If you are seeking the bare fundamentals, this manual is a good place to find them.

BALLROOM DANCING MEANT TO BE READ AS A NOVEL !!
Enthusiasts keen to ballroom dance , the English way will be thrilled with their find ! The instructions , though simple coupled with the profuse figures and variations are informative and easy to follow. Covers all 3standard dances (though disappointing not to see the 'Slow Foxtrot' in thisbook)and 3 Latin dances. A good start to built fundamental knowledge of thebasic steps and rhythmn in the movements ,but not without practice.Thelearner will never be lost .

The hour-long CD alternates between'practice' and 'actual play'including the feet templates account for thebumper sized book which needs to wrapped up !

Wonder if W.Laird isplanning on an Intermediate book.

Very basic, British style, nice practice music.
Teaches the most basic moves of a few flow and latin dances.A colorful book that shows two dance couples displaying proper form for each move, but it does not get very far.While it has "templates" showing footwork for the most basic form of each dance, it lacks for more common footwork diagrams for the other dance moves.This book is British (male - right foot first), so "Natural Turns" etc. will all be backword for most American students.The practice music CD is nice to have when you are learning the basics. ... Read more

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1999 Oppenheim Award. Based on the Avon Books release The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, accomplished author, teacher, musician and noted authority on music and healing. Features some of Mozart's most powerful, playful and affecting compositions, selecte ... Read more

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For years, K-12 teachers have been relying on the invaluable tools and blueprints in Building Dances and Building More Dances to help their students put movements together. Now, with Building Dances, Second Edition, the original text has been significantly expanded and updated to give you even more tools to guide your students as they experiment with the creative process—even if you've never taught or choreographed dance.

Like the earlier books, this guide puts you in the role of facilitator rather than demonstrator. Using the dance construction models provided, you'll explain the material, teach the necessary skills, direct the action, and assess the outcomes . . . letting your students focus on the creative work.

Building Dances, Second Edition, follows the same winning approach that made the first edition so popular. It takes you step by step through the choreographic process, with sample lesson plans, warm-up ideas, and seven easy steps to follow when building a dance, plus even more great material:

· A convenient, expanded, ready-to-use deck of Deal-A-Dance cards· Updated dance-building activities, called Dance Construction Models, reformatted and expanded to include loads of new information and six new activities · An expanded glossary explaining important dance terms in everyday language · New forms and checklists to make the assessment process easier for you and your students

This edition contains a total of 15 Dance Construction Models, including 6 never before published. Each construction model provides concrete ideas to help students shape dance movements, perhaps to create a scene, communicate a story, foster an idea, or interpret a piece of music. And now the Dance Construction Models have been redesigned to make them even easier to use! Each one includes a description of the activity or procedure, an example, cross-references to the national standards for dance and for physical education, easy adaptations for three different grade levels (grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12), and criteria for student assessments. You'll find four types of sample rubrics for each one, with specific criteria for movement skills, cognitive skills, choreographic and creative process, and social and aesthetic skills.

The unique Deal-a-Dance cards—one of the most popular Dance Construction Models—have also been expanded and reformatted to get students even more involved in creating and assessing their own work. The cards provide more than 230 movement ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Each card presents a definition of a selected movement term, a description of that movement, multiple suggestions for students to try, challenges that encourage them to put movements together to form phrases and dances, and a self-evaluation question. The cards are excellent hands-on tools that allow students to work at their own pace, either individually or in small groups. You can use them for a single lesson, a unit, or an entire semester of work.

This edition also contains new ideas to help you connect dance to other disciplines and increase students' engagement, plus new criteria for writing rubrics and suggestions on how to expand simple dances into whole productions for PTA and other student performance settings.

Whether you're a physical education teacher, drama coach, music teacher, dance teacher, classroom teacher, or recreation specialist, this book will help you stimulate your students' imaginations. Use it alone or together with the companion resource, Building More Dances, to help your students experience the joy of building their own dances. ... Read more

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Lame-0
I bought this book with high expectations.I teach dance, drama, and art to elementary school children and I found only one really good lesson from this book.There is a bunch of information on how to use national standards for dance in the classroom and some decent rubics, but as a whole...I wished I would have saved my money.

Great book--dance cards have practical application
I teach dance to adult women, and, although this book is geared towards teaching children, I have found the dance cards enormously useful.Using the suggestion in the book to pass out the cards to students in small subgroups, I have seen amazing creativity result in the mini-choreographies that they make.Using the cards is a great 10-15 minute class exercise that really enhances creativity.I've received good feedback from students, and, in my opinion, the cards alone are worth the price of the book.The book also contains some good basic information about body positioning, choreography, and how to use the cards.The book is written in very clear language, with clear illustrations and graphics.I'd rate it an A+.

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I thin kthe book was very interesting. Andas a vocal artist I dance and it gave me some tips on better dance moves and i think my choreographer that of it as a blessing (i gave her a copy too). Thanks ... Read more

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Tarantata: Dance of the Ancient SpiderAlessandra Belloni Singer and percussionist Alessandra Belloni weaves a spell- binding web of sensuality drawn from the heart of Italy's tradition of the tarantella, or "dance of the ancient spider." Fuses influences from Brazil, North Africa, and Latin America - to ignite the healing power of this lost music for all of us today. "Entertaining and curiously haunting." - The New York Times ... Read more

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Author: Sean Slade
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
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Author: Jane Shimon
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 74Issue: 3Page: 12(4)

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Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 1994
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
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Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
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