Blame It On

The Boogie!!!

Author: Kellaine Cross

ECD 536

About the Author

• My name is Kellaine Cross, I am a graduate student at Tougaloo College. I am an avid lover of dance, I started taking ballet and jazz classes at the age of four until I was twelve. Because I started taking dance classes early on; I have a love and an appreciation for all forms of dance. Dance helped me focus when I was in school, even now I dance when I am under stress.

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Children and Dance Benefits

• Different Types of Dance

• Ballet

• Contemporary

• Jazz

• Hip Hop

• Ballroom

Introduction

• Dance is an important creative outlet for children. Children begin dancing as early as a few months of age. This eBook will show different types of dances children might be interested in. Dance is an excellent form of expression; dance has physical, emotional, social and educational benefits.

Benefits of Children taking Dance

• Improves Physical Health

• Provides Opportunities for Socialization

• Room for Self-Expression

• Provides Education and Discipline

• Improve Self-Esteem

Reasons Why Your Children Should Take Dance.

1) Dance education aids the development of

kinesthetic intelligence.

2) Dance education creates opportunities for self-

expression and communication within the

constraints of the medium of the body.

3) Dance, whether representational, thematic, or

abstract, is a repository of civilization that changes

through time.

4) Dance education teaches the values and skills of

creativity, problem solving, risk taking, making

judgments in the absence of rules, and higher-order

thinking skills.

5) Dance provides an opportunity for students to

recognize that there are multiple solutions to

problems.

6) The study of dance fosters an

individual’s ability to better interpret

interpersonal nonverbal communication.

7) Dance education provides a strong

base from which to analyze and make

informed judgments about corporeal

images.

8) Learning the dances of other cultures

helps students to develop an

understanding and respect for them.

9) Through stimulating all the senses,

dance goes beyond verbal language in

engaging dancers and promoting the

development of multisensory beings.

10) Dance provides options to destructive

alternatives in a world that is

unpredictable and unsafe for children.

11) Dance education prepares

people for careers in dance and

other fields.

12) Dance enhances an individual’s

lifelong quality of life.

13) Participation in dance benefits

our communities economically.

14) Dance education helps

students develop physical fitness,

appreciation of the body, concern

for sound health practices, and

effective stress management

approaches.

15) Dance education contributes to

the National Education Goals

(from the Educate America Act of

1994).

Different Genres of Dance

• There are many genres of dance out there in the world. We will focus on the five primary genres in the United States.

Ballet

An artistic dance form performed to music using

precise and highly formalized set steps and

gestures.

Classical ballet, which originated in

Renaissance Italy and established its

present form during the 19th century, is

characterized by light, graceful, fluid

movements and the use of pointe shoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PVvKfWtk3E

Contemporary

A dance performance genre that developed

during the mid twentieth century and has since

grown to become one of the dominant genres for

formally trained dancers throughout the world,

with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and

Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcASfwAjUUQ

Jazz

A dance form or dance

that is matched to the

rhythms and techniques of

jazz music, developed by

American blacks in the

early part of the 20th

century.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziZc84xcTyU

Hip Hop

Refers to street dance styles primarily performed to

hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-

hop culture.

It includes a wide range of styles

primarily breaking, locking, and

popping which were created in the

1970s and made popular by dance

crews in the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqbOeXI8Pfk

Ballroom

Formal social dancing in couples, popular as a

recreation and also as a competitive activity. The

ballroom dance repertoire includes dances

developed from old European folk dances such as

the waltz, Latin American dances such as the

tango, rumba, and cha-cha, and dances of 20th-

century origin such as the foxtrot and quickstep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Td35ANYKqo

Closing

• Here is a dance activity that children and adults can do to help stimulate the mind of students.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14_1qsOk_Ps