Put On Your Red Shoes, and Dance the Blues

Hello, and welcome to my Dance Methodology assignment. To find the answers to each question, please refer to the links to the left!

What Are My Experiences as a Teacher of the Arts?

I’ve never taught an art, per se, but I’ve been teaching children and adults to cook since 2015. I like to think that cooking is the perfect blend of science, math, and art. There’s an old expression: you eat first with your eyes. I try to keep that front of mind when creating and sharing recipes; you can have the most delicious meal, but no one will be excited to taste it if it doesn’t at least look appealing. 

What Are My Experiences As A Student Of The Arts?

What Are My Experiences As A Student Of The Arts? 

What Are My Experiences As A Student Of The Arts? 

When I was a child, I loved to draw. Any form of visual art made me happy, and my mother enrolled me in watercolour classes at the age of seven. I continued working with those, and different mediums, through classes until I graduated High School. 

What Are My Goals for Dance Methodology?

1. I want to learn how to share the importance of a body’s abilities, vs a body’s appearance with my future students.

2.  I want to learn how to use dance as a tool for the development of motor skills, creativity, social skills, and inventiveness.

About Me!

What Are My Goals For This Course?

What Are My Feelings About Teaching Dance?

I am so excited to have the opportunity to learn how to incorporate dance into my teaching style! I have never taken a dance course before (save toddler ballet!) but am always happy to move my body in ways that feel expressive.

John Dewey said, “for the pupil has a body and brings it to the school along with his mind. And the body, out of necessity, is a wellspring of activity; it has to do something”.

He believed that children did their best academically outside of a “traditional” classroom environment (usually, desks and chairs), so facilitating time and space for active learning could give them an opportunity to learn whilst listening to their body’s desire for movement.