Dancing to Learn

Schools Pre-School Dance Dance as a Discipline Pre-professional Dance Dance Company Schools and Outreach Programs Arts Magnet Schools Program within a School New York City Public Schools Cluster School Program A County-Wide Multifaceted Program in all Public Schools Dance Integration - with Other Arts or Non-Arts Disciplines Elementary School High School University Dance Education Performing Arts Organization Offerings John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education Washington Performing Arts Society Young Audiences National Dance Institute (NDI) ArtsConnection Young Talent Dance Program/ English Language Literacy Program Community Based Dance Programs Dance Teacher Preparation Private Dance Studios and Conservatories Dance Education Lab Pulse Ontario (Canada) Dance Education Conference National Registry of Dance Educators State Dance Certification In-service Workshops National Dance Education Organization Encore Chapter 4. The Dancing Brain Leaves No One Behind A Performing Art A Liberal Art An Applied Art Personal Development through Dance Aids Learning Dance Engages and Motivates Dance and Changing Behavior Dance Integrated with Other Subjects Assessing Non-dance Learning through Dance Children's Own Dance as a Diagnostic Tool Transfer of Dance Learning Dimensions of Transfer Brain Action Teaching for Transfer Research on Transfer Tools for Dance Learning Media, Cyberspace, and Social Networks Distance Learning "Pen and Paper" Movement Analysis Dance Curriculum, Standards, Assessment, and Evaluation Dance to Cope with Stress Bad Stress - Distress Good Stress - Eustress Dance a Stressor Escape Encore Chapter 5. Mind and Emotion in Learning Self, Cultural and National Identities through Dance Dancer Identity, Career, Transitions, and Dance-related Options Gender and Sexual Orientation Who Is On-stage? Females Males in Dance Culture, Diversity, Understanding, and Choreographic Inspiration Black/White Interaction Regional or National Identity Applying Cultural Diversity Selecting Dances Cultural Appropriation Playing Anthropologist to Learn about a Culture's Dance Encore Finale and Reverence Dance - Cinderella of Education and Brain Science Plie: Ready to Soar in Brain and Body Figure 1. Elements of Dance Figure 2. Ways of Conveying Meaning in Dance (Semantic Grid) Appendix 1: Tools to Discover the Dancing Brain Appendix 2: To Dance in a Classroom, Even for Non-Dancers Images and Credits References Cited About the Brain Teaching Dance Index About the Author