This week was a re-introduction to dance and its function as a means of expressing and developing ideas. Although familiar, many of the values and strategies for teaching dance had been lost in the last two years. It’s great that this is a reoccurring aspect of our training that is reinforced as we also develop our personal pedagogies. For example the benefits of dance for the personal, social, emotional and spiritual domains of child development are becoming more evident as we develop a greater understanding of how children learn.
The National Dance Education Organisation (2011) explore the intrinsic value of dance education. An interesting assertion is that dance in so innate in us we express ourselves through movement before talking. Of course there are the physical benefits of dance to consider, as well as the emotional aspects such as self-confidence and social development through group work. Cognitively we develop a sense of language and literacy through dance which carries into academic achievement where as with all of the arts, dance is linked to improved academic achievement. Dance also assists in developing an understanding of symbolism, multi-literacies as well as higher order thinking skills.
The Hyundai commercial is a video we saw in first year. It was exciting and engaging then but now we can see the elements of dance and the potential for learning it contains. For example it is a great appreciation piece to explore not only the elements of dance but the viewpoints aspect of dance education (ACARA, 2010). They can discuss the message and purpose of the advertisement, asking questions such as who the target audience is and what message they are expressing about the car.
Hyundai Commercial (Pilobolus, 2010)- Exploring shape
References:
Australian Curriculum Assessment, Reporting Authority. (2012). Learning in dance. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/TheArts/Learning-in-Dance
National Dance Education Organisation. (2011). Standards for learning and teaching dance in the arts: Ages 5-18. Retrieved from: http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=55431
Pilobolus Dance (2010, August 31). Pilobolus in a Hyundai Santa Fe Commercial – “Life Shapes” [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77hE5CLyRSA
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