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About Apache Dances | Native American Culture
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The Apache Crown Dancers are enrolled members of the White Mountain Apache Tribe and live in Whiteriver, Ariz. In this video segment, the group leader, Joe Tohonnie, Jr., talks about the long history of the dance and its role in Apache culture as the dancers perform Crown Dances.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS LearningMedia
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
About Capoeira | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Joe Allred, leader of the Lexington, KY.-based Capoeira Narahari, discusses the basics of Capoeira and its origins in Brazil in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS LearningMedia
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PBS Learning Media
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08/25/2023
About Cherokee Dance | Native American Culture
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In this video John Bullet Standingdeer a member of the Warriors of AniKituhwa of Cherokee, NC, describes the cultural importance of the ceremonial Eagle Dance, performed by the Warriors of AniKituhwa, and the social Beaver Dance, performed by the Raven Rock Dancers.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS LearningMedia
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PBS Learning Media
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08/25/2023
About Mohawk Dance | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Curtis Lazore, a member of the Oknegakdagye (Along the Waters) Dancers, talks about the dance traditions of the Mohawk in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

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Arts and Humanities
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
About Stepping | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Tamisha Floyd, one of four captains of the Step Team at Bryan Station High School in Lexington, Ky., describes stepping in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series. She also describes how her team learns and practices its routines.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS LearningMedia
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
About the Chinese Sword Dance | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Jingzian Zhang, a retired professor of Chinese opera, talks about the purpose and form of the Chinese Sword Dance in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS LearningMedia
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
About the Cleansing Dance from Togo | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Jeaunita and Adebola Olowe of Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre talk about the Sohu, a ritual cleansing dance from Togo, in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
About the Tarantella | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Jennifer Rose, a dancer, musician, and folk historian from Berea, Ky., talks about the background of the Tarantella, in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series. The Tarantella is a folk dance that originated in Italy.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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PBS LearningMedia
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
About the Welcome Dance from Yoruba | Dance Arts Toolkit
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Adebola and Jeaunita Olowe discuss Nigerian culture and dance and how they started an African dance company in the United States in this video from the Dance Arts Toolkit series.

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Arts and Humanities
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/25/2023
Al-Bab (Portal)
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Al-Bab is a portal website designed to introduce non-Arabs to Arab culture by providing links to news sources, country profiles, articles, and a blog on Middle East current events. There are also specific links related to learning Arabic: dictionaries, language classes, textbooks, and other information pertaining to the study of Arabic. A free e-book, The Birth of Modern Yemen, is available for download.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Literature
World Cultures
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Reading
Provider:
British-Yemeni Society
Date Added:
10/11/2013
Algorithms & Dance
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This resource was created by Jenny Motacek, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

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Mathematics
Performing Arts
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Lesson Plan
Author:
Arts ESU2
Date Added:
02/01/2023
All I Want to Do Is Dance, Dance, Dance!
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Students will observe dance movements depicted in a drawing and a painting. Partners will use simple lines to draw their partner's movements and paint dance costumes on the figures using various brushstrokes. Students will write a persuasive speech to the school superintendent explaining why they believe dance should be a regular part of the curriculum. They will then model dance movements for classmates in teams of four and recite their persuasive speech to the class.

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Arts and Humanities
Visual Arts
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Diagram/Illustration
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Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
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Getty Education
Date Added:
05/22/2013
The Art and Depiction of Dance (Advanced Level)
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Students will examine three works of art to learn about the daily lives of working ballet dancers in Paris in the 19th century. Students will conduct additional research to learn about the cultural context at the time these dancers worked, including how ballet dancers were perceived. Finally, students will create a backstage view of a contemporary dancer.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
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Diagram/Illustration
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Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
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Getty Education
Date Added:
05/22/2013
The Art and Depiction of Dance (Beginning Level)
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Students will learn about an artist's sketchbook that includes drawings of ballet dancers. They will practice two ballet steps and discuss how an artist uses line to depict dancers in rehearsal. Students will make a sketchbook and produce a series of quick sketches of dancers.

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Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
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Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
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Getty Education
Date Added:
05/22/2013
The Art and Depiction of Dance (Intermediate Level)
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Students will learn about axial movements and locomotor movements by discussing dancers depicted in a drawing and photograph. They will then practice combining axial and locomotor movements. They will describe how artists depict a dancer's motion in drawing and photography. They will also analyze how an artist creates movement and emphasis through contrast, composition, and leading lines, and then experiment with photography to capture motion in dance.

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Arts and Humanities
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson Plan
Provider:
J. Paul Getty Museum
Provider Set:
Getty Education
Date Added:
05/22/2013
Arts Integration in Elementary Curriculum
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This open textbook was created with the support of an ALG Textbook Transformation Grant. Topics include art integration, music integration, physical education / dance integration, and the theoretical foundations of arts integration in education

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Education
Elementary Education
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
University System of Georgia
Provider Set:
Galileo Open Learning Materials
Author:
David Browm
Molly Zhou
Date Added:
09/29/2015
Black Roller Skaters Are Carrying Forward LA's Iconic Scene | If Cities Could Dance
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In Los Angeles, jam skaters draw from a community and culture built over generations at Venice Beach and at rinks across the city. Over the past year, roller skating hit the mainstream as a safe and relatively accessible pandemic-era pastime, its international popularity bolstered by people recording their shaky progress on social media. Skates were sold out for months, and skaters have become major influencers on Instagram and TikTok. But longtime skaters are quick to remind everyone: This isn’t a fad.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
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Activity/Lab
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PBS
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
03/06/2023
Bollywood Reinvented | If Cities Could Dance
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Dancer Amit Patel is reinventing Bollywood dance and making space for queer expression in the South Asian community. At 10, he began Bollywood dance training with Mona Khan Company and later started contemporary dance. He realized he could express himself outside of Bollywood’s traditional male roles. Today, he teaches "Bollywood Heels," a mix of Kathak gestures and jazz performed in 5-inch heels.

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Arts and Humanities
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
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PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
03/06/2023