Resources: Dance

Professional Organizations

• Utah Dance Educators Organization (UDEO)
• National Dance Educators Organization (NDEO)
• Shape America (SHAPE)
• Dance and The Child International (daCi)

Activities, Tools, and Resources

• USOE Core Curriculum Resources in Dance:
  • Kindergarten | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth
• Brain Dance
  • Brain Dance Videos
• Creative Dance Lesson Plans by Erika Cravath (2nd & 5th grades)
• Dance Concept Poems by Anne Green Gilbert
• Give Me Five - Dance safety rules
• Movement Quality Words
• Music for modern dance
• Peter Jones’ Music
• Christopher Benstead’s Music for Dance on Spotify
• Folk Dance Materials - Ed Austin, BYU World Dance Dept. 801-422-3384
• Aubree Weiler's Wheatley Research Project
• Sannafolkstyle.com - a great collection of folk dances
• Drums by Marko Johnson - 801-487-7110
• Book to Boogie
• Dancing Words Blog

Related Readings

• Joyce, Mary. First Steps in Teaching Creative Dance to Children. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 1993. ( Chris Roberts says anyone can teach dance with these step-by-step instructions.)
• Gilbert, Anne Green. Brain Compatible Dance Education. Available through AGG Productions, Seattle, WA.
• Gilbert, Anne Green. Creative Dance For All Ages. National Dance Association, 1992.
• Jones, Bill T. and Kuklin, Susan. Dance. New York, NY: Hypherion Books, 1998.
• Anne Dunkin. Dancing in Your School: A Guide for Pre-school and Elementary School Teachers. Heightstown, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 2006.

Word Wall

• Dance Teaching Resources and Strategies
• Dance Word Wall
• Dance Elements B.(M).E.S.T