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First Suite Rich Task #3: Let's Dance

Objective:
To provide access for teachers to a range of resources that support First Suite Rich Task #3: Let's Dance. Six major topics have been identified:

Cultural awareness and expression
Specific cultures - European, Asian, Oceanic, etc.
Dances - variety of forms and cultures
Body coordination, movement, aesthetics
Physical Fitness - measuring and monitoring
Dance - physical, social, cultural

Description:
This list provides a starting point for resources to support First Suite Rich Task #3: Let's Dance. Resources have been grouped under the following headings:

Professional associations and useful contacts
Websites
Related resources

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Professional associations and useful contacts

Professional associations, community members or organisations able to provide expert information and advice on topics related to the Rich Task.

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc.
http://www.achper.org.au
ACHPER promotes healthy lifestyles through professional development and activities for people of all ages. The Active Australia database can be searched for local organisations, councils and other network members promoting sports and recreational activities.
Fitness Queensland
http://www.fitnessqld.org.au/
Fitness Queensland, a government-funded organisation which represents fitness professionals and others interested in fitness, is currently developing directories of fitness-related people and places throughout the state. Possibly a useful guide to locations of people and services.
Queensland Health
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/
This site contains many references to exercise and fitness such as Leisure, sport and fitness. The Physical activity section contains two documents - Physical activity facts and Physical activity storybook - which describes in detail some community activities being carried out in Queensland.
QueenslandWeb
http://qldweb.slq.qld.gov.au
Search QueenslandWeb for 'dancing and queensland', 'culture and queensland' to find local organisations that support and offer advice on dance, culture, fitness, measurement and body coordination; for example, Tjapukai , an Aboriginal cultural centre near Cairns.
Zeroland: An arts web directory
http://www.zeroland.co.nz/
This comprehensive directory covers all the arts categories and under Dance, in the Performing Arts section, lists dozens of sites featuring different types of dance, including African American, some with video sequences. Useful for learning about different cultures and dances.

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Websites

Cultural awareness and expression

Queensland Museum Explorer: Culture
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/organisation/sections/culture.asp
Contains details of collections of artefacts relating to European and Aboriginal heritage, including 'Women of the West' and 'Aboriginal studies'. The Museum lends artefacts to thirty country locations through its Country Service, allowing remote schools to become familiar with different cultures.

Specific cultures

On the line
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/index.html
This site provides a gateway to virtual excursions to Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Algeria, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom which present an overview of life in each country, with the emphasis on food, sport, arts and crafts, music and dance.

Dances - variety of forms and cultures

Sapphire Swan dance directory
http://www.sapphireswan.com/dance/
The site is an entry point for information on dance of all types, from ballet to belly dancing, and square dancing to salsa. National dancing is also included - on the Irish dance site, for example, there is a link to the 'Lord of the Dance' site, with video excerpts from the production. Most examples give the history of the dance and photographs or videos, jargon and related sites.

Body coordination, movement, aesthetics

Three 'Rs' for the nineties
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/nineties.html
The site promotes creative writing, theatre, music, dance and visual art for children. It goes into detail about the values and benefits of dance, in particular, in topics like 'Selecting a dance program'.

Physical fitness - measuring and monitoring

Hot topics: Health and Physical Education Week - quick links
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/tips/hot_topics/01622.htm
Provides access for teachers to a range of high quality resources, including 'Everyone can dance: Inclusive dance strategies for Years 1-10'.

Dance - physical, social, cultural

DanceSport Australia
http://www.dancesport.org.au/
The site contains information about DanceSport Australia (DSA) and the Australian Dancing Board, as well as specific information about 'New Vogue sequence dancing'. New Vogue provides scripts of the fifteen championship New Vogue Sequence Dances. These are available to download free of charge. The scripts were written especially for the social dancer. Dances include 'The Gypsy Tap', 'Swing Waltz' and the 'Evening Three Step'.

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Related resources

Comprising non-website resources available from a variety of sources.

Books

BUCK, Ralph 1998, Everyone can dance: Inclusive dance strategies for years 1 - 10, Brisbane: Education Queensland.
ACHPER AUST 1997, Physical Education: Primary dance - lower primary.
Includes a music CD (15 tracks) and 40-50 lesson plans sequenced and developed around chosen themes:
- The body
- Space
- Time & energy
- Making social dances
- Cultural dance
Available for loan from the Accessed Curriculum Library.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, QUEENSLAND 1992, Dance: Years 1 to 10 dance curriculum.
This publication provides an understanding of dance education that enables teachers to develop their own syllabuses and programs. Describes the fundamentals of teaching and learning dance. Provides strategies for teachers beginning their own dance program and details case studies of successful dance units. Contains a resource list for teachers and students. Available for AUD$16.50 + postage and handling (*GST inclusive) from:
The Accessed educational resources catalogue
http://education.qld.gov.au/accessed/oaucat/
(Search the catalogue using 'dance'.)
Also available for loan from the Accessed Curriculum Library.
PRIOR, Natalie Jane 1995, Dance crazy: Star turns from ballet to belly dancing, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

* GST is a Commonwealth Government imposed tax.

Videos

The bewitched child. A10818669
A fantasy ballet performed by the Netherlands Dance Theatre. Rebelling against doing his homework, a boy destroys his books and vandalises his room. But the objects come to life and teach him a lesson. The toy animals terrorise him, the ornaments entangle him in their dance, the books cause problems and the creatures and trees in the garden threaten him. The sets, costumes and dance form make this an ideal introduction to ballet for children. The choreographer details the story prior to the performance.

AccessEd Video Library online catalogue
http://nslib.qed.qld.gov.au/oau-fvlib/webinqu2.dll?
Queensland teachers who are registered borrowers may borrow video resources from the AccessEd Video Library. This catalogue may be searched for videos on 'dance' (restrict the level to 'Year 1, 2, 3').

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denotes sites available to AccessClub users only.

Other resources for First Suite Rich Task #3: Let's Dance may be found by searching the Curriculum Exchange collections , the Library Services collections or the Internet. The following criteria listed under Keywords and/or Subject are suggested search terms:

Curriculum level:
Lower primary
Audience:
Student; Teacher
Keywords:
Dance styles
Subject:
Aesthetic education; Cultural awareness; Dance; Folk culture; Music; Exercise physiology; Physical fitness; Memorisation; Dance; Curriculum materials
Dewey number:
792.8
Source:
New Basics Project, Education Queensland

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