Today in class we learned how to integrate dance into our teaching. We learned about the acronym "BEST" for dance: body, energy, space, time.
I was impressed by how easily it was to integrate dance. I got very excited about how to relate it to science and math units. Those subjects were a little trickier for me to see how to integrate drama into. The video was very inspiring and encouraging to me to see what massive strides could be made in many different subjects, just by integrating the arts.
I already have ideas spinning in my head about how I want to integrate the arts into my curriculum. I hope I can even try some when we teach during field experience. I am much less intimidated by dance that I thought I would be. It was fun to feel my body stretch and move in ways I haven't moved it before (or at least in years). I can see a group of adults (like us) having a lot of fun and being educated incorporating dance. I like the idea of letting student choreograph their own end-of-year programs, perhaps after a year of exploring about dance, instead of just a teacher always instructing them how to move. I also loved the Greek dancing. I've done some of that before and was truly moved by the beauty and meaning in it, not to mention had a good workout!
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