Teachers Resources

The links and information below are online professional development tools for teachers that we strongly suggest you take a look at if you are an educator. These will also help with integrating Men in Motion into your programs and give you successful implementation and measurement of the Minnesota Dance Standards.

Perpich Center for Arts Education: Arts Courses for Educators (ACE) Program

 

http://opd.mpls.k12.mn.us/The_Elements_of_Dance.html

The Elements of Dance:

Dance has its own content, vocabulary, skills, and techniques, which must be understood and applied to be proficient in the art. The elements of dance are the foundational concepts and vocabulary for developing movement skills as well as understanding dance as an art form. All these elements are simultaneously present in a dance or even in a short movement phrase. The link below describes the elements of dance and includes worksheets and materials addressing the Dance Standards of Minnesota provided by the Perpich Center for Arts Education.

 

http://opd.mpls.k12.mn.us/Dance_Cultural_Identity.html

Dance and Cultural Identity: Movement is part of everyone's identity. Whether or not we call ourselves "dancers", movement shows up in many of the groups we identify with such as our age group, ethnic background and activity groups as well as many others. Click below for more in depth information provided by the Perpich Center for Arts Education.