O Goodness!
Posted by Paul Caskey on November 24, 2011Cycling in to work this morning I was trying to remember the first time I saw O Vertigo founder Ginette Laurin”s choreography. After much wrestling into the murky depths of my grey matter I am convinced the answer goes back to 1988 when I was studying dance at Simon Fraser University and saw Full House (at the Cultch or the Firehall!!??). Curious to refresh those synapses, I googled Laurin Full House and, if I may digress, two sites of interest popped up: The first was connected to the Government of Saskatchewan”s Grade 6 Arts Education curriculum – Model Unit for Teaching Dance, Lesson 4: Looking at a Choreographer”s work. Holy…! Kids in Saskatchewan are studying Ginette Laurin”s 1987 work Full House! That is SO cool! Here is an excerpt: Explain that sometimes choreographers observe movements seen in daily life and change or abstract the movements for their dances. Discuss what abstraction means to students. Show examples or have students think of examples best online casino bonus they have seen in visual art or cartoons. Discuss ways every-day movements could be abstracted (for example, by modifying the elements of dance). Make connections between abstracted every-day or environmental movements and movements seen … Continue reading
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