Dance opportunity for younger and older students
Messalonskee High School students in Stephanie Carter’s Dance class visited their local elementary school and encouraged students to dance during recess! The high school students planned and practiced popular dances in their Dance class and then visited Wiiliams Elementary School for two days. Dance during recess showed students another way to be active, as well as, provided an opportunity for dance to be incorporated in everyday life.
Students at Messalonskee High School can take a Dance class which can be used for Physical Education or Fine Arts credit. The Dance curriculum is aligned with the MLR Visual and Performing Arts.The components of the 70 minute classes contain a warm up segment with activities such as Yoga, Zumba, and Tae Bo; followed by stretching. Then a dance is introduced and skills are practiced. In future classes the students begin to choreograph their own routines. Students select to work as an individual, with partners or in small groups, and develop their own dances in movement such as Stomp, Swing and Contemporary Dance.
Thank you to Stephanie Carter for providing this blog post.
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