Description
Book SynopsisDance Partnering Basics: Practical Skills and Inclusive Pedagogy With HKPropel Access presents easy-to-implement, technique-based partnering instruction for dancers of all ages. The exercises and techniques, which are broken down into parts and presented in a skill progression, from beginner to advanced, can be applied to a variety of dance forms. The book offers a plethora of tools to help dance educators in providing expert partnering instruction:
- 18 illustrated exercises that teach techniques, mechanics, and individual partnered skills; each exercise includes additional variations and explorations
- Tips for developing a partnering component and integrating it into an existing dance program or curriculum
- Related online materials delivered via HKPropel, including video clips demonstrating partnering exercises, vocabulary, questions for discussion and reflection, and assessments and rubrics to help assess student progress
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Dance Partnering
Chapter 2. Time: Getting Started
Exercise 1: Grasp and Clasp
Exercise 2: Trust Building
Exercise 3: Active and Passive
Exercise 4: Weight Sharing
Exercise 5: Counterbalance
Exercise 6: Shelves and Ledges
Chapter 3. Weight: Digging Deeper
Exercise 7: Draping
Exercise 8: Airplanes
Exercise 9: Redirection and Leverage
Exercise 10: Under, Over, and Through
Exercise 11: Falling and Rocking
Exercise 12: Assisted Inversions
Chapter 4. Energy and Flow: Activating Creativity
Exercise 13: Hip Rides
Exercise 14: Promenade
Exercise 15: Traditional Lifts
Exercise 16: Initiation and Suggestion
Exercise17: Rolling Points
Exercise 18: Me Score
Chapter 5. Space: Fostering Community and Inclusive Pedagogy
