Dance Education
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
From the Kennedy Center, one of the very best sites. Here are:
- Teach – Lessons, Standards, How Tos
- Connect – Articles and Reports, Contacts, Advocacy Essentials
- Explore – Look-Listen-Learn, Arts Days, Meet the Artist, Arts Quotes
Assessment Resources
artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/assessment/resources.htm
- Web sites with assessment materials
- Dance assessment links
Curriculum Sites
artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/curriculum/links.htm
Has Dance curricula examples plus a listing of useful national sites.
For Elementary, Middle, and High School teachers and curriculum designers.
How to Read and Write Dancing
www.dancewriting.org/
This is a commercial site selling materials about the Sutton system of dance and movement notation. Examples from lessons are included.
Lesson Plans Resources
artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/lesson/resources.htm
Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts with a section just for Dance. All lessons are standards based.
Projects
www.whc.net/bhsdance/html/projects.html
A high school site that includes descriptions of student projects and links. Interesting model for other schools.
Southeast Center for Education in the Arts
www.sceaonline.com
Discipline-based Dance Education: A Conceptual Framework for Teaching and Learning Dance from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Lists a number of available units of study that may be purchased. Carefully thought out work.
Standards
artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/standards/index.htm
Lists annotated links to the most current state standards. The Putnam Valley School link puts you in touch with all states. Information about purchasing standards documents is current.
Associations
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
www.aosa.org/
is kept current and includes information about Carl Orff and Orff Schulwerk. 2003 Teacher Training Courses and registration materials are included. In the Art-Related Links there is a section on Dance with:
- WWW Virtual Library: Dance – On-Line Dance Resources
- National Dance Association
- International Folk Dance Resource Guide
- Country Dance & Song Society
- The Clogging Page
- Renaissance Dance and
- La Belle Dance - Baroque Dance
NDA – National Dance Association
www.aahperd.org/nda/template.cfm?template+main.html
Perhaps the most helpful information for the non-member is the Issues & Action section.
NDEO – National Dance Education Organization
www.ndeo.net
Dance Education includes the mission and philosophy statement for the organization. Also listed are:
- Membership
- Publications
- Conferences
- National Programs
SDHS – Society of Dance History Scholars
www.sdhs.org
is an organization dedicated to promoting study, research, discussion, performance, and publication in dance history and related fields. In addition to Membership, Conferences, Conference proceedings and Awards, it includes:
- Working groups
- Publications
- Books by SDHS Members
- Online resources
Special Education
Family Village
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/Leisure/dance.html
is a site devoted to disability-related resources.

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