Spring 2005
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A Report by JSIS Kindergarteners |
Ms. Garcia worked with us on dance. First every day we warmed up with a dance called the Brain Dance. We had to brush our legs and arms in this part. She taught us how to slide and make high shapes, medium/middle shapes and low shapes. She also taught us how to slap our legs and make noise. Before we learned our dance she had us pretend we were stuck in a box and in a bubble and we were pushing to escape. Ms. Garcia taught us a dance from Mexico and we slid and twirled with our partners. She also taught us how we could dance around our partners without touching them. |
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Diana Garcia-Snyder worked with John Stanford International School students to learn dance techniques and traditional Mexican dances. The students learned about personal space and common space. They talked and practiced dancing moving in directions - right, left, front, back, up and down, etc. The talked about locomotor motion (moving through space) and axial movement (in place).
At the International Arts Celebration in May, kindergarten and Bilingual Orientation Center students danced La Rueda de San Miguel, shown at the top of this page. First graders, shown immediately above and below, performed La Fiesta Mexicana, a sampler of traditional Mexican dances.
This dance residency is among projects sponsored by the International Arts Consortium, which serves John Stanford International School and Hamilton International Middle School, with major funding from Washington State Arts Commission, the International Business Breakfast, and PTSAs at each school. Thanks to artist Diana Garcia-Snyder and teacher Joanne Uhlenkott for making this residency a great success.
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Video Clip from the International Arts Celebration 2005
| Teacher Resources (available in Adobe PDF format) |
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| Mexican Dance |
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