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DANCE EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD Dance has the power to change the lives of young people. It is a force in shaping identity, a ffirming culture and exploring heritage in an increasingly borderless world. Creative and empowering pedagogies are driving curriculum development worldwide where the movement of peoples and cultures generates new challenges and possibilities for dance education in multiple contexts. In Dance Education around the World: Perspectives on dance, young people and change, writers across the globe come together to reflect, comment on and share their expertise and experiences. The set- tings are drawn from a spectrum of countries with contributions from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific and Africa giving insights into and fresh perspectives on contrasting ideas, philosophies and approaches to dance education from Egypt to Ghana, Brazil to Finland, Jamaica to the Netherlands, the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and more. This volume offers chapters and case narratives on: • Curriculum developments worldwide • Empowering communities through dance • Embodiment and creativity in dance teaching • Exploring and assessing learning in dance as artistic practice • Imagined futures for dance education Reflection, evaluation, analysis and documentation are key to the evolving ecology of dance education and research involving individuals, communities and nations. Dance Education around the World: Perspectives on dance, young people and change provides a great resource for dance edu- cators, practitioners and researchers, and pushes for the furtherance of dance education around the world. Charlotte Svendler Nielsen is Assistant Professor and Head of educational studies at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, research group Body, Learning and Identity, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Stephanie Burridge lectures at Lasalle College of the Arts and Singapore Management University, and is the series editor for Routledge Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific. This page intentionally left blank DANCE EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD Perspectives on dance, young people and change Edited by Charlotte Svendler Nielsen and Stephanie Burridge First published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Charlotte Svendler Nielsen and Stephanie Burridge The right of the editors to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Dance education around the world : perspectives on dance, young people and change / edited by Charlotte Svendler Nielsen and Stephanie Burridge. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Dance—Study and teaching. 2. Dance—Cross-cultural studies. I. Nielsen, Charlotte Svendler. GV1589.D37 2015 793.307—dc23 20140387305 ISBN: 978-0-415-74360-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-74363-1 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-81357-8 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK Jump for Joy Photographer: Hu Hao-En Circle of Life Photographer: Lai Chih-Sheng from ‘On-Works’ Photos from the Dance and the Child International (daCi) and World Dance Alliance (WDA) 2012 joint Global Summit Dance, Young People and Change hosted by the Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) School of Dance in Taiwan. CONTENTS List of contributors ix Foreword xv Sir Ken Robinson Acknowledgements xviii Introduction xix Charlotte Svendler Nielsen and Stephanie Burridge PART I Curriculum developments worldwide 1 Chapters 1.1 Applied dance curriculum: a global perspective 3 Susan R. Koff 1.2 An Australian dance curriculum for social justice: potentials and possibilities 11 Jeff Meiners and Robyne Garrett 1.3 Reciprocal engagement in dance: empowering encounters in New Zealand early childhood settings 22 Adrienne Sansom vi Contents Case narratives 1.4 From concept to classroom: challenges facing the implementation of the dance curriculum in the Western Cape of South Africa 32 Sharon Friedman 1.5 Dance in the New Zealand classroom: making connections 35 Liz Melchior 1.6 Creative dance education in a Singapore primary school 39 Lim Mei Chian PART II Empowering communities through dance 45 Chapters 2.1 Exploring the rights of the First Nations child through the arts: our dreams matter too 47 Mary-Elizabeth Manley 2.2 Dancing beyond the post-trauma paradigm: community projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 55 Nicholas Rowe Case narratives 2.3 The politics of dance education in post-revolutionary Cairo 64 Rosemary Martin 2.4 Traditional dance in Ghanaian schools: maintaining national identity through the involvement of youth and children 68 Beatrice Ayi 2.5 Negotiating multiple spheres of identity: a Filipino dance community in Toronto, Canada 72 Catherine Limbertie PART III Embodiment and creativity in dance teaching 77 Chapters 3.1 Dance as embodied dialogue: insights from a school project in Finland 79 Eeva Anttila Contents vii 3.2 The transformative impact of dance experiences in Brazil 88 Alba Pedreira Vieira Case narratives 3.3 Dialogue and ‘pedagogical love’: atmosphere and reflexivity in dance 95 Isto Turpeinen 3.4 Teaching for better lives: the philosophy of a Jamaican dance teacher 99 Carolyn Russell-Smith 3.5 ‘The Summer Workshop of Dance Education for Children’ at Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan 102 JuanAnn Tai PART IV Exploring and assessing learning in dance as artistic practice 105 Chapters 4.1 Rethinking standards and assessment in dance education 107 Susan W. Stinson 4.2 Exploring learning in dance as artistic-educational practice 117 Charlotte Svendler Nielsen Case narratives 4.3 Stepping into skin: expanding empathy through dance 127 Kristen Jeppsen Groves and Marin Leggat Roper 4.4 Making the learning visible in creative dance education 131 Marc Richard 4.5 Watching dance to discover ‘new worlds’ 135 Liesbeth Wildschut PART V Imagined futures for dance education 139 Chapters 5.1 Dance education: embodied knowing in the digitalised world 141 Ann Kipling Brown viii Contents 5.2 Partnerships for creativity: expanding teaching possibilities 149 Kerry Chappell and Veronica Jobbins 5.3 Stepping back to step forward: reflections on future directions for dance education 161 Ralph Buck Case narratives 5.4 Twinning: an intercultural approach to dance education 168 Maria Speth 5.5 The Post Natyam Collective: building a grassroots artistic community online 173 Cynthia Ling Lee Index 177 CONTRIBUTORS Eeva Anttila (Ed.Lic, Dr of Arts) has been involved in dance education since the 1980s, focus- ing on dance for children and youth and on contemporary dance pedagogy. Currently she is a professor in dance pedagogy at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Her dissertation (2003) focused on dialogical dance pedagogy, and her current research interests include somatic approaches to dance pedagogy, embodied knowledge and embodied learning. She has published widely in national and international journals and edited books. She is an active member in many organisations of dance and arts education. Beatrice Ayi, a graduate of Ohio State University, is a lecturer at the Department of Dance Studies, University of Ghana. Her extensive roles, besides lecturing, include serving as a resource person for dance workshops such as those organised by Ghana Education Service for its Cultural Officers, and several summer programmes organised for international students. She also served as an assistant choreographer of the dance piece staged at the opening and closing ceremonies of the African Cup of Nations, which took place in Ghana in 2008. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Dance at Texas Woman’s University, USA. Ralph Buck (PhD) is Associate Professor and Head of Dance Studies, the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His leadership has been recognised with an Excellence Award in Equal Opportunities for Community Teaching, 2006; University of Auckland Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008; and Academic Leadership Award, 2010. His research and teaching have been presented in Korea, Sweden, Hong Kong, Brazil, Fiji, Australia and Finland. His work with the World Alliance for Arts Education and UNESCO draws attention to potential roles of dance as a dynamic agent for change within security, health and education concerns. Stephanie Burridge (PhD) is the Co-chair of the World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific Research and Documentation network. A dance writer and critic, she lectures at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Management University and is the Series Editor for Routledge Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific books on Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Australia, Taiwan, the South Pacific and Singapore. She was Artistic Director of Canberra Dance Theatre (1978–2001) and was awarded the first Choreographic Fellowship at the Australian Choreographic Centre and an ACT Lifetime Achievement award.
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