| 824 | Saturday, April 29, 2006 |
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| 11:45 AM-1:00 PM | Convention Center:Ballroom FHJ |
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endorsed by Council of Physical Education for Children, Middle and Secondary School Physical Education Council |
| Dance More through Colonial American History |
| In Colonial America, French and English Dancing Masters traveled from town to town teaching the newest steps to the upper and middle classes. Proper manners and social graces were an essential part of the lessons. If you could not dance, you were not accepted into polite society. With American independence, these dances were modified to reflect a more patriotic image. Learn original Colonial period dances and American variations, suitable for fourth through twelfth grade. Presenter Yona Chock is an internationally acclaimed caller, teacher, and composer of contra and line dances. Graduate studies in cultural anthropology motivated her interest in dance. She and presenter Alvin Keali'l Chock have been teaching American Folk Dance as a social studies and arts enrichment program in the public and private schools of Hawai?i since 1994, as part of the Artists in the Schools program (AITS). |
Keyword(s): dance education, interdisciplinary, participatory
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| Presider: Alvin Keali'i Chock, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 'Ewa, HI |
| Speakers: Yona B. Chock, Aardvark Adventures, 'Ewa, HI; and Alvin Keali'i Chock, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 'Ewa, HI |