| 529 | Friday, April 3, 2009 |
|
| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM | Tampa Convention Center:Ballroom B |
|
| Mental Warm-ups Using Movement Improvisation |
| This exciting wake-up session is a structured beginning-level improvisational dance class. Participants are led through creative movement problem-solving. Games/exercises stimulate the mind and body, leaving everyone relaxed, alert. The activities are wonderful warm-ups before brainstorming sessions, for classroom teachers to transition between topics, and stimulate creative problem-solving. Work independently, in small groups, and sometimes altogether. In one exercise, participants “freeze” in a tableau using only their awareness of each other, without verbal or visual cues.
|
Keyword(s): active participation, creative movement, dance
|
| Presider: Janice LaPointe-Crump, Professor Emerita - School of the Arts-Dance at Texas Woman's University, Denton TX, Corinth, TX |
| Speaker: Jo L. Byrnes, Cottey College, Nevada, MO |