Music and Movement with Dr. Erica Glenn
From Kennedy Center: Teaching Artists Present · 2020
8 minPre-KK1st2ndDanceMusicBrain Breaks
Summary
Dr. Erica Glenn pairs music with movement, inviting young children to match the beat and mood with their bodies. Part of the Kennedy Center's Teaching Artists Present series — clear a safe space and have students dance along with the teaching artist.
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All ages
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This class gives students a full-body dance experience.
- Which movement felt easiest, and which was the hardest?
- How did the music or rhythm change the way you moved?
- What is one step you could teach a friend?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: locomotor (traveling) movement, non-locomotor (in-place) movement, rhythm, phrase.
Try it: Dance along, then invent a short movement phrase with a beginning, middle, and end and show it to a partner.