DOCUMENT RESUME ED 429 050 SP 038 379 AUTHOR Weikart, Phyllis S. TITLE Teaching Folk Dance. Successful Steps. INSTITUTION High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, MI. ISBN ISBN-1-57379-008-7 PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 674p.; Accompanying recorded music not available from EDRS. AVAILABLE FROM High/Scope Press, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 600 North River Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898; Tel: 313-485-2000; Fax: 313-485-0704. PUB TYPE Books (010)-- Guides - Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF04 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Aesthetic Education; Cultural Activities; Cultural Education; *Dance Education; Elementary Secondary Education; *Folk Culture; Music Education IDENTIFIERS *Folk Dance ABSTRACT This book is intended for all folk dancers and teachers of folk dance who wish to have a library of beginning and intermediatefolk dance. Rhythmic box notations And teaching suggestionsaccompany all of the beginning and intermediate folk dances in the book. Many choreographieshave been added to give beginning dancers more experience with basicdance movements. Along with each dance title is the pronunciation and translation of the dance title, the country of origin, and the "Rhythmically Moving"or "Changing Directions" recording on which the selectioncan be found. The dance descriptions in this book provide a quick recall of dances and suggested teaching strategies for those who wish to expand their repertoire of dances. The eight chapters include: (1) "Beginning and Intermediate Folk Dance: An Educational Experience"; (2) "Introducing Folk Dance to Beginners"; (3) "Introducing Even and Uneven Folk Dance Steps";(4) "Intermediate Folk Dance Steps"; (5) "Folk Dance--The Delivery System"; (6) "Folk Dance Descriptions"; (7) "Beginning Folk Dances"; and (8)"Intermediate Folk Dances." Six appendixes conclude the volume. 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BEST CO Y AV ILABLE Teaching Folk Dance Related Movement and 'Music Materials Foundations in Elementary Education: Movement Foundations in Elementary Education: Music Cultures and Styling in Folk Dance Round the Circle: Key Experiences in Movement for Children Movement Plus Music: Activities for Children Ages 3 to 7, Second Edition Movement Plus Rhymes, Songs & Singing Games, Second Edition Movement in Steady Beat Rhythmically Moving 1-9 (records, cassettes, CDs) Guide to Rhythmically Moving 1 Guide to Rhythmically Moving 2 Guide to Rhythmically Moving 3 Changing Directions 1-6 (records, cassettes, CDs) Rhythmically Walking (cassettes) Beginning Folk Dances Illustrated 1-6 (videos) Teaching Folk Dance (video) Avai la Me from High/Scope Press 600 North River Street, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198-2898 ORDERS: phone (800)40-PRESS, fax (800)442-4FAX 4 TechiriFoLk Corice Successful Steps aamisiow...%hommo...".1111%,..... Phyllis S. Weikart OrrHIGH/SCOP rEl a division of High/Scope Educational Research Foundation Published by HIGH/SCOPE® PRESS A division of High/Scope® Educational Research Foundation 600 North River Street Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898 (313)485-2000, FAX (313)485-0704 Editor: Marcia LaBrenz Cover design and layout: Metaphor Design Interior design and layout: Metaphor Design and Linda Eckel Copyright © 1997 by the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage-or-retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. High/Scope is a registered trademark and service mark of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weikart, Phyllis S., 1931 Teaching folk dance : successful steps / Phyllis S. Weikart. p.cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-57379-008-7 1. Folk dancingStudy and teaching.I. Title. GV1589.W471997 796.31'071dc21 96-48038 CIP Printed in the United States of America 109876 5 43 2 1 Dedicated To my friends and family Contents Preface xi CHAPTER 1 Beginning and Intermediate Folk Dance: An Educational Experience 3 Historical Background of Folk Dance 3 Folk Dance in the United States4 Teaching Folk Dance to Today's Students4 International Folk Dance as an Educational Experience 5 Beginning Folk Dance7 Intermediate Folk Dance8 Recordings for the Dances9 How to Use This Book9 CHAPTER2 Introducing Folk Dance to Beginners 11 Guidelines for Selecting Music and Organized Movement and Dance Sequences for Beginners12 Building Success With the First Movement and Dance Sequences13 Introducing Beginning Folk Dances and Steps by Level of Difficulty16 Dance Sequences by Level of Difficulty17 Introducing Beginners to Level I Dances20 Introducing Beginners to Level II Dances21 Introducing Beginners to Level III Dances22 Summary24 CHAPTER 3 Introducing Even and Uneven Folk Dance Steps 27 Introducing Beginners to Even Folk Dance Steps27 CHERKESSIYA Step27 GRAPEVINE Step29 GRAPEVINE PAITERN Step31 STEP HOP 32 SCHOTTISCHE Step33 Introducing Beginners to Uneven Folk Dance Steps35 THREE36 TWO-STEP 37 YEMENITE SteP39 POLKA Step41 Summary 42 CHAPTER 4 Intermediate Folk Dance Steps 45 The SINGLE CSARDAS and the DOUBLE CSARDAS45 OPEN RIDA and the CLOSED RIDA 48 DOUBLE CHERKESSIYA 49 HARMONICA Step50 WALTZ Step52 REVERSE THREE Step53 STEP HOP/STEP54 HOP/STEP STEP55 KOLO Step56 DRME Step57 Summary 58 CHAPTER 5 Folk DanceThe Delivery System 59 The Teaching Model60 Getting Started61 Teaching the First Few Folk Dances66 Simplifying and Modifying Folk Dances67 General Strategies for Teaching Folk Dance68 Specific Strategies for Teaching Folk Dance73 Teaching Dances in Uncommon Meter78 Strategies for Varying Presentations79 Chair Dancing: An Inclusion and Modification Technique81 Learning More About Teaching Folk Dance81 % ter NArrIve,, Contents 9 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Preface Ihe many opportunities I have had over the years to share my love for internation- Tal folk dance with students of all ages have led to some of the most memorable events in my teaching career. To watch the faces of elementary-aged students as they become successful with folk dance; to observe middle school and high school students as they change from being critical and uncomfortable with dance to being successful and eager to learn more; to work with college-aged students and students of senior citizen age, and to have some of those individuals become successful with dance for the first time in their livesthese have all provided me with many exciting teaching memories. This book is written for all of the folk dancers and teachers of folk dance who wish to have a library of beginning and intermediate folk dance. This exciting educa- tional form of dance should never be lost. Folk dance is the only form of dance that provides true integrated learning across the curriculum. With the strong base in move- ment and music that international folk dance provides, students can become more suc- cessful in understanding concepts in other areas, such as physical education (including fitness), music, art, math, science, language and literacy, social studies, history, current events, and foreign languages. Teaching Folk Dance: Successful Steps consolidates and expands on the material presented in my two previous folk dance books, Teaching Movement & Dance: A Sequential Approach and Teaching Movement & Dance: Intermediate Folk Dance. This new volume includes many new features. For example, rhythmic box notations and teaching suggestions accompany all of the beginning and intermediate folk dances in this book, and many new choreographies have been added to give beginning dancers more experience with basic dance movements. In addition, along with each dance title is the following information: the pronunciation and translation of the dance title, the country of origin, and the Rhythmically Moving or Changing Directions recording on which the selection can be found. Many related folk dance materials are also available from the High/Scope Press. For example, many of the beginning dances in this book are demonstrated on the video series, Beginning Folk Dances Illustrated 1-6. A companion book, Cultures and Styling in Folk Dance by Sanna Longdeti and myself, serves as a much-needed resource for both teachers and students of folk dance, providing detailed information on the cultural background and stylingof the various folk dances. The guides to the Rhythmically Moving recordings, which provide information about the music, are a further aid. These guides include information about the tempo, number of repetitions of the melody, form of the