"Why Do We Have Cause to Celebrat?"; * of the Mirofiche And
DOCUMENT RESULT'. ED 137 239 SP 010 876 AUTHOR Imel, E. Carmen, Ed. TITLE Dance Heritage. Focus on Dance: VIII. INSTITUTION American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 77 NOTE 92p.; This book was developed by the National Dance Association AVAILABLE FROMAAHPBE Promotion Unit, 1201 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 ($6.50) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 2lus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Aesthetic Education; *Auerican History; Colonial History (United States); *Dance; Educational Trends; Eskimps; Financial Support; Recreational Activities IDENTIFIERS *Folk Dance; Mormons; Movement Education; *Square Dance ABSTRACT The theme of this bicentennial perspective on American dance is "Heritage, Festival( Horizons." The heritage section highlights dance activities of colonial America; the festival section answers the guestion, "Why do we have cause to celebrat?"; and the horizon section presents some of what is happening now in dance and what may be the wave of the future. Contribut:)rs are prominent persons in dance research, education, and performance. Specific areas covered include:(1) dancing as an aspect of early Mormon and Utah culture;(2) dance in Eskimo society;(3) a history of square dance in America;(4) folk dance in America;(5) dance education;(6) kinesthetic--rhythmic approach to dance;(7; public subsidy for dance--the role of local, state, and federal agencies; (8) interdisciplinary aesthetic education; and (9) recreational dance in the 1970s. (HM) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the mirofiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the EEIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS).
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