FOCUS ON DANCE EDUCATION: Engaging in the Artistic Processes: Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting In Partnership with the International Guild of Musicians in Dance (IGMID) 17th Annual Conference October 7-11, 2015 Phoenix, Arizona CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS National Dance Education Organization Kirsten Harvey, MFA Editor Focus on Dance Education: Engaging in the Artistic Processes: Creating Performing, Responding, Connecting Editorial Introduction In October 2015, the National Dance Education Organization met for their annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona to celebrate and honor the legacy, and individuality of the NDEO dance community. The warm spirit of Phoenix resonated with each educator and artist that came together at the beautiful Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort. Over 150 workshops, papers presentations, panels, master classes, social events, and performances were offered including full day pre-conference intensives that preceded the official start of the conference. The range of offerings for dance educators included a variety of experiences to foster inspiration, education, response, dialogue and connection to one another. Contributions to Focus on Dance Education: Engaging in the Artistic Processes: Creating Performing, Responding, Connecting Conference Proceedings include paper presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and movement sessions presented from October 7-11, 2015. The proceedings include 4 abstracts, 9 full papers, 6 movement session summaries, 6 summary of workshop presentations, 2 panel discussion summaries, and 1 special interest group summary. One of the broadest ranges of submissions since I have been editing the proceedings. The NDEO top paper selection committee selected Caroline Clark’s paper titled “We Learned to Perform by Performing: Oral Histories of Ballet Dancers in a Beer Hall” for the Top Paper Citation. Her article will be published in the 16(4) issue of JODE. Congratulations to Ms. Clark on this wonderful achievement! Thank you to all who offered their full papers for this prestigious honor as well as the JODE Ed Board: Cheryl Polanis Adams, Sherrie Barr, Robin Collen, Wendy Oliver, Karen Schupp, Heather Vaughan-Southard who reviewed the documents. The proceedings are listed in alphabetical order by presentation and/or paper title and the categories recognized in NDEO’s Dance Education Research Descriptive Index (DELRdi) are listed at the end of each document— Educational Issue, Populations Served, and Areas of Service. Educational Issues: Affective Domain, Arts Education, Brain Research, Certification, Children at Risk, Creative Process, Equity, Funding, Health, Integrated Arts, Interdisciplinary Education, Kinesthetic Learning, Learning Style Theories, Multicultural Education, National Content Standards, Policy, Student Achievement, Student Performance, Teacher Standards, Uncertified Teachers Populations Served: Admins & Policy Makers, After School Programs, Artists, Community and Family, Differently Abled, Early Childhood, Grades 5 to 8, Grades 9 to 12, Grades K to 4, Higher Education, Outreach Programs, Private Studios, Senior Citizens and Elderly, World Cultures Areas of Service: Advocacy, Artists in Schools, Assessments- Nat’l, State & LEA, Assessments- Programs, Assessments- Programs, Assessments- Stud & Teachers, Certification, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Create and Choreographing Dance, Creative Process, Critical !ii Analysis, Curriculum & Sequential Learning, Dance Science & Medicine, Dance Technique, Historical and Cultural Contexts, Interdisciplinary Education, Licensure, Nat’l- State & LEA Standards, Opportunities to Learn, Pedagogy, Performing Dance, Research, Resources, Somatics & Body Therapies, Teacher Prep & Training, Technology, Thinking Skills and Problem Solving Techniques A national conference of this scope is only possible with the contributions and service of many. A special thank you to all of the NDEO 2015 conference committee, staff, and volunteers, and especially to Lynn Monson the Host Site Chair, Conference Co-Planner, and Executive Assistant at the Arizona National Dance Education Organization, as well as Helene Scheff, the NDEO Conference Planner. Also the assistance, efforts, and collaboration of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance (IGMID) was a critical component of the conference this year. The proceedings are made possible by the National Dance Education Organization Staff including Susan McGreevy-Nichols, Executive Director, Jane Bonbright, Director of Online Professional Development Institute, Melissa Greenblatt, Director of Marketing & Membership, Betsy Loikow, Director of Programs, Shannon Dooling, Associate Director of Finance and Programs, Lori Provost, Special Projects Coordinator, Vilma Braja, Director of Finance, and Anne Dunkin, Coordinator of the Dance Ed Literature & Research descriptive index (DELRdi). Student Sharing, Site Committee, School Tours, and Pop Up Performance contributors can be found at the end of the proceedings. Thank you for sharing your talents with NDEO! Thank you to all of the contributing authors and creative voices this year. Without your work, the Conference Proceedings would not be possible. It has been a pleasure reading through your materials for publication and I hope that you will continue to share your research and teaching discoveries in subsequent years. Documentation of the creative methods and educational experiences from the conference is a critical component of sharing, creating, performing, responding, and connecting to our dance education past, present and future. Kirsten Harvey, MFA Editor Dance Educator and Choreographer California State University, Long Beach Irvine Valley College, Saddleback College and Long Beach City College Email: [email protected] !iii Table of Contents by Title A Dance Teaching Artist’s Narrative Inquiry into Working with Classroom Teachers ..................................1 Cindy Lai-Yung Chan, MFA, BA Accessing Complex Laban Effort Combinations: A Spatial Affinity For Flow .............................................37 Katie Sopoci Drake, MFA, GL-CMA Aesthetic Inquiry with Non-Dancers—Thinking Like a Choreographer .......................................................40 Salla Saarikangas, MA, BA, CMA Applying Bartenieff Fundamentals/Laban Principles in Jazz Dance: Effort, Efficiency, Expressivity ......42 Whitney Moncrief, GL-CMA, MFA Artistic Processes in Dance Entrepreneurship: See a Problem, Find a Solution, Start a Business ..............49 Sybil Huskey, M.F.A. and Brenda Pugh McCutchen, M.F.A. Beyond Mentoring: Embodying the Unspoken Bonds Between Student and Teacher .................................56 Andrew Jannetti, MA, Jessica Lewis, Teresa Schmitt Characterizing the Online Dance Audience ......................................................................................................58 Mackenzie Miller, BA, BS Crossing the Atlantic: Connecting Cultures through Dance Performance ...................................................75 Lisa Wilson, MEd, BFA, BSc Dance and School Transformation: Creating Dance Curriculum at a High Needs, Low Performing School ................................................................................................................................................................................87 Shelese Douglas, EdD Dance of the Oppressed; Pedagogy of the Oppressed as a Framework for Creating Collaborative Dances with At Risk Populations .....................................................................................................................................94 Chell Parkins, MFA in Dance DELRdi IN ACTION ...........................................................................................................................................96 Moderator: Anne Dunkin, PhD Panelists: Jane Bonbright, EdD, Shannon Dooling, MFA, Rima Faber, PhD Developing a Creative Community: A Service Learning Project in Creative Aging through Choreographic Process ................................................................................................................................................................101 Rebecca Rabideau, MFA, Michelle Dionisio, President, CEO Benevilla Divine Play and Creative Dance for the Young Child ....................................................................................103 Nancy Ng, MFA, Jochelle Pereña, MFA iv Duncan and Dunham: Embodied Philosophies and Practices .......................................................................106 Susannah Keita, M.F.A, Secondary Dance Certification (AZ); Certified Instructor Katherine Dunham Technique, Janaea Lyn McAlee, M.A, Third Generation Isadora Duncan Dancer/Historian Effect of Integrating Dance within an Environmental Education Program on Girl's Environmental Literacy ...............................................................................................................................................................112 Samantha Rafferty, BFA, Gary T. Green, Ed.D Engaging in the Artistic Processes: Creating and Performing Concert Jazz Dance ...................................139 Kirsten Harvey, MFA Enlivening Jazz Dance Pedagogy Through LMA/BF and Gottschild’s Africanist Aesthetics ....................145 Jeffrey Peterson, MFA, CLMA Fostering Group Creativity through Ensemble Thinking ..............................................................................147 Rebecca Bryant, MFA Higher Education Special Interest Group Meeting ........................................................................................149