Creative Dance for the Elementary Classroom - Pairing Movement and Academics

BREAKOUT DESCRIPTION:

In this session teachers will learn ways to use creative movement to help teach subjects such as math, language arts, science, social studies and more!  Come prepared to move and experience the lessons.  Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.  This session is geared towards elementary students K-5th grade.  Lesson plans will be provided!  Option to win some free lesson plan props in each session!

RESOURCES:

https://rdtutah.org/k-6th-grade-lesson-plans/ 

PRESENTER:

Lynne Larson

lynne@rdtutah.org or lynne.larson@utah.edu

Lynne Larson received a BFA in Dance from Western Michigan University and a MFA in Dance from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  She danced professionally with Martita Goshen’s Earthworks, Repertory Dance Theatre, SBDance and Koester & Dancers.  In 2007, she was named Education Director for Repertory Dance Theatre, and in 2014, Artistic Associate as well.  She coordinates all arts-in-education activities for RDT, directs RDT’s annual Summerdance and Winterdance Workshops, High School and Young Dancer Summer Workshops, rehearsal directs numerous pieces in the RDT repertory and assists in artistic long range planning for the company.  Lynne is an accomplished teacher of students K-professional in creative movement and modern dance.  She has been a presenter for the last four years at Utah State Board of Education’s Secondary and Elementary Annual Physical Education Conferences.  Lynne is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Utah in the School of Dance for the Teaching Methods/Pedagogy Elementary Education Classes. In 2019, she was awarded the Dance Educator of the Year Award by the Utah Dance Education Organization.