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Level
K-12th
Instructor / Contact Nuria Llovet
Description:
This
class offers a full Irish dance program for all levels.
Students
learn the traditional Irish dance steps and
techniques in a carefully structured program while
experiencing the high energy, dynamic spirit,
and heritage embodied
in this unique dance style. |
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learn to appreciate the dances of other cultures, and to
understand the richness of cultural diversity. Students learn
poise and self-confidence as an important outcome in all
aspects of the dance experience. |
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students are invited to perform in the spring recital held
each academic
year. |
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| Goals:
What will the student he able to do at the end of the course?
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Students develop body awareness; movement, communication
skills; and a capacity for movement response, motor
efficiency, and multi-sensory integration.
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Students use choreographic principles and processes
to express perceptions, feelings, images, and thoughts.
3.
Students create and communicate meaning through dance
composition and performance.
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Student gain poise. and self-confidence to perform in front
of audiences. |
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Objectives:
What will the student accomplish at each step to reach the
goal?
1. Students
learn the intricate rhythm and footwork while building the
necessary muscles and agility to perform the dance. Students
demonstrate spatial conepts through movement and understand
the space, line, shapes, and curved and straight pathways.
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2.
Students use the dance steps and techniques learned
during the year to perform dances for the winter and
spring recitals.
The
instructor gives the students the story and the music
for a production. Students
learn to organize improvisational ideas into the
choreography
of dances that demonstrate clarity of intent, unity,
originality, and coherent form.
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3.
Students create dances based on different themes and discuss
the relationship of expressive movement, motifs, phrases,
and dance compositions to meaning Students learn that through
the medium of the performing ails they are able to express
what cannot be expressed in words.
4. Students
gain hands-on experience in all aspects of theater performance
including stage presence, costume, lighting and character
development. |
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Strategies/Methods:
The instructor
employs a diversity of strategies and methods including:
- teaching
methods support the psychology of dance instrnction
- nurturing
the individual with the knowledge that each child learns
and develops differently
- teaching
that how dancers cany their bodies conveys the presence
of the unique heritage and catching and invigorating in
the rich character and tradition of Irish dance
- introducing
each level of technique slowly to protect the body from
physical injuries
- character
of the traditional Irish dance-teaching with the high-level
energy and enthusiasm which
is teaching self-discipline and respect which will carry
into life skills-reinforces the importance of giving one's
best for the audience and showing appreciation to parents
for the opportunity to learn
- students
learn community giving by performing for elderly
& community groups
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Evaluation
Method:
Evaluation
will be by teacher observation and instruction, rehearsals,
discussion, self-evaluation, comments, critiques, and reviews.
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Instructor
Qualifications:
Ms.
Nuria D. Llovet earned a degree in dance from the
Boston Conservatoiy of Music and is accredited through
the Institute of Theater of Barcelona. She holds a lifetime
teaching credential through college level from the State
of California Ms. Llovet is also a certified Flamenco
dance teacher. She owned and directed Palos Verdes Academy
of Dance and the Mendocino Dance Academy.
Ms.
Llovet has taught and choreographed musicals for high
school levels for many years and taught at College of
the Redwoods. She toured and performed in Europe as
a soloist and performed at the Barcelona Opera House
at the age of 16.
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| Having
taught dance for 30 years, Ms. Llovet currently owns and
is the director and choreographer of Nuria's Dance Academy. |
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