Busy teachers are always looking for ways to enrich curriculum, and adding dance is a great option. But it can be daunting for a teacher to come up with movement-oriented lessons on her own. The Luna Dance Institute’s (LDI) annual summer workshop, held at Mills College in Oakland, California, pairs six dance artists with six classroom teachers for a six-day intensive. Now in its 11th year, the Summer Institute includes discussions about child development and learning theories, practical investigations on how to incorporate dance into state and national curriculum standards and a year of follow-up coaching from LDI staff. And, thanks to funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and others, Luna is able to offer the whole experience for free.
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