IADMS Madrid 2001   [back to the Category]

Strategies for implementing current findings in dance medicine and science into school curriculums.   [read the french version]

Author :   Janice Gudde Plastino, PhD

Thursday 1 November 2001
3:45 – 4:45 pm Room 2

Strategies for implementing current findings in dance medicine and science into school curriculums.

Janice Gudde Plastino, PhD, Department of Dance, School of the Arts, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; Donna Krasnow, MS, Dept. of Dance, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rachel Rist, MA, The Arts Educational School, Tring, England, Bonnie Robson, MD, FRCP, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virginia Wilmerding, PhD, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

A panel of distinguished health professionals, educators, and dance scientists will present methods and strategies for incorporating current research findings in Dance Medicine and Science into school curriculums. The dance community can be skeptical about new research findings relating to physical training and may not readily include new facts into dance class, rehearsal and performance. This is especially true of those teachers of a specific dance technique where long-held ideas are traditionally believed not to be modifiable. The goal of this panel is to discuss how proven principles of dance exercise can be an integral part of training within the individual aesthetic of dance. Some of the issues to be discussed include: Approaching the Traditional Dance Teacher; Methods of Incorporating New Techniques into Traditional Dance Training; Non-Threatening Approaches to Introduce Dance Science Principles into the Private Studio, among others.
All kinds of educational institutions will be targeted including: the highest professional schools, private studios, and all levels of the public and private educational system such as: elementary, middle and high schools; community colleges, college and university settings; and resident and boarding schools. The presenters all deal with teaching and/or dance science in some way, either as a teacher/researcher or health professional/dance school advisor. All presenters are internationally known and recognized for their contributions to Dance Medicine and Science through publication, national and international presentations, and service to the field.