Resources for moving dance-based pedagogy online
While liveness is often an integral part of performance-based curricula, here we compile a list of resources for moving teaching into the digital sphere. When in-person meetings are not possible, online tools, content, and protocols can offer new approaches to technique, choreography, performance, and collaboration.
Moving Dance Online: Part 1
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Moving Dance Online: Part 2
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General Pedagogical Information:
- Teaching in the Context of Covid-19
- How to be a Better Online Teacher: Advice Guide
- Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption, Stanford University
- 9 Resources for When Coronavirus Moves Your Course Online
- The Future (Revisited) of Online Education
- Remote Teaching Guides List
- Going online in a Hurry: What to do and Where to Start
- Accessible Teaching in the Time of Covid-19
- The Center for Artistic Activism: Don’t Cancel, Creative Activism And Coronavirus
Technical Tools: NEW SECTION 3/10
- FlipGrid (Interactive Discussion Boards with Short Videos)
- VoiceThread (Video interactivity for Discussion Boards, etc.)
- Hypothes.is (Annotate the web, Hold Live Discussions, Read Socially)
- Zoom Meeting (Video conferencing with the ability to host break-out sessions; Students can call in via phone if internet connection is low.)
- Panopto (Lecture recording, Livestreaming Software, Quizzing Software)
- Dancemaker App for iOS or Dancemaker App for Android
Performance/Dance Specific Resources:
- Online Dance Archives, compiled by Rachel Carrico and Jarrod Duby
- Considerations for Moving University Dance Classes Online, Working Document from Heather Castillo and MiRi Park
- HowlRound Theatre Commons (Free/Open Platform for Theatremakers)
- On Tap: A Theatre & Performance Studies Podcast (March 8th episode: Live at the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces; discusses impact of coronavirus on arts and higher education both near and long term)
- Online Grading & Feedback: Empowerment, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion(Excerpt from Pedagogy for Online Dance Education, MFA Dance curriculum, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. B Angeline, Course Author. Copyright 2010)
- Teaching Theatre Online: A Shift in Pedagogy Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
- Moving Production Classes Online, Working Document
- Convergences Theatre Collective Online Learning & Teaching: A Guide
- ATHE Resources for Teaching Online
Content Ideas:
- Dancio.com is offering two weeks free for universities and colleges (online dance technique classes with some of the world’s best teachers)
- Pillow Talk Podcast from Jacob’s Pillow
- Long-form Multi-media Essays From Jacob’s Pillow
- Queer Dance: Meanings and Makings online archive (Username: Music3; Psswd: Book3234)
- ATHE Virtual Guest Artist Program
- Marquee TV one month free, email [email protected]
Scholarly Research on Dance/Performance Pedagogy Online:
- Anderson, Jon. “Dance, Technology, and the Web Culture of Students.” Journal of Dance Education. 2012.
- Baker, Camille and Kate Sicchio. Intersecting Art and Technology in Practice: Techne/Technique/Technology. 2017
- Fuentes, Marcela. “Performance Constellations: Memory and Event in Digitally Enabled Protests in the Americas.” Text and Performance Quarterly. 2015.
- Parris, Mila. “Integrating Technology into the Teaching and Learning of Dance.” Journal of Dance Education. 2011.
- Parrish, Mila. “Towards Transformation: Digital Tools for Online Dance Pedagogy.” Arts Education and Policy Review. 2016.
- Weber, Rebecca and Megan Mizanty and Lora Allen. “Project Trans(m)it: creating dance collaboratively via technology – a best practices overview.” Research in Dance Education. 2017
- Risner, Doug. “Hold on to This!: Strategies for Teacher Feedback in Online Dance Courses.” Journal of Dance Education. 2014. pdf download
- Risner, Doug. “Research, Design, and Implementation of an Internship Course in Dance: Turning Student Knowledge into Professional Know-How.” Journal of Dance Education. 2015. pdf download
- Sopoci Drake, Katie and Rachel Rugh, Eliza Larson, Barbara Tait. “Necessity Fuels Creativity: Adapting Long-Distance Collaborative Methods for the Classroom.” Journal of Dance Education. 2016. pdf download
