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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject Performing Arts Resources by Julie Shepherd knapp, copyright 2006 Resources for those homeschooling performing arts such as dance, creative movement, acrobatics, juggling, circus, storytelling, and theater . What are the Performing Arts? -- definitions and history by Wikipedia ArtsEdge Lessons -- from the Kennedy Center, hundreds of free online lesson plans in music, art, dance, and theater Dance Dance Kids -- an interactive learning website for youngsters interested in dance, learn while playing games, from the ISTD Young Dancers -- a news and events e-magazine for teens, cool, informative, from the ISTD Drift. Dancer Without a Body by Koert -- full-length techno-music video with animated dancer, music by Artefact, dance by Nancy Mauro-Flude Jazz Dance and Music -- an interactive lesson plan for grade 4 from The Kennedy Center Arts Edge Japanese Dance from web-Japan kids-web The Hula Pages -- information and resources Dances of Indigenous Peoples -- resources for native and aboriginal dances Square and Round Dancing -- history and resources Recreational Folk Dancing -- information and resources Unicycle Dance -- beautiful! Dancing Robots -- actual SONY robots! Disco Elevator -- a video clip from jokaroo Martha Graham -- biography of "the Dancer of the Century" Ted Shawn -- one of "America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures" DancingHomeschool.com -- resources and forum dancinghomeschool -- an online support group, all dance types Theater Theatrical Texts and Aids Catalog by Pioneer Drama, a vendor of resources for theater: plays, musicals, improv, monologues, directing, acting, playwriting, costume, make-up, and dance, for all ages MacScouter's Big Book of Skits -- dozens of free, short plays for kids Story Arts Online -- lesson plans, classroom tips, ideas and resources Digital Storytelling -- using digital images and narration to relate stories The Puppetry Store -- supplies videos and educational materials Give VW a Hand -- great hand shadow puppetry String Figures instructions Guitar and Marionette -- performance video clip, a guitarist with a kazoo and sponge puppet Fish Faces and more Fish Faces! Circus Performing The Flying Wallenda's Acrobatic Homepage -- photos, tips, critiques Why a Circus? by Jackie Davis for the American Youth Circus Organization Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center at Circus World Museum -- library collections cover all aspects of American circuses and Wild West shows from 1793 to the present, free and open to the public Circus World Museum -- original winter home of Ringling Brs. Circus Circus Historical Society -- lots of great links to resources Academy of the Performing Arts in Clowning -- an online distance learning Clown School, 5 classes available The Museum of Juggling -- history, gallery, hall of fame, etc Make Your Own Juggling Balls -- easy and cool, for Hacky-Sack, too Circus Center San Fransisco -- classes, performing troupes, summer camp, youth-at-risk program Circus Smirkus -- in Greensboro, Vermont, classes, performing troupes, summer camp, non-profit foundation The Moscow State Circus -- a modern circus with no animal acts Trapeze Arts of California -- classes and camps Movies about Circuses -- "P.T. Barnum" (1999), starring Beau Bridges; "Circus World" (1964), starring John Wayne; "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1953), starring Jimmy Stewart; and an oldie, "The Circus" (1928), starring Charlie Chaplin Cinema and Videography Cinema: How are Hollywood Films Made? -- a brief tutorial on the filmmaking industry, from Annenberg Media The American Film Industry's 100 Funniest American Movies and The AFI 100 Greatest Movies of All Time and AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals -- you can make every night movie night! The Woods Smell of Shampoo by Koert -- a full-length documentary exploring the effects of media experiences on our consciousness Related Issues Circuses: Three Rings of Abuse -- information from PETA about animal abuse in some circuses, information on animal training Circuses.com -- "Please say, "No!", because animals can't" |
| "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope." ~~ Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991) "We make realities out of our dreams and dreams out of our realities. We are the dreamers of the dream." ~~ Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) |