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Knutson, Karen, Ed.; Okada, Takeshi, Ed.; Crowley, Kevin, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2020
This book explores learning in the arts and highlights ways in which art and creativity can ignite learning in schools, informal learning spaces, and higher education. The focus is on learning in, with, and through the arts. Written from a range of international perspectives, "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art Learning and Creativity"…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Museums, Informal Education
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Burgoyne, Suzanne, Ed. – Creativity Theory and Action in Education, 2018
People who do not know theatre may think the only creative artist in the field is the playwright--with actors, directors, and designers mere "interpreters" of the dramatist's vision. Historically, however, creative mastery and power have passed through different hands. Sometimes, the playwright did the staging. In other periods, leading…
Descriptors: Creativity, Theater Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour – Peter Lang New York, 2012
These are the stories of four arts practitioners from Trinidad and Tobago--a lighting designer, a dancer, a jazz musician and a choreographer--who have made names for themselves internationally. The book centers on their role as educators in their fields; their unique and individual journeys exemplify the classic role artists have (always) played…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Artists, Musicians
Buechley, Leah, Ed.; Peppler, Kylie, Ed.; Eisenberg, Michael, Ed.; Yasmin, Kafai, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
"Textile Messages" focuses on the emerging field of electronic textiles, or e-textiles--computers that can be soft, colorful, approachable, and beautiful. E-textiles are articles of clothing, home furnishings, or architectures that include embedded computational and electronic elements. This book introduces a collection of tools that…
Descriptors: Textiles Instruction, Computers, Clothing, Furniture
Brown, Ruth Nicole, Ed.; Kwakye, Chamara Jewel, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"Wish To Live: The Hip-hop Feminism Pedagogy Reader" moves beyond the traditional understanding of the four elements of hip-hop culture--rapping, breakdancing, graffiti art, and deejaying--to articulate how hip-hop feminist scholarship can inform educational practices and spark, transform, encourage, and sustain local and global youth…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Freedom, Intimacy, Autobiographies
Barrell, M. Kay – 1991
This handbook is designed for specific use by performing arts presenters and touring companies. These companies pose an immense range of production requirements and challenges to a presenter. The book stresses the basics of technical production with an emphasis on presenting dance. Dance has more inherent pitfalls in its production requirements,…
Descriptors: Dance, Drama, Guidelines, Guides
Erdrich, Heidi Ellen – 1993
The great American ballerina, Maria Tallchief, was born in 1925 in Fairfax, Oklahoma. Her mother was White and her father was a full-blood Osage. Her younger sister, Marjorie, also became a famous dancer. The Osage originally lived in western Missouri. They lived in lodges or tepees and were farmers and hunters. The U.S. Government moved them to…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Biographies
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Music Division of the Library of Congress houses a collection that numbers close to eight million items including the classified music and book collections; music and literary manuscripts; microforms; and copyright deposits. This guide shows the highlights of the collection, as well as its mission. The Library of Congress embraces the complete…
Descriptors: Archives, Cultural Activities, Dance, Folk Culture
Murray, Ruth L., Ed. – 1968
This publication centers on the theory and practice of dance education. After an introduction which highlights the development of dance education, a statement of philosophy based on the importance of dance as an efficacious synthesizing and civilizing activity is rendered. The major portion of the document is devoted to the implications of dance…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Dance, General Education
Duffy, Bernadette – Open University Press, 2006
Learning through the arts has the potential to stimulate open ended activity that encourages discovery, exploration, experimentation and invention, thus contributing to children's development in all areas of learning and helping to make the curriculum meaningful to them. In this book, the author draws on her extensive experience of promoting young…
Descriptors: Young Children, Imagination, Creativity, Early Childhood Education
Norris, Ruby Lee, Ed.; Sange, Sally Harris, Ed. – 1975
The essays in this book concern successful experiences with interdisciplinary education during the 1972-73 school year at the Humanities Center in Richmond, Virginia. The first section of the book focuses briefly on the program's seven humanities-related subjects (including the directors of each subject): filmmaking; printmaking; mime, dance and…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Dance, Films
Beane, Mildred B. – 1989
Ideas and suggestions are presented on how to develop student thinking skills in the performing arts. Performing arts include music, dance and movement, drama and theater. The examples of arts focusing on performance given in this monograph are intended to be merely representative, and teachers are encouraged to apply the concepts to their own…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Curriculum
Curtiss, Marie Joy – 1973
A monograph of the numerous activities that have contributed to the current renaissance of India's classical performing arts covers the theoretical aspects, musical instruments, the main schools of classical dance, and drama. Besides the basic research described, the total project produced a set of 300 slides with annotated listing, picturing the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Content, Dance, Drama
Reiss, Alvin H. – 1995
This handbook/guidebook/manual details marketing and fund-raising strategies that might benefit art organizations. Drawing on sources from the arts community, including orchestras, opera, dance and theater companies, galleries, museums, arts councils, performing arts centers, and a zoo, ideas are presented which have proven successful in actual…
Descriptors: Advertising, Arts Centers, Audiences, Community Resources
Reiss, Alvin H. – 1986
This combination handbook, guidebook, and how-to-do-it manual presents useful marketing and fund-raising strategies for those involved in promoting and funding the arts. Case histories of funding programs and promotions are presented along with advice and guidance on: tapping the corporate treasury; unusual direct-mail techniques; and the use of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Arts Centers, Audiences, Community Resources
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