Sanna Longden:
No Child Left On His Or Her Behind:
World Dances and Singing Games for the Music Curriculum
Friday & Saturday, January 28 & 29, 2011
Fri. 7 to 10 PM, Sat. 9 to 4 PM
Meridian Park Elementary School
17077 Meridian Ave N., Shoreline WA 98133
Sanna will share useful and enjoyable singing games and social dances from a variety of the world’s cultures. These community movement games will further the skills of our new generation of learners in cooperation, civility, concentration, team-building, and social-emotional learning. No dissing during dancing! Sanna will also teach ethnic music activities to celebrate upcoming holidays and enhance the music curriculum while emphasizing cultural background, national styling, teaching techniques, and classroom management through patterned movement.
Please dress coolly and comfortably for this active workshop. Smooth-soled flat or low-heeled shoes are recommended, rather than flip-flops or heavy sports shoes. Also, Sanna would appreciate it if you avoid wearing scented toiletries and perfumed cosmetics during our time together.
Most of the activities will come from her series of CDs and DVDs that will be available for purchase at the workshop.
Sanna Longden is a well-known clinician at, AOSA, Kodály, MENC, and other education conferences throughout North America and beyond. She presents at universities, in-services, and folklore festivals, and serves as artist-in-residence in U.S. schools. Sanna’s series of useful and amusing DVD/videos and CDs is sold worldwide through distributors and on her website (www.FolkStyle.com). Co-author with Phyllis S. Weikart of Cultures and Styling in Folk Dance (High/Scope Press, 1998), and Wendy Taucher of Making Music with Movement and Dance (Pearson Education, 2006), she is also clinician and contributing author to the Silver Burdett/Pearson Making Music textbooks as well as author of many articles in folklife and education publications. Sanna’s recent article, “Teaching World Dance,” appeared in the Winter 2009 issue of The Orff Echo.