Dance, creative movement is really something that I want to incorporate into my classroom/curriculum. I have always felt that dance and music help students open up and feel free to explore. I think that often times it is looked down upon because people associate "dance" with classical ballet or something that would be taught in a dance studio. Yet, they don't realize that creative movement through dance is not the same thing. Creative movement helps students explore physically a concept they are learning about.
For instance, a lesson on Volcanoes, using creative movement to teach such a lesson helps students visually see the formations, helps them be the formations, helps them understand what happened to create it, why it stayed the same or how it evolved. If a student was only told how volcanoes happened they would never really understand or know why such a formation happened.
There is so many ways you can help students with creative movement. It really allows students to put a side their attitudes and appearances. Students have to completely let go and evolve with the flow, they learn self confidence, space and time, social awareness, local motor movements and cooperation. It really is a great way to helps students connect to themselves, their peers and the curriculum being taught.
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