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Language of Dance® Foundations Online Part 2
June 21, June 21-July 12, 2025
Full Course Community Kickoff Event: June 21
Asynchronous Work June 21-July 3
Synchronous Sessions: July 7-12, 2025
Instructors: Shana Habel, Cassie Rossi, Corazon Tierra
Foundations Part 2
Synchronous meeting times:
Full Course Community Kickoff Event: Saturday 6/21, 11 am-12:30 ET (90 min)
Part 2: Monday through Friday 7/7-11, 6:30-9:30 pm ET (3 hours)
Saturday 7/12, 1-5 pm ET (4 hours, as needed)
Each section of Foundations has approximately 50 course hours. Participants can expect to have 25 hours of direct instruction/synchronous work and 25 hours of asynchronous instruction, homework, mentoring, and final project preparation/group work.
*If you are applying for a K-12 or BIPOC Student Scholarship, please fill out the corresponding application below.
K-12 Teacher Full Scholarship, for USA domestic participants
(please submit application and materials by February 15, 2025): application is now closed.
BIPOC Student Full Scholarships, for USA domestic participants (please submit application and materials by February 15, 2025): application is now closed.
The Language of Dance Center believes in the value of the arts, specifically dance, as a universal language. We are striving to create socially just learning environments that are reflective of the various community's demographics and that affirm and practice the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, self care and access through the various roles and responsibilities we have in all our work.
The Language of Dance Center is a New York State Education Department
Approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE).
Non-Member Registration Rates- Part 2 (USA domestic participant): $800
Part 2 (International participant): $850
*Special 2025* Member Registration Rates- Members should login to access their My Membership page to register with the member discount rate.Part 2 (USA domestic participant): $600
Part 2 (International participant): $637.50
Student Registration Rates- Email Susan Gingrasso, sgingrasso@lodcusa.org, to provide undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral documentation and arrange registration and payment.
Part 2 (USA domestic participant): $402.00
Part 2 (International participant): $427.13
All above registration INCLUDES 2 required texts for the courses: Motif Notation: An Introduction and MOTIF AT A GLANCE!
Foundations Grads Revisiting Rates
Non-Members: $260
Members: $200
Register Today (Registration deadline May 15th for International Participants and May 30th for Domestic Participants) Please fill out our registration application and select payment option below:
***Members should login to access their My Membership page to register with the member discount rate.
Cancellation Fees
Cancellation fee for Summer Sessions, prior to May 30th: $75
Cancellation fee for Summer Sessions, after May 30th: $95
Overview
Actively experience,
explore, and apply the Language of Dance® Approach to dance and
movement to promote: dance literacy; support integration of multiple learning modalities;
uncover pedagogical frameworks that support deep learning in dance. Developed
by Dr. Ann Hutchinson Guest, this approach immerses you in the world of dance,
as revealed by the LOD Movement Alphabet, one of the key dance-based symbolic
languages.
Through
LOD, deepen your movement embodiment, artistic perception, and expression, and
aesthetic valuing and joy in dancing.Each of these professional
development courses for dance/arts educators, dance artists, movement
specialists, and classroom teachers (K-12, private studio, higher education)
introduces the Movement Alphabet, as applied to educational, creative or
community settings, or as a tool to facilitate understanding with clients.
Benefits
Experience the LOD
framework through learner-centered
pedagogy;
Make meaningful and
embodied connections to the Movement
Alphabet
Use Motif Notation to
read and write dance concepts and dances that reveal dance literacy as an
integral part of dance teaching and learning in diverse contexts;
Enhance the
integration of kinesthetic, cognitive, and socio-emotional learning in dance
education and academic curriculum;
Use LOD in the
teaching and learning process to accelerate observation, description,
interpretation, analysis, creation, performance, evaluation, and embodiment of
skills, knowledge, and understanding;
Refine your performance
abilities and artistry through reflection, creative process, critical thinking,
and collaborative learning.
Apply pedagogical knowledge
using the LOD Framework to current instructional or artistic practice
*Each part can be taken as a discrete entity.
Part 2
Explore
the universal elements of the Movement Alphabet concepts below and integrate movement Motif Notation symbols into dance experiences to connect physical, cognitive and
socio-emotional learning. Those who successfully complete all course
requirements will receive the Language of Dance® Foundations – Part
2 Certificate.
Content
The Actions (Verbs)
Action, Springing, Stillness, and
Shape
Relating, Motion and Destination,
and Part Leading
Balance and Falling
Change of Support
The Qualifiers
(Adverbs)
The Subjects or
Objects (Nouns)