1. The Place of Dance within an Arts Education Program & Its Relationship to the School Curriculum Ann Kipling Brown, Ph.D. Arts Education Program Faculty of Education University of Regina Saskatchewan, Canada

2. My work focuses on dance education within an Arts Education Program in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. In this presentation I present a brief overview of the Arts Education program and the content of the K - 12 dance curriculum in the province of Saskatchewan. I also take a look at the role and history of creative dance in Canada.

3. Arts Education Program In 1982 the Arts Education Program in the Faculty of Education, University of Regina was born.

15. Frivolous or serious endeavour! What is the story of creative dance in Canada?

16. What are the myths about creative dance?

19. So, where did it all begin? I think most of us are aware that Rudolf Laban (1879 - 1958) initiated this work and in his seminal text, Modern Education Dance , first published in 1948, we see the foundations for the work that many have supported and extended into many areas of education and with many people. It is well-known that his i n itiating ideas in dance theatre, dance scholarship, dance therapy, choreology, ethnochoreology, dance literacy, dance as recreation, drama, movement profiling and dance education reveals a breadth of influence and as Preston-Dunlop says is “ s tounding”. She also said of him, “t h roughout his life he needed people to work with him, to provide reliable support for his own innovations and to act as equal collaborators, people with whom he could share his ideas and get a response. He was fundamentally a unique mix of creative artist and avid researcher, irritated by administration, an inspiring guru, never a daily teacher”.

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