Leaping into Dance Literacy through the Language of Dance®

andconstructionist learning approaches. Arts-literate dancers can deepen their dancecraft and transfer their arts knowledge,capacities, and skills to lifelong learning.Dance-based dance literacy practicesusing notation enhance learners'flexibility, adaptability, self-direction,initiative, productivity, responsibility,leadership, and cross-cultural skills.The book will appeal to dance educators focusing on cognitive and metacognitive learning in dance using communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking.Useful for preschool and primary teachers aiming to integrate dance into classroom experiences and for secondary teachers teaching dance and looking to upgrade their approach to dance literacy so students are able to achieve higher level cognitive learning, problem solving, and social skills in dance classrooms.Choreographers and dance teachers will find new approaches to dance making and to expressing their craft using a system that is well codified and now augmented with examples to guide them with

making their own projects and processes.Anyone with an interest in the idea of dance literacy will find concrete examples of how to put their knowledge into practice to advance their teaching and dance making. [Publisher's text]

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