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Tag Archives: choreography
Wordless three-ring circus
I do a lot of group work in my classroom so instead of desks we have a variety of large tables, four of them to be exact. There are lots of ways we arrange them depending on what we are … Continue reading
Posted in school, students, Teaching
Tagged carrels, choreography, ninja, school, students, teaching, test-taking, three-ring circus, Tower of Babel
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Ninja
Whenever I give students a break during class or sometimes even before class begins, a group of kids, mostly boys, play a game they call Ninja. They stand in a circle or a loose circular clump and strike a stationary … Continue reading
Posted in dance, school, students
Tagged choreography, conflict, dance, kinesthetic dialogue, movement, ninja, resolution, school, students, Tai Chi
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Reverse the movements
For the past year I have been learning a Tai Chi form created by the Ni family, the Harmony T’ai Chi short form (originally the Integral Way spiritual tradition of ancient China). I have been doing this form, which includes … Continue reading
Posted in exercise
Tagged choreography, exercise, Harmony Tai Chi, Integral Way, long form, Ni family, overcast, reverse, short form, Tai Chi
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Reserve of gracefulness
Today I learned the last of the movements in the T’ai chi form. Actually I have really completed only half of the movements because to do the whole exercise, all the movements need to be reversed and completed on the opposite … Continue reading
Posted in exercise
Tagged choreography, concentration, exercise, gracefulness, meditation, movement, stillness, Tai Chi
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Classroom choreography
It’s only Day Three of school with the students and I feel exhausted. The pace of teaching is obviously so very different from the pace of a laid back summer. It’s only Day Three and my antennae are already up … Continue reading
Posted in education, school, Teaching
Tagged choreography, Education, Open House, progress, school, students, teaching
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Stretching
At T’ai chi overlooking the lake very, very early this morning (hence the very long shadow above), I wondered how one could ever master this intricate and precise form of exercise. Indeed, it is stretching the core of my very being, … Continue reading
Posted in exercise, photography
Tagged breathing, chi, choreography, exercise, movement, photography, stretching, Tai Chi
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Bandaloop- choreography above and beyond
A vertical dance troupe that dances on sides of buildings and mountains?! The dance troupe Bandaloop (inspired in part by rock climbing and rappeling), makes it look incredibly easy, but because the dancers are constantly engaging with gravity, they need … Continue reading