Based on information from the book
We Interrupt this Broadcast
By Joe Garner
Forward by Walter Kronkite
Narrated by Bill Kurtis

Overview:
This instructional unit provides dance students with the opportunity to tie the creativity of movement to factual, historical, “events that stopped our lives.” Through instruction, library research, collaboration and rehearsal, students analyze and interpret a variety of reactions to these major historical events and translate those reactions to dance movements. Historical events are taken from the book We Interrupt this Broadcast which focuses on major historical world events that have warranted an “interruption” of regular programming on radio or television. The text is accompanied by CD’s which play the original broadcast of the event. Students present their dance/movement to the actual broadcasts from these CD’s.

Objectives:

1. Students will choreograph a dance/movement using social, historical or literary themes.
2. Students will analyze choreography
3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of movement, improvisation skills and choreographic form.
4. Students will utilize elements of dance in their movement and their paper
5. Students will defend their choice of movement in a written piece.
6. Students will learn to identify and analyze primary sources to gain ideas for movement choices.

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