Dance

Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies: Contemporary Applications ties theory to practice as you learn to integrate the movement analysis into your life. Explore the framework and how various people apply it in their lives, then learn how you can do the same.

Conditioning for Dance, Second Edition, offers over 100 new conditioning exercises, for all parts of the body. It features two new chapters and a new web resource with video clips showing correct execution of the exercises, two 20-minute workouts, and a personal conditioning program.

Brain-Compatible Dance Education, Second Edition, summarizes the latest brain research in accessible and practical ways. Dance educators can tap into 24 new lesson plans and a new web resource that offers video clips and other tools to help develop strong brains and bodies through joyful movement.

Breathing for Peak Performance presents detailed anatomical information related to optimal breathing function and offers 35 breathing exercises. This text uses the famed Franklin Method, which combines movement, imagery, and touch to improve functional breathing technique.

In this dance-specific guide, dance educators and students will learn how to plan, develop, present, and assess community dance projects. This total package offers proven models of dance projects, real-world examples of projects, promotion and tenure minefields of the university, and more.

Beginning Hip-Hop Dance provides dance students and general education students a strong foundation in the fundamentals of hip-hop—its techniques, styles, aesthetics, history, significant works, and artists. The text comes with a web resource of 56 video clips to aid in practicing techniques.

Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education offers 64 field-tested lesson plans, learning activities, and assessments for implementing a skills-based approach in your class. The curriculum is flexible and adaptable, and it addresses all the skills in the National Health Education Standards.

PE Metrics: Assessing Student Performance Using the National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education, Third Edition, offers 130 K-12 assessments that were created by SHAPE America. These assessments align with SHAPE America’s National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education and with its three PE lesson planning books. Learn to create your own assessments and measure student performance.