Gary Reed is a dancer, choreographer, and movement specialist, who began his dance career with musical theatre in Northern California. He graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in modern dance and has been dancing and teaching in the Northwest for over 30 years. He has been at the Bainbridge Dance Center for 17 years. As director of their outreach program, he brings extensive dance education to public and private schools on the Island. Gary has been working with the Bainbridge Island Arts Consortium (now Arts & Humanities Bainbridge), moving with students and teachers, since it began.
g4reed@gmail.com
https://www.bainbridgedancecenter.com/outreach
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206.842.1497
Teacher Resources: Lesson Plans/Resources will be provided to the teachers at least one week in advance of the scheduled project.
Sample Residency Topics:
Dance Appreciation in the Classroom
Two Dance Class Study at the Bainbridge Dance Center Studio Brain Dance and Beyond
Sample Residency Description: Two visits by a dance/movement specialist to your classroom to explore the connections between dance concepts and math concepts. Each session will start with exploring BrainDance patterns that integrate the preselected math concepts the students are studying. Creative movement activities will help students with different learning styles deepen their understanding of the math concepts. Teachers select concepts from shape recognition, patterns, symmetry/asymmetry, flips and slides, math facts, counting, place value, fractions, and geometry.
EALR Focus:
1. 1 Understands arts concepts and vocabulary
1.2 Develops arts skills and techniques
2.1 Applies a creative process to the arts
4.2 Demonstrates and analyzes the connections among the arts and between the
arts and other content areas