Selected Unit Materials
"The Circle Project" Unit Overview: Examples and explanation of typical topics students study during this interdisciplinary unit (PDF)
"The Circle Project" Criteria and Scoring Guide: Criteria and scoring system for the circle project (PDF)
Print Resources
Blom, Anne & Chaplin, Tain L. The Intimate Act of Choreography. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982. ISBN: 0822953420
Boal, Augusto. Games for Actors and Non-Actors, (2nd edition). London and New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 0415267080
Calais-Germain, Blandine. Anatomy of Movement. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1993. ISBN: 0939616173
Hartley, Linda. Wisdom of the Body Moving. Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, 1995. ISBN: 1556431740
Humphrey, Doris. The Art of Making Dances. Chicago, Ill.: Independent Publishers Group, 1991. ASIN: 0802130739
McGreevy-Nichols, Susan, & Scheff, Helene. Building Dances: A Guide to Putting Movements Together (book and access edition). Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1995. ISBN: 0873225732
Mirus, Judith, White, Elena, Bucek, Loren E., & Paulson, P. Dance Education Initiative Curriculum Guide, (2nd edition). Golden Valley, Minn.: Perpich Center for Arts Education, 1996.
Vaganova, Agrippina. Basic Principles of Classical Ballet, (revised edition). Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1969. ISBN: 0486220362
Web Sites
Science News Online
http://www.sciencenews.org/
A weekly science news magazine with many articles about circles
Dave's Math Tables: Circles
http://www.math2.org/math/geometry/circles.htm
Circular definitions and formulas
Stone Circles of the Gambia
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara/stones.html
Photographs, essays, and diagrams about Gambian stone circles
Math Forum at Drexel
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/circles.html
A lesson plan for drawing circle designs, part of an extensive math resource site for teachers, students, researchers, parents, and citizens
Manipula Math Applet Collections
http://www.ies-math.com/math/java/
More advanced circle mathematics
The Exploratorium: Museum of Science, Art,
and Human Perception
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/circles_magnetism_I/
Circles of magnetism, a lesson plan for making a magnetic field stronger than the Earth’s
Circles: An Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://emerson.classicauthors.net/CirclesAnEssay/
An essay for background information about the significance of circles
Visual Fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/index.htm
A math site with lessons and examples of fractions and circles
Dance Educator’s Coalition (DEC) of Minnesota
http://www.mndanceed.com/
A network formed in 1986 to provide emotional and professional support to dance educators
The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
http://www.ndeo.org/
Represents the field in legislatures, schools of dance, preK-12 schools, and institutions of higher education throughout the country
Journal of Dance Education (JODE)
http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=53093
Advancing knowledge in dance education, encouraging practical application of current research, and promoting quality dance instruction
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