Randy Barron

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Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States

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Teaching artist since 1980, trained in Madeleine Hunter / UBD / Stiggins / Expeditionary Learning and arts integration techniques. Teaching artist, professional development workshop designer, and seminar leader for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since 1996. Former co-artistic director and executive director of City in Motion Dance Theater in Kansas City, Mo. Professional choreographer and dancer, with numerous appearances and commissions with dance companies across the US.

Poetry in Motion

Dancing Water Cycle Unit

Dance Skills for the Classroom: Kinesphere and Mirroring

Simple Machines in Motion

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Presenting the Elements of Dance

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Randy Barron

This short (5:05) movie is designed for general audiences who need a brief introduction to what to look for in dance, or what tools are available to choreographers. NOTE: This is the newest update of the previous versions of the movie. If you purchased one of the older versions, you should download this update. There is a voice-over in addition to the text and images on each slide. The Elements of Dance handout in my product listing (free!) is a good accompaniment to this presentation for refle

1st - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Dance

Dance Skills for the Classroom: Kinesphere and Mirroring

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Randy Barron

For teachers to be able to lead meaningful dance-integrated activities in their classrooms, students must be able to call on basic skills. These activities are designed to help teachers create a safe, enjoyable environment for learning through creative movement. The kinesphere, or personal space, exercise is simple and easy to facilitate. Students often request to play the "kinesphere game" long after they have learned to control their personal space. There are also step-by-step instructions f

1st - 8th

Anatomy, Dance, Physical Education

The Elements of Dance

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Randy Barron

This is a simple one-page JPEG that you can enlarge and print for the classroom, or use as a handout or journal insert. In my approach to dance and choreography, I think of four basic elements, with the acronym "BEST:" Body, Energy, Space, and Time. These are the What, How, Where, and When of dance! This sheet lists the elements with some of their sub-elements and is useful both for creating and for analyzing dances.

1st - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Dance, Physical Education

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Experience

Teaching style

Firmly based in a constructivist teaching philosophy, in which students construct and demonstrate their own understandings. Specifically, I design and lead hands-on activities that combine elements of dance, through choreographic puzzles and tasks, with other essential curriculum. For example, by creating dances about how different systems of the human body work, students are also creating lifelong understanding that they then demonstrate through their choreography. This means that I use a collaborative, everyone-can-learn style of instruction with both children and adults. My belief is that this leads to true self-confidence, the type that comes with successfully meeting challenges that seem daunting at first.

Awards & shining teacher moments

National Merit Finalist 1970 Member Alpha Sigma Nu

My own education history

B.S. (Biology, Chemistry/Psychology) cum laude, 1974, Rockhurst University Professional Dance Program, Boston Conservatory of Music, 1974-1976

Additional biographical information

Have held jobs at all levels in education, including high school director and school bus driver. Also have skills in event management, technical theater (especially lighting design), and straw-bale construction. Home is a 10-acre retreat in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in northeastern New Mexico.