This resource is a video recording of a rehearsal for the Siegfried/Giselle pas de duex from the Romantic Ballet, Giselle.

This lesson is one example of how you can implement the practice of making connections to history and culture. In this activity, students work in small groups to research and make presentations on folk dances from different cultures and time periods.

The purpose of this lesson is to explore the role of African culture in modern dance in America. The lesson will focus on three key areas. The first area will examine the Afro-Caribbean slave roots that were a part of modern dance and the ways that modern dance movements and themes reflected daily life activities. The second area will focus on how modern dance reflected issues of black pride, self-expression, and identity. The third area will explore how modern dance themes of social justice and activism evolved in response to a racist American society.

This lesson will introduce students to the History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky. They will learn and listen about History the Nutcracker Ballet by P.I. Tchaikovsky through the resources provided. 

This free video resource is curated by America's longest running dance festival. Click artist, genre, or era to find dance clips spanning from the 1930's to today.

Hanayagi Sukekatsumi (Michiko Kurata) has been performing traditional Japanese dance for 30 years. She studied “kabuki buyo,” a popular dance form derived from kabuki, under several masters of traditional Japanese dance in Japan. “Kabuki buyo" originated in Japan more than 400 years ago among the female street performers in Edo (modern day Tokyo) and has spread throughout all social classes since. Ms. Kurata has performed at numerous cultural shows and has been giving lectures at local colleges on traditional Japanese dance.

Juan Tamad is a lazy character from Filipino Folk tale. Tikling Birds in the rice fields are one of the inspirations of the Filipino Folk Dance, the Tinikling. This animated short explores the possibility that Juan Tamad and his lazy encounter with the Tikling Birds witnessed the origin of the Tinikling Folk dance!

This video contains Stars of the Russian Ballet in its entirety. This performance features some of the biggest names in contemporaty Russian ballet. It contains exerpts from ballet standards like La Fille Mal Gardee, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, Giselle, Swam Lake and Don Quixote.

This video features a performance group from Hawaii performing the Tinikling dance as part of wedding celebrations.

Students may use this resource to begin their investigation into Flamenco dance. Students will learn what it is, how it is made up of 3 parts, and why this dance is performed.

This video grew out of the Ontario Arts Council's very successful Ontario Dances program which helps broaden and diversify Ontarian's experience of dance. This video features dance both amature and professional, reflecting why they dance.