West African Dance: Choreography Description:Harlina Churn-
Diallo reviews the four basic movements shown in the excerpt The
Connection Between Music and Movement and guides dancers in
combining the movements into a dance. - Watch to build your own
knowledge and understanding of African dance and influence, or
for ideas on how to teach the dance movements to your students.
- Show to demonstrate and guide movement activities with
students. - Show to guide students in choreographing their own
dances using the four movements. - Show to accompany social
studies activities relating to African culture. - Show with
other African dance performances in the toolkit to compare and
contrast. - Show with Afro-Cuban dance excerpts to compare and
contrast. For more information: (These links may leave the Arts
Toolkit.) See the Dance and Culture section of the Dance Arts
Toolkit binder. About The Arts II: West African Dance: