Teaching What You Want to Learn
A Guidebook for Emerging and Established Dance and Movement Teachers
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 24. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-1-041-15249-1 (ISBN)
Description
This new and expanded edition of Teaching What You Want to Learn includes 124 essential essays based on the foundational values of Evans' pedagogy: Embracing Change, Cultivating Community, Honoring Personal Uniqueness, Seeking Specificity, Facilitating Active Learning and Dancing as an Expression of the Human Spirit. It is an eloquent and practical guide for both emerging and established teachers of dance and movement.
Evans has responded to current challenges faced by dance and movement educators. At a time when mobile devices, social media and Artificial Intelligence control how students engage in learning, and socio-political divisiveness increasingly adds stress to their lives, he offers methods and ideas to reflect on and refine teaching as a healing alternative to our troubling times. New essays include: "Supporting Trauma-Affected and Neurodivergent Learners," "Teaching is Also Learning," "Preparing Students for their Future, Not our Past" and "Evolving Your Personal Pedagogy,",
Evans contextualizes his guidelines by sharing the crystallizing life and artistic events that sparked his embrace of the strategies and methods he has gleaned from his six-decade career as an educator, performer, choreographer and practitioner of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. This is a significant book for all new teachers of dance and movement as well as for established professionals who have not recently re-examined their own work.
Evans has responded to current challenges faced by dance and movement educators. At a time when mobile devices, social media and Artificial Intelligence control how students engage in learning, and socio-political divisiveness increasingly adds stress to their lives, he offers methods and ideas to reflect on and refine teaching as a healing alternative to our troubling times. New essays include: "Supporting Trauma-Affected and Neurodivergent Learners," "Teaching is Also Learning," "Preparing Students for their Future, Not our Past" and "Evolving Your Personal Pedagogy,",
Evans contextualizes his guidelines by sharing the crystallizing life and artistic events that sparked his embrace of the strategies and methods he has gleaned from his six-decade career as an educator, performer, choreographer and practitioner of the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. This is a significant book for all new teachers of dance and movement as well as for established professionals who have not recently re-examined their own work.
Reviews / Votes
"BRAVO, BILL! You have given all of us educators a valuable gift by delineating your open humanitarian approach to teaching! You have passed on vital information that needs to be available for all new teachers of dance, as well as for long-time professionals who might not have re-examined their own teaching lately!"-Peggy Hackney, world leader in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies and author of Making Connections: Total Body Connectivity through Bartenieff Fundamentals
"An abundance of insight, gathered over a lifetime of teaching, choreographing, and performing. Evans provides a treasure trove of examples of incorporating effective practices and language, including that of images, prompts, anatomical clarity, all given to support deepening our students' experience of themselves dancing. Evans' personal journey through a long career of teaching dance while maintaining and generating enthusiasm and openness is an inspiration to fellow teachers to continue to grow and learn. His insights are specific, life affirming and useful. A rich resource for both new and experienced dance teachers. An inspiration. Wise and generous."
-Claire Porter, renowned Guggenheim Fellow, choreographer, writer and performance artist
"Teaching What You Want to Learn, is a series of short, accessible and enlightening essays that celebrate the transformational power of critical thinking. Evans advocates for teaching the whole dancer by nurturing their intellect, emotions and physicality. A personal favorite are the For Your Consideration questions at the end of each essay that invite the reader to reflect on their own learning experience and how to enact change. A must read for anyone who values the learning process and is interested in teaching dance!"
-Edisa Weeks, Bessie recipient, choreographer, performer and professor of dance at Queens College, New York, USA
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development, Professional Training, and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
16 s/w Zeichnungen, 63 s/w Abbildungen, 47 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
16 Line drawings, black and white; 47 Halftones, black and white; 63 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-041-15249-1 (9781041152491)
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Bill Evans
Teaching What You Want to Learn
A Guidebook for Emerging and Established Dance and Movement Teachers
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2nd Edition
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07/2022
1st Edition
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Person
Bill Evans has danced-tap, ballet and modern dance-- throughout his 86 years of life. He founded a professional company that toured throughout all 50 states in 1975, and founded a summer institute of dance, which is still ongoing, in 1977. Evans is emeritus professor at the University of New Mexico and SUNY Brockport. He is a recognized leader in dance and somatic movement education and founded the world's first somatic dance festival in 2013.
Content
1. THE BACKSTORY 2. NOTES TO SELF 3. UNDERPINNINGS 4. CORNERSTONES 5. WORDS MATTER 6. BODY WISDOM 7. TEACHING GUIDELNES AND STRATEGIES 8. BODY SPECIFICITYAND FUNCTUIONAL ANATOMY 9. ANATOMICAL IMAGERY 10. CONVERTING THEORY INTO ACTION 11. FEEDBACK, ASSESSMENT AND SYLLABI 12. SUPPORTING DIVERSE LEARNERS, 13. TEACHING DANCE AND MOVEMENT THROUGH THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCEES. CONCLUSION