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Back to School - Movement Inspirations
Summer inspirations with a fun fan favorite, two new/old singing dances and our annual Toolkit for Movement Educators
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Charleston and Charleston Madison
Articles and videos of the original solo basic steps and bouncy variations with a partner, a group, and as a line dance are shared here as resources to…
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Why They Danced
A Class Teacher’s Reflection on Four Years of Dance as Movement with Valerie Baadh Garrett
 • Jennifer A. Williams
Shepherd's Hey and Jolly Miller Boy
An ancient ritual Morris dance and a "play party" singing dance move old world traditions with newer American ones and still resonate for kids today.
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Why We Dance
Dance forms through the ages tell the stories of a society's culture. What's next? Ritual dances, sacred dances, storytelling dances, social dances, and…
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous - A Big Reveal
Dancing Gershwin and a Goddess in the Beforetimes. S’amazing what the universe sometimes offers up. A dusty cardboard box ignored for decades, seven…
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Vintage "Maypole Dances" Gift Book
of dances and sheet music from the estate of the late great dance educator Joan Carr Shimer is shared here for you and your school. When Joan was…
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
3 Historic Dances For Your Classroom and Your Stage
to inspire new possibilities for your school year
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - An Ancient Ritual
traditional for September or mid-winter, its mysteries move us even today
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Longsword Dances - Some of the Oldest Dances in History
and why your students love dancing them
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
Bransles - Playful Medieval Dances Make History Come Alive in the Classroom
In June, 2025, Dancing Through the Ages course from Spacial Dynamics Institute featured these dances among others.
 • Valerie Baadh Garrett
"It's All Downhill From Here"
Reflections on dancer and master teacher Aaron Osborne at the height of his powers in the heyday of modern dance in San Francisco, by movement artist…
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