Teaching Poetry Through Dance
Format
Contribution to a Book
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
978-3-319-90432-0
Description
“Teaching Poetry Through Dance” draws upon the similarities between dance and poetry to recommend inclusive and innovative pedagogical practices. The chapter suggests that all poetry, but especially poetry that engages closely with issues of corporality, can be connected to dance, and that emphasizing this connection encourages students to engage with the written word in original and invigorating ways. Delchamps analyzes poems by writers Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, attesting that such poems take on new meaning when studied alongside videos of dance performances. She further claims that dance teaching methodologies help students learn to study a poem’s form, content, narration, and style. Students think differently about a poem when it is performed; Delchamps therefore recommends kinesthetic, visual, audible, and tactile exercises that work in various teaching environments and for students with diverse learning styles.
Book Title
Poetry and Pedagogy across the Lifespan: Disciplines, Classrooms, Contexts
First Page
37
Last Page
55
Editor
Sandra Lee Kleppe and Angela Sorby