The Arts at RCOE created a limited series called SPOTLIGHT ON CULTURAL DANCE. The goal of this series of professional learning webinars is to introduce and share dance forms from a variety of cultures from around the world.

We begin the effort with a presentation on Haka dance from the Maori people of New Zealand. Soon, we hope to add presentations about West African and Indigenous/Native American dance.

If you have expertise in a particular cultural dance form, please contact Louisa Higgins to see about joining this series as a presenter.

Spotlight on Cultural Dance: Lamba

Spotlight on Cultural Dance: Haka

From the 2020 Arts Framework:

Dance as Culture, History, and Connectors

Dance-literate citizens relate ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical contexts from varied historical periods and cultures to deepen understanding. They actively seek and appreciate diverse forms and genres of dance. They understand the enduring quality and significance of these diverse forms and genres of dance. They seek to understand relationships of different genres. Dancers cultivate habits of searching for and identifying patterns and relationships between dance and other knowledge.