Fireworks, Parades, and Independence

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It’s July 4th…

The day Americans celebrate our independence from England and the birth of our nation.

Since many of you will be busy with family barbeques and local festivities, here are a few quick links to festive movement activities that will help you celebrate Independence Day (or other high-spirited holidays) with dance.

Photo by Eric Lanning

Fizzling, Sizzling Fireworks

Two of my favorite early-childhood dance teacher/bloggers put their own spin on fireworks dances. I think you’ll agree these are a blast!

It’s all in the timing at Maria’s Movers:

Maria’s fireworks display teaches little dancers to wait for the appropriate count.

Leaping Legs’ is exploding with great vocabulary:

Stacey Pepper Schwartz provides a list of spectacular, movement-inspiring words. Stacey helps you put them in sequence, encouraging next-steps in movement creation. Little dancers are sure to light up the sky.

Perfect Parades

Maria’s Movers, armed with colorful music, proves that every day can be a parade in creative dance class.

Letters From Leaping Legs leads the band with 6 ideas and Seventy-Six Trombones to make your parade a success.

Independence For The Differently Abled

There are a lot of reasons to celebrate this post from The Healthy Dancer. In it, she shares a lesson plan she created to help children experience this often noisy observance in a comfortable environment.

Yes, it includes an instrument-filled parade and another enCOUNTer with fireworks.

Marching Music and More

If you’re in need of tunes, Kimbo Education has a few historical hits up its sleeve… or at least on their ‘History’ page.

For a little more historical perspective, straight from the horse’s mouth, you might want to check out a song by Steep Canyon Rangers called, Me and Paul Revere.

I’m also a fan of the musical 1776 – though the musical overall is not very dance-y, He Plays The Violin is a pretty waltz and you may find others inspire a bit of July 4th fun.

What are your go-to Independence Day activities?

Red, white, and blue tendu? Stars and Stripes partner dance? Share your favorites in our comments!

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Nichelle Strzepek began Dance Advantage in 2008, equipped with a passion for movement education and an intuitive sense that a blog could bring dancers together. She has written about 100,000 words on dance and dance training each year of its existence. Nichelle holds a BA in dance and is an instructor with more than 17 years experience. She covers dance performance in the Houston area as a freelance writer and balances daily life as a mom to two young children. In June 2012, Nichelle presented the whats, hows, and whys of blogging on a panel at the annual conference for Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, to better equip artists and companies for engaging their audience and new readers through online communications and content.

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