Dr. Barbara Snook has a PhD in Dance Education and is currently a Professional Teaching Fellow at The University of Auckland within the Dance Studies Programme. She was nominated for an Ausdance Award in 2005 for services to Australian Dance Education and was the recipient of the Osmotherley Award for her contribution to the development of dance education in Queensland in 2007. During 2008, Barbara was the Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance at The University of Otago, New Zealand. Barbara is the author of several dance textbooks, including Dance: Count Me In! and Dance for Senior Students. She has furthermore authored numerous academic articles related to Dance education.

Written and mapped to the Australian Curriculum: The Arts

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Two new chapters – Somatics and Creative Activities

The first chapter, Before We Begin, covers safe dance principals, anatomy, warming up and preparing for dance

All new activities throughout. The Creative Activities chapter has been written with clear links to other learning areas (as per the Cross-Curriculum Priorities). In this chapter , other curriculum areas are also featured using the introductions of dance as a kinesthetic learning tool

Teaching notes are included for further hints and tips

Updated with new technology and multimedia.