The Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program at the University of Utah will conduct a summer workshop for teachers June 18-29 at the Tanner studio.
The workshop is designed for teachers of dance and for elementary and secondary teachers who wish to incorporate dance into their teaching curriculum. The program stresses the importance of balanced intellectual and physical development of children by offering classes in dance, art media, creative dramatics and music.Participants will spend mornings observing and participating in classes for children in preschool to fifth grade. Afternoons will be devoted to technical dance training, and showing interrelationships between dance training and music, art and literature.
Mary Ann Lee, director of the Tanner Program and Children's Dance Theatre, is director of the workshop, along with Anne Cannon, director of the Dance-Art Program at the studio. They will be assisted by the Tanner faculty and staff. For registration information, call 581-7374.