Managing Movement as Partnership

Abstract

The associate director of education at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago recounts her learning and teaching through managing the Movement as Partnership program. Included are detailed descriptions of encounters with teachers and students as they create choreography reflective of their inquiry into integrating dance and literacy arts curriculum in the classroom. The rich dialogue between program participants and teaching artists gives insight into how Hubbard Street Dance Chicago collaboratively partners with schools to build teams invested in experimental learning through dance, as well as the vocabulary and power of dance to communicate and express an individual’s knowledge about the world.