Degree Name
Master of Arts
Document Type
Thesis
Date Created
12-1-2020
Department
College of Performing and Visual Arts, Theatre Arts and Dance, Theatre Arts and Dance Student Work
Abstract
Minimal research exists in the way of successfully and appropriately incorporating the study of Hip-Hop culture into public education dance curriculum. Many of the available resources about this topic are not academic, standards based, or developed through research studies. The purpose of creating a Street Dance Toolkit was to analyze the ways in which access to an extended curriculum based on Hip-Hop culture can be used to expand a dance educator’s knowledge of Street Dance as a formal technique in a public school setting. The process of designing and analyzing the toolkit to establish a formalized street dance curriculum was the foundation of the study. Hip-Hop is one of a select group of dance genres that becomes categorized as a world/urban/social dance and is often not given the same respect as Ballet or Modern dance. There is a misconception amongst some dance educators that Street Dance is vulgar and inappropriate to teach in public schools. This researcher utilized qualitative and quantitative data to formulate a curriculum guide to help expose the world of Hip-Hop to dance educators.
Keywords
Hip Hop; Hip-Hop Curriculum Guide; Hip-Hop Toolkit; Street Dance; Dance Education
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by the author.
Recommended Citation
Hoey-Gordon, Tarayjah, "From Concrete to the Classroom: A Street Dance Toolkit" (2020). Master's Theses. 182.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/theses/182