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Instructional Kids Dance, Exercise and Fitness Videos, DVD and CDs

Children's exercise videos and DVD. Learn to dance, Sesame Street, Zoe, creative movements, hip hop and hula.

See also Children's Videos 2 for Kids Ballet, Jazz and Tap Dance Videos & DVDs; and Kid's Video 3 for kids sports and fitness videos and DVDs.

Mindy Mylrea: Best Games for Fun and Fitness for Kids DVD

Mindy Mylrea: Best Games for Fun and Fitness for Kids DVD

If you teach kids, you will love The Best Games for Fun and Fitness. This program is jam packed with programming ideas, organizational skills and drills, and the best games to last you class after class.

This DVD offers sections focusing on crowd control and organization, partner play, warm-ups and cool downs, circle and group games, tag variations, and many other cooperative creative play games. These games and ideas are kid tested and teacher approved. All you need to do is to add kids and go. This will become one of the best fitness programming purchases you have ever invested in.

Mindy Mylrea’s three DVD Get Fit at School - Kids Fitness series is designed for parents and educators to teach kids to begin a lifetime of fitness. Each of the three DVDs is a fun-filled guide showing you the best motivational techniques and features routines that are kid-friendly. The Get Fit at School Kids Fitness series is about getting kids moving and helping teachers instill a love of fitness in their students. Watch them with your kids for even more fun; they’ll love seeing kids their own age working out!


Mindy Mylrea: Fun Fit Blasts and Rainy Day Classroom Games for Kids DVD

Mindy Mylrea: Fun Fit Blasts and Rainy Day Classroom Games for Kids DVD

This DVD is just what the classroom teacher ordered. Fantastic follow along fitness routines that can be performed in the classroom with very little space requirements - all the teacher needs to do is to pop this video in, move the desks aside and you and your kids are ready to go.

Each 10 minute Fit Blast featuring sections in yoga, dance, strength, and basic movement skills offering a fabulous fitness experience geared to grades K-6. There is also a bonus section with teacher lead creative play favorites.

Mindy Mylrea’s three DVD Get Fit at School - Kids Fitness series is designed for parents and educators to teach kids to begin a lifetime of fitness. Each of the three DVDs is a fun-filled guide showing you the best motivational techniques and features routines that are kid-friendly. The Get Fit at School Kids Fitness series is about getting kids moving and helping teachers instill a love of fitness in their students. Watch them with your kids for even more fun; they’ll love seeing kids their own age working out!


Mindy Mylrea: Parachute Games and Ball Games for Kids DVD

Mindy Mylrea: Parachute Games and Ball Games for Kids DVD

This educational creative fitness play program covers a plethora of games, drills, and teaching skills for two of kids’ favorite fitness toys – parachutes and balls.

Parachute Play includes group interaction, teacher strategies, and wonderful games for all. Ball Games incorporate partner play, cooperative team games, and individual skill development. Both sections will provide you with hours of fitness ideas sure to satisfy and instill a love of fitness in your students.

Mindy Mylrea’s three DVD Get Fit at School - Kids Fitness series is designed for parents and educators to teach kids to begin a lifetime of fitness. Each of the three DVDs is a fun-filled guide showing you the best motivational techniques and features routines that are kid-friendly. The Get Fit at School Kids Fitness series is about getting kids moving and helping teachers instill a love of fitness in their students. Watch them with your kids for even more fun; they’ll love seeing kids their own age working out!


Fun Slides: 16 and Under DVD

Fun Slides: 16 and Under DVD

Featuring Makayla Elmore, Emiya Smith, and Skylar Funches. These beautiful young girls are excited about teaching you the most current slides for children.

They are smart with a unique flair of their own. Their goal is to spread some excitement and fun through dance. These junior dancers love what they do so join them and share the fun, excitement and exercise, and learn all the newest slides.

Remember, this is one of the easiest ways to stay healthy.

Includes the Cupid Slide, the Tambourine, and the Wobble. Enjoy this video with the entire family. Happy dancing!


HOPSDance Volume I with Tyce Diorio and Krista Saab DVD

HOPSDance Volume I with Tyce Diorio and Krista Saab DVD

HOPSDance and Dance Mix are unique dance instructional programs that incorporate creative staging as a road-map for learning. If you have ever played any dance platform games or want to learn to dance, you may notice one thing is missing.... live instruction. This is where HOPSDance is unique. You receive live dance instruction to help you better understand and learn the fundamental basics of dance!

Ideal for the beginner dancer and a great tool for teaching kids, HOPSDance will introduce you to different styles in a way that's fun, creative and easy to grasp. Tyce Diorio and Krista Saab will take you through combinations in jazz, hip hop, theatre and Latin Dance using the mats in various formations to help guide the steps and teach you spacial awareness.

They'll also take you through basic across the floor progressions to introduce some fundamental technique. Learn from them and then challenge yourself to be the choreographer! You have the freedom to place the mats in many different formations and create patterns that are visually breath-taking. Great for large group numbers!

HOPSDance is a fun and energetic program that gets your heart-rate up and your body moving in an innovative new way. As per Tyce and Krista's instruction on the DVD, you can: 1.) Use a HOPSports mat; 2.) Tape your floor in the configuration of the mats or even just make X's on your floor; or 3.) Learn and perform the Choreography without the boundries of the mat. NOTE! All the choreography can be learned and performed without the HOPSports Mats as well!

Tyce Diorio has danced with notable artists such as Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Jennifer Lopez, Samantha Mumba, and Ricky Martin. He was a featured dancer on The American Music Awards, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Saturday Night Live and performed as a soloist in the hit Broadway show "Fosse". Some of Tyce's TV and film credits include, Showgirls, Starsky and Hutch, 13 going on 30, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. He had the opportunity to be featured in the U2 iPod commercial featuring their hit song “Vertigo.” Tyce has also been a featured Choreographer for the FOX Summer Sensation “So You Think You Can Dance" and is on faculty with THE PULSE ON TOUR.

Krista Saab is originally from Toronto, Canada. She has been a Radio City Rockette in NYC for 5 years and is currently performing in the Revival of "Pal Joey" on Broadway. Select credits with the Rockettes include the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and The Ellen Degeneres Show. Krista’s career in both concert dance and theatre has taken her around the world performing in shows such as “Camelot –PBS Live From LincolnCenter”, “Carnival”, “42nd St.” and the Ovation Award winning cast of “Crazy for You”. She has taught workshops at Radio City Music Hall in NYC and has worked with legendary performers such as Stevie Wonder, Hinton Battle, Jason Alexander, Stockard Channing and Gabriel Byrne. Krista can also be seen as a dancer in the feature films “The Great Observer” and “American Gangster”.


Broadway Dance Center: Creative Movement DVD for 3 & 4 Year Olds

Broadway Dance Center: Creative Movement DVD for 3 & 4 Year Olds

A teacher’s most valuable resources are the tiniest dancers who toddle through the door. Teaching and keeping them is one of the foremost challenges of dance education.

Veteran studio owner and teacher, Toni Noblett, will guide you through those first daunting days of class with advice and ideas that are practical, honest, and inventive. This video will give you the basic tools to plan a curriculum that features creative movement as the initial course of study for beginning dancers.

It features games that will equip the youngest students to function in next year’s tap, ballet, or jazz dance class, and it encourages you to allow children to be children for at least another year.

Toni Noblett’s background in dance education is substantial. For twenty-six years she ran a studio in Roxboro, North Carolina where dance classes for children and adults were crafted to instil an appreciation for the arts, self-discipline and respect. Classes included children with special needs, and these children became her mentors.

Since 1989 Ms. Noblett has been on the staff of Jacques d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute in New York City. In 1998 she conceived and locally produced a project featured on CBS’s “Sunday Morning with Bill Geist.”

She has taught children’s tap at BDC, and presently teaches for Rosie O’Donnell’s “Rosie’s Broadway Kids.” Her two children, Casey Noblett Callahan and Cassidy Noblett, are professional dancers and respected teachers.


Golf Fun and Fundamentals for Kids DVD

Golf Fun and Fundamentals for Kids DVDGolf is fun at any age! When kids start playing well and shooting lower scores, the game becomes even more enjoyable.

This entertaining and informative DVD introduces children to the basics of golf. Among the topics covered are: rules and etiquette, putting, chipping, pitching, irons and woods. Numerous drills and games are also demonstrated to help make the game fun for kids while developing their skills. This comprehensive program will appeal to parents and young golfers just starting out, as well as those already familiar with the game.

Eric Eggleston has been a member of the PGA of America since 1996. He has been the Head Golf Professional at Cree Meadows Country Club in Ruidoso, New Mexico for 11 years. He has served on his PGA sections board of directors as Junior Golf Chairman and has received the Sun Country Section PGA Junior Golf Leader award three times. Eggleston is currently head boys' golf coach for Ruidoso High School. He has been involved with the team for over 11 years and has coached them to three state championships.


Hip-Hop Health DVD

Hip-Hop Health DVD

Offering children sufficient physical activity time is a challenge for every educator. But with Hip-Hop Health: Learning Concepts Through Physical Activity, you can provide your students with physical activity and health concepts in ways that are fun and engaging!

The Hip-Hop Health DVD can be easily incorporated into a health unit. It offers six five-minute health raps that will get your students moving in the classroom or the gym.

The format of the DVD allows you to use each segment of physical activity as a short activity break or all the segments together as a full 30-minute workout without the worry of instruction time or equipment.

The incorporated health raps offer a fun, engaging way to teach children about bones, muscles, nutrition, the cardiovascular system, and flexibility.

Co-created by educators Chris Wells and Kurtis Johnson, the DVD also offers lesson plans, the lyrics to the raps, and instructions and tips to help educators make the most of Hip-Hop Health. These great resources are available in PDF format and can be printed and shared with other educators.

Recent research indicates that physical activity not only benefits children’s health but also improves their ability to concentrate and enhances learning. Hip-Hop Health will help you get your students moving, having a great time, and learning lifelong health concepts with upbeat and contemporary rhythms and music.

Resource for K-5 classroom and physical education teachers and afterschool, recreation, and church leaders working with children.


African PE Classes with Adaku DVD

African PE Classes with Adaku DVD

Experience African movement in three 20-minute fitness classes with Adaku!

Includes: Class 1 - Elementary; Class 2 - Middle School; Class 3 - Bonus Class.


Steppin' and Stompin' For Fun and Fitness DVD

Steppin' and Stompin' For Fun and Fitness DVD

Step, clap, slap and stomp your way to fitness! Stimulate your brain! Increase your coordination! Have fun working out while making music with your hands and feet!

No experience is necessary as instructor “A.D.” teaches five class combinations. Put them together and create a routine for performance. Speed it up, repeat it and it’s a great cardio workout!

Filmed with students from Gilbert Magnet Elementary School, this DVD is for all ages!


PE Adventures - Journey to the Unknown Planet with Commander B DVD

PE Adventures - Journey to the Unknown Planet with Commander B DVD

Get ready for a space ship journey! Commander B will begin with a crew de-briefing and training. Then zoom through space and explore the planet skipping, jumping and defying gravity. Enter caves, climb mountains, fly over the planet, hop the lava rocks and spy on aliens. Return home and your mission is accomplished! All core muscles have been worked!


PE Adventures - Secrets of the Lost Jungle with Commander B DVD

PE Adventures - Secrets of the Lost Jungle with Commander B DVD

Join Commander B and his expedition team in an exciting one-of-a-kind adventure through the lost jungle. Climb ladders, move rocks, find treasures, discover new animals, and go over a waterfall using all core muscles.

This 20-minute fitness class (with an optional 10-minute bonus section) is a fun new way to workout and develop the imagination! A great idea for a bad weather day!


Circuit Training & P.E. Stations CD-Rom For Kids, Teens & Adults

Circuit Training & P.E. Stations CD-Rom For Kids, Teens & Adults

Circuit training, also known as "Stations" by physical educators, is the biggest craze today because of the fun and variety it offers. A great way to keep fit, this CD and Guide was created by Christy Lane and Brett Kilka with years of teaching experience combined with recommendations from instructors around the U.S.

Included in this package is a program for kids, teens and adults as well as individual workouts and class workouts. The music rocks! The #1 songs from popular sound tracks to Ricky Martin, J-Lo and Flo Rida at the perfect exercise beat will guarantee to get you moving! Check out the music tracks with Coaching Cues!

20-Minute Workout: 1) Warm-Up (5 min.); 2) Eight Station Workout (one minute on, 15 seconds off); and 3) Cool Down (5 min)

30-Minute Workout: 4) Warm-Up (5 min); 5) Sixteen Station Workout (one minute on, 15 seconds off); and 6) Cool Down (5 min)

7) Continuous Music Medley (20 min)

Also included is a printable illustrated guide with over 125 pages! We even included wall signs for you to post! Get moving! Order today!

Please note: This is a CD-rom. Place it in your sound system to play the music, then put it in your computer to print the Guide.

(2010)


Sesame Street's Happy Healthy Monsters DVD

Sesame Street's Happy Healthy Monsters DVD

It's a fun-filled, get-up-and-move fitness extravaganza! Grover is hosting his very own exercise show "Fuzzy, Blue and Healthy Too" on the "Happy Healthy Monster" TV network.

Kids join Elmo and Zoe as they watch Grover and friends jump into shape by learning the importance of eating healthy snacks, moving your body, and getting plenty of rest.

With the help of celebrity guest Andy Richter, Fred Willard as the network announcer, and music superstars Wyclef Jean and India Arie. Happy Healthy Monsters is the ultimate tool for helping kids be healthy while having fun.


Gilad: Kids In Motion - Hooked on Fitness DVD

Gilad: Kids In Motion - Hooked on Fitness DVD

World famous television fitness personality Gilad presents this new series of DVDs aimed at kids and designed to encourage them to begin a lifetime of fitness.

Gilad’s “Kids in Motion” proves that fitness is fun and with Gilad as your coach, it is more fun than ever before!

In Volume 1 – Hooked on Fitness - there are two workouts: the first takes place at Turtle Bay on Oahu's world famous North Shore and the second takes place on top of a lava cliff on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The workouts are easy to follow and are only 22 minutes long. They are designed for kids from walking age to 14, but even adults won't be able to stay in their chairs … these workouts are a blast for the whole family. The key to a lifetime of health and fitness is developing good habits, and there is no one better than Gilad to start you off in the right direction!


Gilad: Kids In Motion - Fun in the Sun DVD

Gilad: Kids In Motion - Fun in the Sun DVD

World famous television fitness personality Gilad presents this new series of DVDs aimed at kids and designed to encourage them to begin a lifetime of fitness.

Gilad’s “Kids in Motion” proves that fitness is fun and with Gilad as your coach, it is more fun than ever before!

These workouts by Gilad are for kids of all ages and they are perfect for developing your athletic abilities as you will build strength, stamina, coordination and balance. In Volume 2 – Fun in the Sun - join Gilad and his young friends as they take you through two exciting workouts on a beautiful beach on the west shore of the island of Oahu. Kids will love getting their little bodies in motion with these workouts, and so will the entire family!

The key to a lifetime of health and fitness is developing good habits, and there is no one better than Gilad to start you off in the right direction!


Gilad: Kids In Motion - Boogie on the Beach DVD

Gilad: Kids In Motion - Boogie on the Beach DVD

World famous television fitness personality Gilad presents this new series of DVDs aimed at kids and designed to encourage them to begin a lifetime of fitness.

Gilad’s “Kids in Motion” proves that fitness is fun and with Gilad as your coach, it is more fun than ever before!

Wouldn't you like to be one of the best athletes in your class? Gilad will show you how in Volume 3 – Boogie on the Beach. There are two workouts on this DVD: the first one takes place on the beach near Makaha on the island of Oahu and the second takes place on a pier in Waikiki where groups of kids joins Gilad and his regular team for a fun-filled, spirited workout! It's a blast for the whole family!

The key to a lifetime of health and fitness is developing good habits, and there is no one better than Gilad to start you off in the right direction!


Broadway Dance Center: Care and Feeding of a Dancer DVD

Broadway Dance Center: Care and Feeding of a Dancer DVD

The Care and Feeding of a Dancer DVD is a must-have guide for dancers who want to take it to the next level.

Join us as Toni Branner, exercise physiologist, author, and (most importantly) mother of a dancer, presents the latest research on free radical damage and oxidative stress in dancers and athletes.

Develop your free radical defense system by eating foods with the right nutrients. Learn real and simple solutions to improve your family’s nutrition. Prevent disease, enhance your immune system, and achieve optimal health.

Research regarding the prevention of memory loss, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and aging will be shared.

This is your chance to impact your future and your dancer’s future in the most meaningful way.


Kidz Hip Hop Jam DVD

Kidz Hip Hop JamAre you ready to get funky? Then join Gregg Russell, and his young, high energy kidz in a hour long class, including warm-up, across the floor, two routines, and a freestyle circle at the end.

Each section has easy to follow breakdowns of some of today's hottest moves. The class is appropriate and fun for young dancers (age 7-12). It includes some breakdance moves and shows you new ways to make hip hop class a blast. The energy and music are fun-filled, so be ready to "Shake what your Momma gave Ya!".

Gregg is an Emmy nominated choreographer, who's credits include a commercial for Carvel Ice Cream and choreographer for the CBS soap opera “Bold and the Beautiful”. He danced in the new Jason Mraz video “You and I”, and kicked up his heels in a Gap commercial. He was also a guest performer and choreographer on the Disney show “Even Stevens” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Movie credits include “Newsies”, “Cats Don’t Dance” and “Clueless”, and as a guest on the show “3rd Rock from the Sun”. His talents also include coaching stars such as Cedric the Entertainer, Bette Midler, and ice skater, Ilia Kulik! Gregg currently teaches at Edge Performing Arts in Hollywood.

Music for the entire class, routines and much more is on the CD, Bob Rizzo's Happy Hip Hop.


Bob Rizzo's Happy Hip Hop Music CD

Bob Rizzo's Happy Hip Hop CDFun, fresh and friendly dance music! Happy Hip Hop is a CD full of terrific, KID-FRIENDLY original dance music for class and routines! Boogie down to 20 tracks of fully orchestrated HIGH ENERGY music! This CD also includes all of the tracks used on the Kidz Hip Hop Jam DVD directly above.


Hip Hop 4 Kids with Cat DVD

Hip Hop 4 Kids with CatHip Hop dancing is more popular than ever! It's time for you to learn some new Hip Hop moves!

In this DVD, southern California dance instructor Cat Orlando will teach you three easy-to-follow fun routines for ages 7 - 13 yrs. Includes a beginning, advanced beginning and intermediate routine that you can use for practice, performance, class or with your friends! Music for this video available on the Christy Lane's Hip Hop Music for Teachers CD Vol. 1.


6 Fit Kids' Workouts DVD

6 Fit Kids' Workouts6 Fit Kids' Workouts are a blast for boys and girls from ages 8 to 13! They're four five-minute and two ten-minute workouts that are easy to learn and fun to do.

Teachers across North America have used this DVD (originally called "The Classroom Workout") to re-energize, invigorate and motivate their students. They've found students are happier, smiling and more able to concentrate on their studies after a workout.

The six workouts are:
1. Hip & Happening Kardio Funk;
2. Drum Beating, Foot Stomping African;
3. Shimmy, Shaking & Loving Latin;
4. Heart Pounding, Arms Pumping Aerobic Dance;
5. Getting Funky;
6. Afro Latin Combo.


65 Energy Blasts for Kids Fitness DVD

65 Energy Blasts for Kids FitnessEnergy Blasts are children's exercises at their best - 65 easy hip-hop moves that kids from 5 to 11 love doing in front of the TV.

They're easy to learn and fun to do as kids beat obesity with smiles and sweat. Each Blast is one minute, fifteen seconds long and you can play them one at a time or continuously for a great workout. They're great for improving coordination, balance, agility, strength and generally improving overall fitness levels.

Energy Blasts are lead by Judy Howard (B.Ed, M.Ed) - a teacher, mother and role model who has a passion for inspiring and motivating kids of all ages to lead active, healthy lifestyles. And kids love her! Judy was a classroom and physical education teacher for 12 years and has traveled North America sharing her knowledge with fitness instructors, teachers and youth of all ages. She developed the 65 Energy Blasts program in fitness and wellness classes for teachers and kids.


The Great Activities for Physical Education: Middle School DVD

Great Activities for Physical Education Middle SchoolAre you ready to add more enthusiasm and fun to your physical education classes? In this DVD, Artie Kamiya provides several innovative new games and activities for students in grades 6-8.

The games and activities included are: Roller Ball, Which Way Kickball, Hoop Ball, Build-up Ball, High Five Softball, Straight Line Baseball, Decision Ball, Square Ball, Cone Ball, 3-on-3-on-3 Basketball, Mystery Maze, Ultimate Ping Pong, Double Time Kickball, Score Ball, Guard Ball, Ultimate Football, Group Juggling and Basketball Hot Spots.

Each game can be easily implemented into any middle school curriculum.

About the Instructor: Artie Kamiya is one of the premier physical education consultants in the United States. He is the former Director of K-12 Physical Education for the State of North Carolina and the founder of the Great Activities Publishing Company. Artie was selected as the 2004 National Physical Education Administrator of the Year by the Council for School Leadership in Physical Education. He has presented over 400 workshops in 40 different states.


Bully 911: Stop Being a Victim DVD

Bully 911 Stop Being a VictimBeing bullied is a nightmare for a kid and how you handle it will make all the difference for your child. The first rule is to run away; the second rule is to use your words; the third ... you learn Self-Defense.

Bully 911 is a unique DVD developed by Seventh Degree Black Belt holder Johnny Gyro and Noel Gyro. This empowering DVD is simple to learn, easy to use and designed to make children feel considerably more confident when coping with bullies by teaching them the tools to escape without getting hurt.

Simple techniques will be taught (no martial arts experience necessary) to allow children to defend against chokeholds, hair pulling, arm grabs, and more. As parents, we are expected to have all the answers for our children, especially when it comes to their well-being. Unfortunately, many parents do not have any experience when it comes to teaching their children what to do to protect themselves when Mom or Dad cannot be there to help them.

Noel and Johnny Gyro have spent years working with children and parents to provide viable, sensible, and easy to learn options to the prevalent problem of bullying. Johnny and Noel hear the same concerns and fears from parents year after year. This is why BULLY 911 is for you!

With years of hands-on experience with their own children plus the thousands of children that they have taught over the years, Johnny and Noel provide viable answers, options, and solutions for you and your child. The DVD includes a bonus feature with an extensive forum on bullies and bullying that addresses all issues of bullying with parents, kids, and child psychologists and provides defense techniques for victims to defend themselves from bullies, when all else fails.


Fit Kids Classroom Workout DVD

Fit Kids Classroom WorkoutRe-energize your students with these fun, contemporary dance routines! The Fit Kids Classroom Workout can be used in any school space, anytime, any day to invigorate and motivate your students. It gets students excited about being physically active and provides an ideal break from the day’s routines. It can also be used as a warm-up to other physical activity.

The program includes four 5-minute and two 10-minute workouts, plus a brief “healthy message” at the end of each exercise segment. Each classroom workout teaches moves from a different genre:
• Hip & Happening Kardio Funk
• Drum Beating, Foot Stomping African
• Shimmy, Shaking & Loving Latin
• Heart Pounding, Arms Pumping Aerobic Dance.
The two 10-minute choreographed workouts—“Getting Funky” and “Loving African” — link the moves that have been taught during the four shorter workouts, while the six healthy messages provide basic information about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Instructor Judy Notte is a certified fitness professional with the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and a three-star presenter with the International Dance Exercise Association (IDEA). She is also a full-time elementary school teacher in Vancouver. Notte has made presentations on youth fitness and wellness at international conferences and published articles in IDEA Source, IDEA Today, and The Runner. Notte has been recognized as a Nike Fitness Athlete and as a Rick Hansen Role Model. She received her master’s degree in curriculum studies from the University of British Columbia.


Dances of Tahiti for Children DVD

Dances of Tahiti for ChildrenTahitian Dance is the most exciting and popular of all Polynesian dances. In recent years more and more people are realizing that the original dance of grass skirts swishing to the rapid rhythm of drums is the Tahitian dance instead of the hula!

This is a FUN instructional video for the boy and girl dancer. Now anyone can learn how to dance Tahitian, the "Ori Tahiti", in these easy step-by-step lessons. Mirror-imaging concept is used in this DVD. The student will be learning by following the movements of the instructor as if looking into a mirror. Each step is taught with music which conditions the student to feel rhythm.

The lessons progress from simple movements to those of increased difficulty. Dances of Tahiti features two main types of dances that every dancer should know; Aparima: story telling by music and lyrics; and Ote'a: dance expressions by rhythmic drum beating. You will learn three dance routines and four basic steps. Each song is taught by a verse or phrase at a time. The music and dance are slowed down for easier learning, then the entire dance is done at performance speed.

See also Dances of Tahiti for Everyone.


Hula for Children DVD

Hula for ChildrenPut on your grass skirt and hula with the best of them. This video teaches the hula with three easy step-by-step lessons, each a little more challenging than the last. Surrounded by the lush and beautiful scenery of Hawaii, the skilled hula instructor will encourage your child to feel the rhythm of the music as they dance to the traditional hula songs, "Kaholo-Hula", "Pearly Shells", and "Hukilau".


Creative Movement - A Step Towards Intelligence DVD

Creative Movements A Step Towards IntelligenceMelissa Lowe encourages children to have fun as they clap, sing and move to music, to make faces and imagine. They use scarves and hula hoops to appreciate lightness and roundness, balls and bean bags to learn balance and coordination.

Through games and improvisation, the children develop self-awareness and come to appreciate their expressive potential. This class will improve body awareness and foster self-confidence, emphasizing motor skills development and coordination, limbering and muscle-toning. This is as much for music readiness as it is for dance.

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