Appleseeds articles from May 2004

Appleseeds archives from May 2004

Hip-hop, rap-a-tap, let's dance around the world.
May 1, 2004... From glittering ballrooms in big cities to patches of dirt under a starry desert sky, people dance everywhere on our planet. They dance for different reasons, in different ways, to different rhythms. They dance when they are happy or sad, to...

Silent dance: dancing with the deaf.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Feel the beat? Yeah! Hear that song? No. You don't hear it? Not at all--I'm deaf. But I can dance. You don't have to hear in order to dance. Many kids who are deaf love to move, twist, and turn with the music--they feel the beat. Like...

Chance dance.
May 1, 2004... He holds a pencil in one hand and a pair of dice in the other. At first glance, you might think this man was playing a game, but he's not, Merce Cunningham is making up a dance. He tosses the dice and watches them skip and tumble across the...

Dance a chance dance.(Fun Stuff)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Are you ready to make your own chance dance? You'll need a pair of different-colored dice (one for "body parts" and one for "action") and this chart. Roll the dice five times and write down what comes up each time, so you'll have five...

Dancers on wheels.
May 1, 2004... Annie had her first dance lesson when she was 9 years old and in third grade. The students watched her come in, and even the grownups looked at her. She heard people whisper, "That girl can't dance. She can't even walk." Annie knew they...

Get ready, get set, dance!
May 1, 2004... Listen, and you'll hear the tap and swish of many small feet. It's a good, soft sound--something like a spring rain falling to the ground. Sniff, and you'll notice the smell of school lunch nearly ready in the cafeteria downstairs. Now look,...

Dancing like angels.
May 1, 2004... Nine-year-old Krystal Walker wears jeans to school, hates vegetables, and loves sweets. She's like most other fourth graders that is, until she hears Latin music from a passing car or over a loudspeaker. Then her feet start moving and she is a...

Gene Kelly: tough guy or dancer?
May 1, 2004... Who does this look like to you? A guy who wants to play pro baseball, or a dancer? You're looking at Gene Kelly, born in 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the third of five children born to hardworking parents. Their father wanted...

Tomasina's toes.
May 1, 2004... Fifteen-year-old Tomasina Byron is in her first year at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, in New York City. Tomasina is studying to be a ballerina. She and her classmates had to pass a special performance test to get...

On pointe.
May 1, 2004... Watching Taryn Wolfe dance as a ballerina is like watching her float, through the air. She moves like a gentle, fluttering butterfly, dancing on her toes as though she is holding onto the air. She makes it look so easy and so beautiful,...

Rocking with the rockettes.
May 1, 2004... Dani Parish really gets a kick out of her job. As a Rockette at New York's Radio City Music Hall, Dani kicks up her heels with 35 other members of the world-famous dance group. For 75 years, the Rockettes have been entertaining millions of...

Learn the waltz.(Your Turn)
May 1, 2004... Have you ever been to a wedding or a really large party? You might have noticed how much fun people have when they dance. Sometimes, people just move in time to the music. But if you learn to waltz, you'll know a classic ballroom dance. And who...

Carrie, Navajo fancy dancer: a conversation with a young Navajo dancer ...(Interview)
May 1, 2004... "My name is Carrie. I am Navajo, born into the Bitterwater Clan. I live in Arizona on the Navajo Nation near Tuba City. This part of the reservation is called Tsh Naees Dizi, or 'the place of many springs.' While attending grade school in Tuba...

Branching out.
May 1, 2004... Do you love to dance? In Not Just Tutus, by Rachel Isadora (Putnam Publishing Group), short, funny poems show you other boys and girls who love to dance. "I turned around/ And struck a pose / She turned left / And banged my nose." Dance to...