101 Dance Ideas age 5-11
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A book jam-packed full of fun dances, dance steps and choreographed routines for primary children and teachers. Written in the 101 series style - a series trusted by primary school teachers.
Includes:
- Warm up and cool down
- Easy dances (e.g. Kenyan hop, Twist)
- Medium dances (e.g. Hilly Billy, Mambo)
- Harder dances (e.g. Salsa, Cha cha)
An introduction explains the importance of getting children dancing to improve their fitness and develop their listening and thinking skills. Each dance comes with a step-by-step set of instructions, backed up with a DVD showing Cush Jumbo going through the steps.
Cush Jumbo
Cush Jumbo is a trained dancer and well known to children through her role as Lois Habiba in top-rated BBC One series Torchwood. She was nominated for an Olivier award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the all-female Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse, London. In Spring 2013, she appeared as Nora in A Doll's House at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. She co-wrote the musical Rebels and Retail, a shortlisted entrant in the Perfect Pitch West End Showcase 2008. Her one-woman show and playwriting debut, Josephine & I, was first performed at the Etcetera Theatre, Camden, before transferring to the Bush Theatre, London. Cush Jumbo is the co-author of 101 Dance Ideas for 5-11 Year Olds (A&C Black, 2010).
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Roger Hurn
Roger Hurn is an experienced writer with a background in primary schools, and has been a headteacher. He has written a large number of successful educational books, articles, games and web-based materials, including several covering the basics of English at 7-11.
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