Provider Details
Provider: Barbara Bernstein (Dance In Time Productions)
Contact Details
Address
MD 20814
Primary Contact: Barbara Bernstein
Teaching Artist
Dance instructor Barbara Bernstein has taught Salsa full time for over 15 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Education with expertise in teaching methods. She has taught children of all ages as well as adults, and adapted Latin dance lessons to school programs that combine music and movement with Mathematics and Social Studies. In addition, she runs team building programs using music and dance. She has produced a short documentary film about the great popularity of Salsa dancing worldwide.
Bernstein's company, DanceInTimeProductions has taught and/or performed nationally and internationally (in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Vancouver, London, Ireland, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, etc.). For details on Bernstein's background, visit Danceintime.com and Betterteachingnow.com.
Note also that all programs DanceInTime offers are flexibly arranged, depending on the budget and the time frame that are desired. Call 301.9806043 to discuss these matters with Ms. Bernstein.
Events and Programs Offered
DANCING SALSA TO TEACH CONCEPTS IN MATHEMATICS
FOR Grades 8-12 A variety of principles in Mathematics can be illustrated by a Cuban Salsa dancing circle. This style of Salsa is done by couples in a circle with frequent partner exchanges. Dancers need to maintain a well formed circle—which means this: If a…
Program/Event Format:
In School Performance, In School Workshop, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance, Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Professional Development, After School/Weekend
Art Forms:
Music, Dance and Movement, Theater
Mathematical Calculations In Preparing a Salsa Performance
To arrange a dance performance, music must be prepared so that it has the right number of beats for a specific choreography, and must end in a way that sounds “finished.” Calculations on how to do this can be made by students. This enables them…
Program/Event Format:
In School Performance, In School Workshop, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance, Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Professional Development, After School/Weekend
Art Forms:
Music, Dance and Movement, Theater
Hispanic Culture: Contributions To the World
A lesson on Hispanic Culture and Latin dancing makes a very natural accompaniment to a Social Studies unit. The lesson could cover several popular Latin dances (e.g. Bachata, Merengue, Salsa and Cha Cha). The history, underlying rhythm, and cultural relevance of each dance could be…
Program/Event Format:
In School Performance, In School Workshop, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance, Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Professional Development, After School/Weekend
Art Forms:
Music, Dance and Movement, Theater
Equality for Women: "Women Take the Lead"
DanceInTime’s “Women Take The Lead” program briefly addresses women’s changing roles in society and the move toward equal rights for women. But in addition to the political lens through which women’s advancement has occurred, the program looks at women’s changing role in the arts, particularly…
Program/Event Format:
In School Performance, In School Workshop, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance, Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Professional Development, After School/Weekend
Art Forms:
Music, Dance and Movement, Theater
A Team Building Exercise Using Dance
Team building exercises force people to work together and enhance the message that everyone adds value to a group, and that each person contributes and has inherent worth. Hence, a team building activity in which all members of a group (such as a class or…
Program/Event Format:
In School Performance, In School Workshop, Field Trip, Field Trip - Performance, Field Trip - Cultural Organization, Professional Development, After School/Weekend
Art Forms:
Dance and Movement, Music