Belinda Aimé Sáenz, MA, MEd, BFA
Multidisciplinary Performer, Teaching Artist, Instructional Specialist, Choreographer,
Scholar, Performing Arts Entrepreneur, Doctoral Candidate
Intérprete Multidisciplinaria, Artista Docente, Especialista en Instrucción, Coreógrafa, Académica, Empresaria en las Bellas Artes, Candidata al Doctorado en Educación
Dancing: The Highest Intelligence in the Freest Body.
―Isadora Duncan
Sample Lesson Plans, Curriculum Design, and Resources
Aesthetic Education Lesson Plan Samples for Lincoln Center Education
PreK-12 Unit and Lesson Plans
Unit Plans:
Choreographic Design
Lesson Plans:
Intercultural Dance-Pre-Hispanic México-Aztec Danza de Concheros
Syllabus Sample
Higher Education Unit Plans and Curriculum Design
Projects and Material
Additional Resources
Implementations: Inspired by the workshops at Shakespeare Globe and Tate Britain in London
Developing Lesson Plans Towards
Multimodal Literacies and Technology
Alternative Texts: The Intersection of Art & Writing in Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks (1942)”
Written Word- Verse and prose to express their artistic work.
1st and 3rd person perspectives in writing their choreographic critiques, self- and peer assessment.
Students' background as text: Previous knowledge and experiences
Video Recordings: Documenting progress of their work-Movement projects: commercials, trailers/ music videos
Photo Montage: Display of choreographic ideas, constructing, and deconstructing dances.
Sound and Poetry- Using software to record their poetry/music.
Semiotics through Language of Dance Symbols and Laban Movement Analysis
Researching Online
Shakesperae Plays: Choreography based on plays, character movements, concepts, etc.
Activities to enhance Choreography and Improvisation Lessons
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Circle up!- Keeping eye contact and changing places.
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Heaven and Earth Touch-Activity for Levels
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And then...Yes! Remember!- Activity to recap on plots, stories, etc.
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Body language duets- Activity for embodiment of ideas and characters.
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Argument with movement- LMA Activty
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Argument with YES/NO/PEACE/FIGHT
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Tactics/gestures-hooking, blocking, pointing, etc.
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Museums Visits-Movement in Art (Sculptures, paintings, etc.)
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Role Play
Activities to Target Musicality and Rhythm
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Heartbeat and chest/ galloping horses.- Locomotors Movements
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Poetry and Shakespeare- Accents and Rhythm- Locomotor movements and Improvisation based on charcaters'personality.