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Illini Folk Dance Society
 
Contact: Sherry DeWan
  603 W. Oregon
  Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-367-5250
Email: bonnythiel@yahoo.com
Website: http://

Mission
  To preserve, enjoy and dissemate the dances and music of many cultures.

Art Form
  Dance

Grade Level
  K - 5
  6 - 8
  9 -12
  Adults

Content Areas
  Social Science
  Physical Development and Health
  Fine Arts
  Foreign Languages

Themes
  Balance
  Cultures
  Europe
  Frontier Living
  Geography
  Holidays
  Multiculturalism
  Patterns
  Pinoeers
 

Services Provided
  Workshops
  Customized Programs

ISBE Goals
  Goal 19-Movement Skills
  Goal 25-Language of the Arts
  Goal 26-Creating and Performing
  Goal 27-Arts and Civilization
  Goal 29-Culture and Geography

Materials Available
  Audio and / or Visual Materials
 

Space/Technical/Time Requirements
  Open space of 20'x 20'; cassette player; 20 minutes to one hour

Comments
  As well as teaching basic dance forms, folk dance is an excellent enrichment activity for foreign language.

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