How is dance like, or not like, reading? • Did you see a performance recently that you found inspiring? What about it excited or moved you? Feel free to write in some questions you’d like to use as writing prompts: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Teacher’s note: It is interesting to have students write about one or more of these prompts more than once. Teachers might consider having the dancers compare their own answers over time to observe changes in their thinking and experience.

The phrases on each side of the semicolon need a subject and a verb; each should be able to stand on its own as a sentence. Usually, the thoughts on either side of the semicolon are of equal importance. Square dancing involves four pairs of dancers who stand in a square formation; a live caller tells the dancers what to do as they dance. Colon A colon should be used when the words following the colon somehow describe, modify, or summarize the words occurring before the colon. The Writing Process 27 Dance serves many functions in our society: artistic, entertainment, social, religious, and cultural, to name a few.

Writing • • Keep your statement concise and to the point; one page is enough. Avoid using jargon and terminology that might be understood only by trained dancers. Other Hints • • • • • • • • • Have a friend ask you questions about your work. Answer the questions, record the conversation, or take notes. Have someone who doesn’t know your work ask you questions. Read the statements or writings of artists with whom you have an affinity. Write in the first person. Speak as honestly as you can. Edit out phrases that are not specific to the work.