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Post by andryahr on Jan 20, 2016 13:43:10 GMT -5
As I read "Materializing Literacies in Communities: The Uses of Literacy Revisited," all I could think about was a dance show I recently went to. I had not thought of it as a form of literacy then but now as I think about it, these dancers were telling a very important story the way they know how to. They expressed themselves in ways only a dancer could; they used dance/theatre literacy skills in order to tell a powerful story. The show was called "Let Us Walk" and it was about the Black Lives Matter movement. The dancers spoke through their dance and told the story wonderfully. It was passionate and moving, something that I, a person who is definitely not a dancer, could never achieve. I wish you could all watch the show but unfortunately I don't think a video has been released. There is, however, a news article written about the show: www.fsunews.com/story/news/2016/01/18/blacklivesmatter-told-through-dance/78967152/. Literacy is something different for every person, they don't necessarily need to be good writers/readers/etc., instead I now believe they just need to be able to to share their passion with someone else. |
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Post by kaylawebb on Jan 23, 2016 9:48:42 GMT -5
Nice example HR! Dance shows definitely an example of a form of literacy. Dancers are really good at expressing feelings through their dancing. I feel the same way when I play music. I feel like I tell a story. I also feel like other people can tell that I am attempting to tell a story through the songs I pick or my other friends pick for me to play. I agree with your point about passion and how they are sharing their passion with other people.
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Post by andryahr on Jan 24, 2016 13:58:35 GMT -5
As someone that isn't an artist, I had never really focused on that aspect of art. It's cool to hear that it is an aspect artists of all sorts pay attention to. Does anyone else have a similar story? Either about themselves or art they've seen/listened to?
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Post by sarahaubreyr on Jan 24, 2016 15:59:55 GMT -5
Art is definitely a huge form of literacy. I am a former Music Education major and that is the biggest thing that your choral or band directors will tell you, "what story are you telling?" Before we could even begin to perform a piece they wanted us to know the story behind the piece so we could accurately tell it through our voice and through our face. There are also different aspects in telling the story through music, you tell it through how loud or soft you are playing, how fast or slow you are moving the tempo, etc. People would never normally think of music or any kind of art to have literacy all throughout the content area, but it is definitely thriving in that area.
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Post by kaylynj on Feb 17, 2016 18:42:09 GMT -5
I enjoyed reading these posts because I am not musically inclined in any way so I never really thought about dance as a form of literacy. I can see how music can be literacy through the outlet of music, but it was a new a thought to think about dance or simply playing an instrument. These posts make me curious to what other literacy practices I am overlooking that I might be able to include in my classroom.
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Post by loganc on Feb 17, 2016 18:50:12 GMT -5
Great example, HR! And I agree with Kaylyn because I am also not a huge music/arts/dance person but I think that's a great example of literacy. Literacy, to me, has to do with creating an understanding of something and it is clear that you gained an understanding from this event through the act of dance! I would love to see a video of the performance.
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