Each year during the 3rd Six Weeks, my ballet classes study classical ballet repertoire, most commonly the Nutcracker. We learn the story line, history, and a dance to one of the classical characters of the ballet. In years past, I borrow the children's book from my daughters bookshelf and we sit around and read it together. This year, I wondered if I could be lucky enough to find something digital to use. There are filmed readings on YouTube, apps called Nutcracker-Ballet School Stories, Nutcracker-Bedtime Story for Children, Sound Books-The Nutcracker, and The Nutcracker-Musical Storybook ($2.99) as well Nutcracker story games. Wonder about the original book behind the story line written for the Nutcracker Ballet? There's an app for that too. (Nutcracker and the Mouse King) Ballet 4 is doing the same lesson with Swan Lake. There is Sound Books-Swan Lake, The Swan Lake ($0.99), Swan Lake-Bedtime Fairy Tale ($4.99). We also used Youtube for both classes to watch one versio
This blog will be following the journey of the students in a NextGen Digital Dance Classroom at Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock ISD, taught by Karen Searles.