EXCO 566 SP - Girls in Motion

1 credit
Girls in Motion is a unique after-school program for girls at Langston Middle School and Oberlin Elementary School that uses movement to build trust, collaboration, and body positivity. In after-school classes taught by Oberlin College student mentors, we introduce young girls to fun and integrative movement forms, including dance, improvisation, and theater games, as well as creative activities such as journal writing and arts and crafts. This ExCo course will prepare college students to be mentors in the program by helping to teach facilitation, lesson planning, and to consider the role of race, gender, class, and body diversity in an after-school dance program. This course will give students a practical and theoretical approach that can support them in future education opportunities, but no dance, theater, or education experience is required. The course requires just over 3 hours/week (1.5 hours in a weekly meeting of college students and 1.5 in the school itself). Students of all gender identities welcome! Regular and serious attendance is required.

Ava Tronson
atronson@oberlin.edu
Audrey Halstead
ahalstea@oberlin.edu
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