5-8 Fingernail Dance
Bronze level
Published on 1/13/2015
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Learning objectives
- Reading: Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the...
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Created for
Ages 11 - 13
Subject
Art / Design
Technology/ICT
Twenty-first century skills
21st Century Skills
Knowledge building & critical thinking
Global awareness & civic literacy
ICT for learning
Problem solving & innovation (creativity)
Required hardware
PC
Instructional approach
Project based learning (PBL)
Independent study
Learning activity details
(In Thailand, dance has been the primary dramatic performing art for centuries. Each region of the country has developed both classical and folk dances steeped in tradition.
The Fawn-Lep, aka the “fingernail dance,” was created in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. It’s considered a folk dance that’s been refined into a classical dance drama. Taking slow, deliberate steps, the dancers move their hands and fingers in dramatic gestures.
Though strongly associated with northern Thailand, the distinct and memorable dance is often performed in Bangkok and other cities as a demonstration of the variety of culture within the country as a whole.)
What is it about the act of dancing that allows cultural traditions to find expression?
© Raffaele Meucci/age fotostock
The Fawn-Lep, aka the “fingernail dance,” was created in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. It’s considered a folk dance that’s been refined into a classical dance drama. Taking slow, deliberate steps, the dancers move their hands and fingers in dramatic gestures.
Though strongly associated with northern Thailand, the distinct and memorable dance is often performed in Bangkok and other cities as a demonstration of the variety of culture within the country as a whole.)
What is it about the act of dancing that allows cultural traditions to find expression?
© Raffaele Meucci/age fotostock