The Art and Science of Devising Dance Programmes
Thank you to everyone who joined the Watch Party on Devising Dance Programmes held on February 1, 2025. A video recording of a talk given by Marjorie McLaughlin, a member of the San Diego Branch, at TAC Summer School in 2024 was presented at this event. She used a PowerPoint in her 2024 presentation that can be downloaded from this page.
The video of the 2025 presentation will be available soon on the TACTalk YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@teachersassociationofcanad3467
The TAC Education Committee was very pleased with the level of interest, and wants to share the information that Marjorie discussed during the presentation.
The PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here The Art and Science of Devising Dance Programmes
The PDFs of the TACTalk articles can be downloaded from these links:
Bob Campbell - Let's Be Brief TACTalk V.5 No.3
Bob Campbell - Devising Dance Programmes TACTalk V.14 No.2
Geoffrey & Cecily Selling - The Right Words TACTalk V.18 No.2
Kent Smith - Notes on Planning SCD Programs TACTalk V.20 No.2
Peter Hastings - Devising Dance Programmes TACTalk V.23 No.2
Andy Imbrie - Dance Program Selection from the Musician's Point of View TACTalk V.26 No.3
Resources for finding dances, descriptions, cribs, diagrams, and videos are in the PowerPoint, but listed here for ready access:
- SCD Database https://my.strathspey.org/dd/
- Lots of tools to search by dance or devisor name, publication, dance type, # of bars, intensity, etc. Videos and music clips.
- Mobile SCD Cribs – Download from the Apple Store or Android Play Store
- Complements the Dance Database including uploading programmes to Mobile SCD Crib
- Campbell Tyler’s lists on the International Branch page
- https://www.rscds-ib.org/index.php?page=13
- You don’t have to be a member of the International Branch to access the lists
- The Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/ https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/
- Cribs, videos, dictionary of Scottish country dance terms
