Harvest Dances

It is the perfect time of year to create dances inspired by the idea of harvesting and gathering, or to teach a culturally specific dance with this theme. 

I recently found at the library  We Gather Together by Wendy Pfeffer and Linda Bleck. It is a great complement to a lesson plan. 

I would advise reading the entire book prior to class just to yourself, and then selecting  1/2 of the pages to share in a dance class setting. The text talks about harvests in many cultures around the world, and actually mentions several harvest based dances. 

Linda Bleck's illustrations are well done in the book – fun, joyful, dancing images.