![]() ![]() ![]() I feel like a broken record sometimes when I say “explore, play, try it one way and then try it five more different ways to make sure you discovered what you feel to be the strongest way to dance it.” Placing greater emphasis on process verses product is something that I am constantly reinforcing with my students and the assignments given to them. No matter how much we practice exploration and play as a class, when it comes time for small group choreography projects, it always seems that my students are so eager to get to the product that they pass by the process in the blink of an eye. We discuss the elements of space, time, and energy, and how they facilitate the creation of climactic moments and communication within movement. We work on movement invention and manipulation, creating phrases, and finding form in movement. Throughout the school year I teach my students how to choreograph dances as works of art. Jessica Wilson, Assistant Editor – Dance.Emma Love Suddarth, Contributor - Dance.Lucy Vurusic Riner, Contributor – Dance.Janet Rothwell (Neidhardt), Contributor - Dance.Luis Eduardo Gonzalez, Contributor - Dance.Samantha Hope Galler, Contributor – Dance.José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Contributor - Dance.Jessika Anspach McEliece, Contributor - Dance.Rachel Hellwig, Assistant Editor - Dance.Along with William Chapman-Hale (a reading coach and early adopter of the HOMies), Demetrius has now begun training teachers and administrators, working with other schools and districts, using the HOMies to discover the true joy and freedom of learning. Recently, Demetrius has gone from using the HOMies in his classroom to having the framework adopted as part of the schoolwide curriculum. What if all subjects could share and critique their work on the same level that they do in Art School? What if all subjects could learn to boldly and loosely get their ideas down and move them around at will? What if the open curiosity and questioning that drives a scientist could fuel all school subjects? Genuine discovery is present in all our subjects, and the HOMies encourage our students to find it. Often, these opportunities are missed in traditional education. Throughout his college and teaching career, it became clear that deep down, the behaviors artists employ are the same behaviors used to excel in any subject. To make these facets come alive for students, he turned them into characters, each with their own attributes and backstories. Demetrius synthesized the Studio Habits with many other habit-of-mind frameworks across the disciplines. The Brave Artist grew to become the Brave One. ![]() ![]() They inspired Demetrius - perpetually interested in many subjects and their inherent overlaps - to connect across the school disciplines. The Brave Artist led to genuine excitement for learning and creating.genuine excitement for learning and creating.Īround 2010, a high school teacher in Chelsea introduced Demetrius to the book Studio Thinking (Hetland, Winner, Veenema & Sheridan, 2007) This book described “Studio Habits of Mind” that teacher and students employ while engaging in the arts. He would sing the “chant” and show students how The Brave Artist was not afraid to try new things and would turn a mistake into something new. In 1998, he created the first character, “The Brave Artist” to encourage students to overcome fears around trying a new skill or creating something original. Historyĭemetrius Fuller created “The HOMies” during his 20 year career as an Elementary School Art Teacher in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The HOMies provide a common language across subjects that enables students to face challenges, tell stories, look closely, imagine ideas, practice their craft, learn from others, invent solutions, and reflect on their work to improve. The HOMies are a schoolwide framework that acknowledges the character traits at the heart of learning and creativity. The HOMies are a set of eight characters that each embody habits of mind that successful writers, artists, scientists, musicians, mathematicians and others employ in order to be successful in their domain. ![]()
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