RosalindRagans,Ph.D.AssociateProfessorEmeritaGeorgiaSouthernUniversityRosalindRagans,Ph.D.AssociateProfessorEmeritaGeorgiaSouthernUniversityAbouttheAuthorRosalindRagansRosalindRagansistheauthorofGlencoe’sseniorhighschoolarttext,ArtTalk.SheservedasseniorauthorontheelementaryprogramArtConnectionsfortheSRAdivisionofMcGraw-Hill,andwasoneoftheauthorsofGlencoe’smiddleschool/juniorhighartseries,IntroducingArt,ExploringArt,andUnderstandingArt.ShereceivedaB.F.A.atHunterCollege,CUNY,NewYork,andearnedaM.Ed.inElementaryEduca-tionatGeorgiaSouthernUniversityandaPh.D.inArtEducationattheUniversityofGeorgia.Dr.RaganswasnamedNationalArtEducatoroftheYearfor1992.AboutArtsource®ThematerialsprovidedinthePerformingArtsHandbookareexcerptedfromArtsource®:TheCenter’sStudyGuidetothePerformingArts,aprojectoftheMusicCenterEducationDivision.TheMusicCenterofLosAngelesCounty,thelargestperformingartscenterinthewesternUnitedStates,establishedtheMusicCenterEducationDivisionin1979toprovideopportunitiesforlifelonglearninginthearts,andespeciallytobringtheperformingandvisualartsintotheclassroom.TheEducationDivisionbelievestheartsenhancethequalityoflifeforallpeople,butarecrucialtothedevelopmentofeverychild.Foradditionalinforma-tionvisitourWebsiteatwww.musiccenter.org/artsource.Copyright©2005byGlencoe/McGraw-Hill,adivisionoftheMcGraw-Hillcompanies.Allrightsreserved.ExceptaspermittedundertheUnitedStatesCopyrightAct,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistrib-utedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher,Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Sendallinquiriesto:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill21600OxnardStreet,Suite500WoodlandHills,CA91367ISBN0-07-830599-3(StudentEdition)2345678902709080706050403MarkSlavkinVicePresidentforEducationMusicCenterEducationDivisionTheMusicCenterofLosAngelesCountyMichaelSolomonManagingDirectorMelindaWilliamsConceptOriginatorandProjectDirectorSusanCambigue-TraceyProjectCoordinatorArtsDisciplineWriters:DanceS...