Creative Dance for Children

Dr. Neal was a Professor of Dance for nearly 40 years. He was the Director of the Dance Program Area, Director of the University dance company, and taught dance in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance at Longwood University for 21 years. He was also the Director of the University Dance company at the University of Mississippi. During his 40 years of teaching he taught Historical Perspectives of Dance, Dance in Education, Dance Composition, Choreographic Problems, Modern Dance, Dance Repertory, Social/Ballroom Dance, Folk and Square Dance, Ballet, Rhythms, Aerobic Dance. He also taught Motor Learning and Control, Elementary Methods of Physical Education, Secondary Methods of Physical Education, Elementary Physical Education Laboratory, Elementary Education, Kinesiology, School Health Education, Adapted Physical Education, School Health and Nutrition, Foundations of Physical Education, Physical Education in Public Schools, Introduction to Physical Education, and Elementary Games, Recreational Sports, Individual Sports, Racquet Sports, Team Sports, Golf, Tennis, Badminton, Bowling, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Track and Field, and Wrestling.  

Dr. Neal taught dance workshops to more than 23,000 children in the US, Canada, Finland, France, and Honduras. His dance workshops in public schools in the US included 52 schools in Wisconsin, Mississiippi, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. He produced two teaching videos, Dance is meeting children's needs through movement, video, ©1982 and Rap Aerobics: Aerobic Dance for Children, video, ©1994.  

Dance is Meeting Children's Needs Through Movement