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5 Plant-Based Snacks for Your Dance Bag
The benefits of adding plants to your plate are vast. Whether you’re a vegan or vegetarian (or neither), plant-based snacks can offer a unique mix of enriching ingredients without compromising ...
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Empower Your Dancers to Succeed in College and Beyond With NDEO’s National Honor Society for Dance Arts
“There are so many ways to make a positive impact through dance,” says Amy Bramlett Turner. “The National Honor Society for Dance Arts has been a vehicle for us to recognize all that our st...
Antoine Troupe Is Committed to Providing High-Quality Dance Education for Young Artists
Celebrated choreographer Antoine Troupe is taking his years of creative success and giving back to the next generation of dance students. His journey wasn’t always easy, but, through challenges...
What National Dance Institute’s Customized Teacher Trainings Can Do for Your Arts Organization
Since New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d’Amboise founded National Dance Institute in 1976, the nonprofit arts education organization has championed a simple yet profound truth: Ear...
Letter From the Editor: Welcoming New Beginnings This Spring
Spring is an exciting and busy time for dance teachers. For many of us, the season inspires change and new beginnings. Maybe you’re looking to upgrade your teaching skills or refresh your chor...
The Evolution of Competition Contemporary
Ask competition judges which style they adjudicate the most, and they’ll likely say “contemporary.” It is an absolutely packed category at most events. But what exactly is it? Contemporary ...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Shares Free Educational Resources to Celebrate Its 65th Anniversary
As Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its 65th anniversary year, the organization has embarked on an initiative to honor the legacy of its founder, Alvin Ailey, by providing free educa...
Why the Rise in Performance Opportunities for Adult Recreational Dancers Matters
On a cool afternoon last November, Linda Past Pehrson, just a few days shy of her 77th birthday, warmed up backstage at the Peridance Center in New York City. She was wearing the white tutu she�...
Watch DT+ Teacher Talk: “Ankle Strengthening and Injury Prevention” by Marika Molnar With Tiler Peck
In this hour-long discussion, renowned dance physical therapist Marika Molnar provides expert insights on the anatomy of the ankle, causes of injury, and ways to correct overpronation. New York C...
Office Hours With University of California, Irvine’s Molly Lynch
There isn’t a name more synonymous with ballet in Orange County, California, than Molly Lynch. Lynch has been a leader throughout the industry as founder of the National Choreographers Initiati...
Join DT+ Teacher Talk on “Ankle Strengthening and Injury ...rika Molnar With Tiler Peck, on Thursday, March 14 at 1pm EDT!
Register now for our next DT+ Teacher Talk by Marika Molnar with Tiler Peck on Thursday, March 14 at 1pm EDT. In this live hour-long Zoom discussion, Dance Teacher’s editorial director, Reanne ...
Sandra Fortune-Green, Capitol Ballet Ballerina Who Represen... Varna and Moscow, Impacts Future Generations Through Teaching
Sandra Fortune-Green is proof that success is not always immediate, but perseverance is lasting. In 1973, at the age of 22, she began training diligently for the second Moscow International Bal...
What My Teacher Taught Me: Ariana Dickerson on Christian Claessens
I met Christian Claessens as a student at Indiana University. I spent my COVID-19 years learning from him, and I think it established our unique teacher–student relationship. During that time, ...
Teaching Your Students to Dance Without Music
When Emilie Gerrity performed in Jerome Robbins’ Moves, it was her first time dancing a work without music. “It was super-exciting and just different from anything else I had ever experienced...
Pearl Primus: Ambassador of Modern African American Dance
Pearl Eileen Primus (1919–1994) was an ambassador of African dance and the African experience in the Caribbean and United States. Her Trinidadian heritage, combined with extensive studies in th...
How to Deal With Student Pushback
Most anyone in dance education has experienced those uncomfortable moments when a student responds negatively to feedback, refuses to apply corrections, or outright talks back. While most teach...
Letter From the Editor: Celebrating Women in Dance
Katherine Dunham, Martha Graham, Anna Sokolow, Maria Tallchief… Can you imagine dance history without these incredible women? We can’t either. So, to celebrate Women’s History Month, we’r...
Educator Moves: Shifts in the Dance Education Landscape From Winter 2023–24
From director shifts and beyond, here are the major dance educator moves you should know about from winter 2023–24. The post Educator Moves: Shifts in the Dance Education Landscape From Winte...
Dance, Autism, and Creating Neurodivergent-Friendly Spaces
When Madeleine Milner was a young dancer, one of her teachers gave her the nickname “question girl.” Milner, currently a freshman at Elon University studying dance and psychology, says she te...
How Bristol Ballet Is Preserving the History of Its Appalachian Community
At Bristol Ballet—situated in the Appalachian Mountains surrounding Bristol, Virginia—incorporating the region’s history is a top priority. Founded by Constance Hardinge in 1948, Bristol Ba...
Inside CONCRETE: Stefanie Batten Bland’s New Immersive Theater Intensive for Boundary-Pushing Dancers
CONCRETE, the new three-week summer intensive created by choreographer and Company SBB artistic director Stefanie Batten Bland is forming a new foundation of immersive theater training. Running J...
Video: Teaching Your Students to Dance Without Music with Sam Black
In this video tutorial, Sam Black, company director of Mark Morris Dance Group, explains how he uses Morris’s Behemoth, which is danced without music, to teach students about the importance of ...
How Chloé Arnold Is Shaping the Future of Underserved Youth Through Tap
Emmy-nominated choreographer Chloé Arnold’s career has been (and continues to be) groundbreaking. But it’s her outreach work that’s really turning heads these days.In November 2023 she wa...
Teaching Communication Tools for Partnering
Partnering is a unique skill, both to learn and to teach. As a teacher, you’re in the position to help students adjust to moving with another dancer in close proximity, providing them with the ...
Step Into the Choreographic World With James Alonzo White
James Alonzo White’s teaching/choreographic career went from slow burn to fireworks show in an instant with his 2020 viral video, “A Brand New Day.” Now, his joyful choreography is captivat...
Office Hours With Ballet Tech’s Dionne Figgins
Since 2021, Dionne Figgins has led Ballet Tech, New York City’s Public School for Dance, which operates in tandem with the NYC Department of Education. Children across NYC’s boroughs have rec...
Gregory Hines: America’s Ambassador of Tap
Gregory Oliver Hines (1946–2003) spent his boyhood days at Harlem’s Apollo Theater with his brother Maurice, watching tap dancers like Chuck Green, Charles “Honi” Coles, Teddy Hale, The N...
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History Quiz: Gregory Hines
Read up on Gregory Hines here, then test your students’ knowledge with this quiz! 1. As young children, Gregory Hines and his brother Maurice were a professional act called what? A) The Hines K...
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Letter From the Editor: For the Love of Dance…
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I find myself thinking about the dynamics of partnering. We know that teaching partnering protocol can be complicated because you must teach what it...
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What My Teacher Taught Me: Charles Rosario on Ariel Serrano
I met my mentor, Ariel Serrano, the summer before my junior of high school in New York City. One of my teachers at Ballet Hispánico (Rebecca Maso) recommended I leave LaGuardia High School to t...
Teaching Students to Get Inspired by Nondance Forms
Although the fields of dance and choreography are inextricably intertwined, they’re often taught as separate skills in the studio setting. While some dancers might have experience with choreogr...
Kansas City Ballet’s Naomi Tanioka on Finding Her Dance Home
It’s taken Naomi Tanioka many years to feel secure in her professional career. Despite her exquisite technique, enviable lines, and charming stage presence, it always seemed she wasn’t celebr...
NDEO’s 2024 Conferences and Events Promote Dance Education for All
If you’re looking for professional development opportunities in 2024, the National Dance Education Organization has dance educators covered with its unparalleled lineup on a variety of topics. ...
Training Students for Solo and Group Performances
Training for solo and group performances comes with a unique set of technical and artistic demands. By focusing on key areas such as execution, spatial awareness, and musicality, dance educators ...
Maurice Hines, 1943–2023, Had Something Extra
Maurice Hines, a dazzling member of tap dance and Broadway royalty, died on December 29, 2023, two weeks after his 80th birthday. If you were fortunate enough to meet the dapper dancer, actor, an...
Kumari Suraj on Culture, Identity, and Dance
Kumari Suraj has spent their life finding their identity through dance. Their father is South Asian and Afro-Caribbean, and their mother is Native American and European, and the cultural dances a...
Adult Ballet Is Surging by Leaps and Bounds
If your barre was bursting with bodies in class last year, you’re not alone. 2023 was a huge year for adult ballet students of all levels. Just ask Miya Hisaka, the head of the Adult Ballet Pr...
Video: Teaching Students to Get Inspired by Different Art Forms with Heidi Duckler
In this video tutorial, Heidi Duckler outlines how dancers can find creative fodder in spaces outside the studio or stage. To read a full-length article on teaching your students to find inspira...
NYU Is Using Dance to Research 3D Video Tech—and Expand the Possibilities of Dance Education
Dance is a fairly analog art form. We typically rely on being in the same space together to learn or perform, and usually pass down knowledge directly from one body to another. So it’s somewhat...
Video: Using Visualization to Enhance Your Lessons with Ranee Ramaswamy
In this video tutorial, Ranee Ramaswamy, founder and co-artistic director of Ragamala Dance Company, demonstrates how an intentional use of visualization can help dancers convey a story and dev...
How to Avoid Common Convention-Week Injuries
Chilly ballrooms, hard floors, dozens of dancers going full-out all at once: The average convention room may be buzzing with excitement and creativity, but it can be a challenging dance environme...
How Flavor’d Flow Studio Is Keeping the Culture of Breaking Alive in Columbus, Ohio
Preserving the culture of breaking is what is important to James Alexander, founder and director of Flavor’d Flow Studio—the first hip-hop-culture-based dance studio in Columbus, Ohio. Alex...
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Using Visualization to Enhance Your Lessons
Ranee Ramaswamy, founder and co-artistic director of Ragamala Dance Company, says her teacher, Alarmél Valli, used an image of a party blower to help explain dynamics within bharatanatyam. “...
Office Hours With Alabama School of Fine Arts’ Wes Chapman
Wes Chapman’s role as the chair of the Department of Dance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) is a full-circle moment. He is an alum of the esteemed institution himself. After performing...
Point Park University Launches a New Master’s Degree in Dance Education
In October 2023, Point Park University’s School of Education and Conservatory of Performing Arts announced their collaboration on a new program: a Master of Education in Pre-K through 12 Dance ...
Hip Hop Teacher Kelly Sweeney Is Helping Her Students Go Viral
Teaching was never part of Kelly Sweeney’s career plan, but when her choreography started blowing up online, she had to reconsider her priorities. Now, she is thriving as an industry triple thr...
Letter From the Editor: What’s in Store for 2024…
Welcome to 2024, dance teachers! Whether you love or hate making New Year’s resolutions, one thing’s for sure: the changing of the calendar is a great time to reflect on our teaching practi...
What My Teacher Taught Me: Jenifer Dillow on Hālau Manaola’s Nani Lim Yap
After years of a professional performance career in New York City, I decided I needed a break from dance. I had a very unhealthy relationship with it, and it had become toxic to me. So, I deci...
Introducing Dance Magazine’s 2024 “25 to Watch”
Dance Magazine has announced who’s included in this year’s “25 to Watch!” This annual feature showcases dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies on the brink of skyrocketing. Ge...
8 Delightful Children’s Books From 2023
Whether you’re looking to enjoy a dance book at home with your little one or share an inspiring story with your students in class, this year’s children’s dance-book debuts—mostly penned b...
12 Must-Have Dance Education Books of 2023
A beautiful array of books on dance were released in 2023. But that’s not to forget the noteworthy titles of 2022. From biography to photography to collected essays exploring themes such as ant...
Leilani De Marco on Performing With BLACKPINK at Coachella and Her Dreams for the Future
Leilani De Marco is bringing her internationally successful dance career to the States. Born and raised in Australia, De Marco started dancing at 8 years old. In her youth, she trained at Vision ...