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by Pascal Rekoert, Assistant Professor and Dance Education Program Director at Central Connecticut State University ~~ Successful educators continually adopt a sense of curiosity in their work environment, ideally adjusting to their community鈥檚 needs and learning attitudes. As teachers, we are leaders who strengthen our community in the microcosm of our learning spaces, guiding individual students toward success. It is imperative to build (or revisit) our teaching philosophy annually. While thi...

by Nadia Ure帽a, NDEO Intern, Fall 2024 ~~ For college applications, merit awards, grants, or even just simple showcases, dancers are often asked to describe their own choreography in writing.Yet where does one begin? How can an entire choreographic process and work be described in a simple paragraph. Additionally, dance makers may feel challenged to condense longer works into simple ideas. As a former undergraduate and graduate student in dance, choreographer, and a teaching assistant of several...

By Zachary Keita, NAfME Advocacy and Public Policy Communications Manager ~~ After years of advocacy from the arts education community, multiple meetings with U.S. Department of Education (ED) officials, and bipartisan support from Congress, arts educators now have long-needed guidance to help them access resources for their programs. On October 2, ED sent a 鈥淒ear Colleague鈥� letter to state education agencies detailing how federal funds can be used to support arts education across the United S...

By Amanda Karhuse, NAfME Assistant Executive Director for Advocacy and Public Policy ~~ Following the May announcement of a new partnership to amplify the value of arts education through joint advocacy work, the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), the National Art Education Association (NAEA), the National Association for Media Arts Education (NAMAE), the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) co-hosted a webinar during National...

by Helen Buck-Pavlick, Doctoral Student, The Ohio State University ~~ In July, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 2025 funding bill. The Committee recommended a discretionary funding budget of $67.9 billion for the Department of Education, cutting 13% ($11.1 billion) of the Department of Education budget from fiscal year 2024, returning funding to 2012 levels. If enacted, this bill would reduce or eliminate programs t...

by Nisha Pradeep, Bharathanatyam Dancer, Teacher, and Choreographer ~~ The sound of a chollu (sound/syllable) or a sound uttered has a life. It may live for a few seconds to even as small as a millisecond. The skill of a dancer is in embodying that sound fully and wholly within their movement. Every movement sequence (adavu) in Bharathanatyam is associated with a specific sequence of syllables set to rhythmic pattern. The dancer executes each movement sequence in accordance to this rhythmic syll...

by Judith Lynne Hanna PhD, Affiliate Research Professor, University of Maryland ~~ At times during their careers, dancers may want to explain what dance is to family, friends, students, schools, spectators, and the media. After all, knowledge about dance is new and limited compared to the other arts. My journey toward understanding dance began as a child in 1946, and the odyssey hasn鈥檛 stopped. A pediatrician told my parents that ballet would make my feet strong. So I studied ballet. Dancing di...

by Anne Dunkin, DELRdi Coordinator 2004-2024 ~~ For two decades NDEO has provided members with open access to its Dance Education Research and Literature Descriptive Index (DELRdi). However, usage statistics indicate that very few members take advantage of this unique and significant dance education information resource. WHY? To dismiss any misconceptions, and to reinforce DELRdi's usefulness, this blog describes eight scenarios that bridge all dance education constituencies and might easily...

by Yoav Kaddar, NDEO President ~~ The past few years have been tumultuous for dance in higher education. After an impressive shift to new models of teaching and learning dance during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, many schools now face struggles with decreased enrollment, budget cuts, and shifting institutional priorities impacting dance programs nationwide. These trends within higher education and elsewhere within our field have been happening for a while, notably with Mills College (2021...

By Helen Buck-Pavlick, Doctoral Student, The Ohio State University ~~ This blog will outline how, as K-12 dance educators, you may be able to tap into your school鈥檚 ESSA funding to support your conference attendance by answering three questions: What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)? How can I use ESSA to support conference attendance? How do I talk to my administrator about leveraging ESSA to support conference attendance?...

by Tamara Irving, Higher Ed Educator; Consultant, TMI Design & Consulting ~~ As a passionate performer without a formal dance education degree, my journey into teaching was unorthodox. Still, I was eager to share my love for dance with students and inspire their passion for this art form. However, without a structured framework, it was challenging to offer comprehensive dance education. That's when I discovered the International Baccalaureate (IB) Dance Program, a game-changer for both my st...

by Gina D'Antonio-Spears, Dance Educator, Portage Park Elementary, Chicago Public Schools ~~ When I first began teaching in Chicago Public Schools, dance positions were few and far between. One day, I was at a conference and I met this amazing elementary dance teacher. I latched onto her like a lost puppy, asked if we could have lunch together, and *boom* I had a mentor. Suddenly I was not alone in my work, no longer teaching dance in a bubble. Over the years she advised me and inspired me, ...

by Betsy Maloney Leaf, PhD, MFA, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota ~~ The following blog was written by NDEO member Betsy Maloney-Leaf. She is proposing a new Special Interest Group for Teacher Trainers in Dance Education, the educators who prepare the next generation of dance teachers. We at NDEO recognize and support the need to bring this group of dance educators together to cultivate support and leadership within our community. This blog sets forth why our community needs this spe...

To kick off our Performing Arts Organization Blog Series, this post focuses on one of our institutional NDEO members, The Misty Copeland Foundation. The Misty Copeland Foundation was established in 2021. In an engaging conversation on The Heart of Giving Podcast, Misty Copeland and Executive Director, Caryn Campbell, discuss The Misty Copeland Foundation鈥檚 journey and contributions to the dance field. This blog post delves into the background of The Misty Copeland Foundation and their initiativ...

By Krista Brown, Freelance Teaching Artist ~~ Many veteran teachers know the voice that springs up when there is a lull in learning choreography. As I am scrolling through notes, if ever there is a quiet moment I often hear 鈥渨e could鈥︹�� or 鈥渨hat about this鈥︹�� In my early years of teaching, I鈥檇 shoo it away and say, 鈥渢hat鈥檚 a nice idea鈥� and proceed with my choreography notes. Whether this is how I feel the classroom is best managed, I think rests on something beyond just expectation setti...