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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 Ella Rosewood, Crelata庐 Founder & CEO ~~ Most K-12 students don鈥檛 have access to dance education. If students are lucky enough to have a dance teacher at their school, the classes that are available are often restricted to the teacher鈥檚 personal knowledge. This means that the small subsection of students in public schools with access to dance education may only get lessons in a few dance styles...

By Deepa Mahadevan, Research Scholar ~~ Is there something like pure aesthetics untainted by politics? This article explores the discomfort faced by researchers immersed in practice when critical research apparently conflicts with content. The author reflects on questions that arose when she participated in the choreographic process of Maya Kulkarni, New York based award winning choreographer...

By Shannon Dooling-Cain, NDEO Special Projects - Content Writer ~~ In this blog post, we鈥檒l discuss some of the many benefits of tap dancing. We鈥檒l also look at a brief history of tap dance and why it is important to include that history in your classes. You鈥檒l hear from Thelma Goldberg, Director of The Dance Inn, creator of Thelma鈥檚 tap notes, faculty at Dean College, and professor of NDEO鈥檚 online course OPDI M24-Classic Tap Repertoire: The Shim Sham Shimmy, as well as a few NDEO members...

by Cheryl Johnson, Adjunct Lecturer, Dance - University of Rochester ~~ I perceive jazz dance as a creation of people: people that I have met and who have influenced my life, and people of the past who have revolutionized American culture: Charles Sherwood: my uncle, percussionist with the U.S. Navy Band in Korea, who turned me on to jazz chord progressions: Steve Porter: dancer in the Company of Man, Buffalo, NY a Vietnam War Veteran who turned me on to the music of Nina Simone and dancing from...

By Shannon Dooling-Cain, NDEO Special Projects ~~ If the term 鈥淐reative Dance鈥� conjures up images of young children running and skipping with wild abandon, pretending to be butterflies, fairies, or pirates, you are not alone! Creative Dance is sometimes misunderstood by families seeking to enroll their children in dance classes - and even by some dance teachers. But even though Creative Dance may not be as clearly defined or widely recognized as classes like Jazz, Ballet, and Tap, there are ma...

By Hannah McCarthy, Dance Educator, Freelance Choreographer, Researcher~~The cancellation of American Ballet Theatre鈥檚 and New York City Ballet鈥檚 Fall Seasons may not have been the first of the year, but they were some of the first to be highly publicized and seal the fate of ballet for the rest of 2020. It鈥檚 as if the performing arts community knew this would happen all along...

By Donna H. Krasnow and M. Virginia Wilmerding ~~ Dance training is at the heart of the art form of dance. All dancers can recall the teachers who had tremendous influence on their growth as young dancers and artists. The science known as motor behavior 鈥� an umbrella term for motor development, motor control, and motor learning 鈥� is having a stronger voice in helping teachers and dancers develop...

By Bridgit Lujan, Central New Mexico Community College Dance Faculty ~~ Flamenco is a global dance form that offers many important concepts to teachers who are educating students in today鈥檚 inclusive dance programs. As a dance style that is often mislabeled and boxed into the category of heritage or narrative dance, flamenco is often overlooked as a traditional dance, rather than an evolving technique offering excellent teaching models for the diverse classroom. With influences from various wor...

By Rebecca Mayer, Assistant Professor of Dance at Western Wyoming Community College ~~ At my current institution, the dance and theatre programs are tightly interwoven, with the music program, as part of the Performing Arts Department. Because our musical theatre majors currently outnumber our dance majors, many of the 100-level dance classes (particularly tap and jazz) are populated by a majority of theatre students. These classes are required for the AA in Musical Theatre (and rightly so)...