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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 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 Alek Pali艅ski, Dancer, McDonald Selznick Associates ~~ From the beginning of my dance and teaching career in my native Poland, I鈥檝e been working in the commercial dance industry. Nonetheless, it wasn鈥檛 until I moved to Los Angeles in 2015 that I realized the full scope of opportunities for dance on television and film. In Poland, dance on camera was limited to shows like SYTYCD, Dancing With The Stars, or X Factor. In contrast, the U.S. has a plethora of dance genres for scripted TV and fi...

By Naima Prevots, Professor Emerita at American University and current Professor in NDEO's Online Professional Development Institute (OPDI) ~~ In 2021, I developed a course for NDEO鈥檚 Online Professional Development Program called OPDI 122: 鈥淐elebrating Voices of Contemporary Choreographers: Applications to Teaching, Learning, and Appreciation.鈥� In this blog post, I want to share ideas about the last unit in this course, 鈥淰oices of Immigrant and Indigenous Artists.鈥� In this two week cou...

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 Coordinator ~~ For most dance educators working in private studios, January marks the beginning of recital choreography season. After spending the first half of the dance season introducing new steps and elements of dance technique, many dance teachers will begin creating choreography for the end-of-year recital when they return from the winter break. This can be a time of great creativity for teachers and excitement for students. But, it can also p...

By Lindsay Herring, Director of Middle and High School Fine Arts/Dance Instructor, Brooks County High School. Like many other dance educators nationwide, I find myself teaching a unit on choreography to intermediate and advanced dancers each year. These dancers are mastering their craft and honing their skills in real ways, yet I find myself wondering: Are they utilizing their emotions and creativity to start the process? Are these students, new to the craft of choreography, actually using their...

By Mary Bawden, Founder & Executive Director of DA:NCE (Dance Awareness: No Child Exploited) ~~ It鈥檚 special to watch a young child put on their first pair of dance shoes at their first dance class and watch them anticipate their first performance. You, friends, already know that the research demonstrates that dance is a wonderful activity for children: improved academic performance, brain development, creativity, risk taking...

By Jesse Katen, Owner of The Jesse Katen School of Dance ~~ For the past decade, I鈥檝e had the joy of traveling as a professional dance competition judge, focusing mainly on special awards. I love nothing more than drawing attention to what young dancers do well and using that opportunity on the stage to teach...