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By Nayeon (Kate) Kim, Student attending Seoul Foreign High School ~~ Lately, I am approached with short clips of my friends trying a TikTok dance. Often, after dance practice, I鈥檒l walk into a classroom and find a group gathered around a phone, laughing as they attempt to learn the latest viral routine. Recently, one of my friends shared how she had mastered a trending TikTok dance in just ten minutes the night before. She was thrilled and exclaimed, half-joking and half-proud, that she must ha...

By Kieron Dwayne Sargeant, Assistant Professor of Dance, Skidmore College ~~ In every classroom I enter鈥攚hether in the U.S. or back home in Trinidad鈥擨 bring rhythm with me. It鈥檚 not something I add to the dance. It is the dance. Rhythm is the structure, the entry point, the thing that tells you not just when to move, but why to move. As both a dancer and a drummer, I don鈥檛 separate movement from rhythm or sound from action. In the Caribbean, we don鈥檛 dance on top of the rhythm鈥攚e are insid...

By Alexandra Beller, CMA, MFA, Artistic Director, Alexandra Beller/Dances, Faculty, The Laban/Bartenieff Institute ~~ How do we give feedback that strengthens without silencing, clarifies without imposing, honors difference without assuming sameness? As dance educators, we regularly offer feedback. It鈥檚 in our syllabi, built into our assessments, and embedded in our studio culture. But most of us were never taught how to give feedback鈥攐nly how to survive it. Many of us carry wounds from well-m...

On May 2, President Trump released information about his administration鈥檚 FY 2026 budget proposal. Not all details were shared in this 鈥渟kinny budget,鈥� but the cuts to federal education programs outlined would have a devastating impact on funding for the 2026鈥�27 school year...

By Helen Buck-Pavlick, Doctoral Student, The Ohio State University ~~ Could dance education support school improvement goals? Lorain City School District says yes! At the start of the 2022-2023 school year, Lorain City School District (LCSD) created a K-12 dance program as a part of their strategic plan for academic improvement. A new study titled Dance for ALL: Innovative approaches to school improvement, recently published in Arts Education Policy Review, examines how and why LCSD decided on a...

By Dr. Christi Camper Moore, Associate Professor of Dance and Head of Arts Administration, & Olivia Lybarger, Student, Ohio University ~~ his blog reviews a semester-long choreographic investigation, developed and guided by movement research that focused on ecological balance, the human relationship with consumption, and the earth and its ecosystems. Olivia is an Environmental Studies major and Dance minor, and Christi is an Associate Professor of Dance. The authors were curious about an interdi...

By Zachary Keita ~~ With approximately two months having passed since the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, his administration has taken significant action to move forward his vision for American education. In a blog released earlier this year, we discussed the slew of executive orders aimed at curtailing diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) and expanding school choice. Since then, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, taken office, ...

By Deepa Mahadevan, Founder/Director, Matrusena ~~ When the lights came on we were five Bharatanatyam dancers posing as live sculptures and hoping to recreate in the minds of the audience a snapshot of an evergreen film song, 鈥淢annavan Vandhaan Adi鈥� from the movie, 鈥楾iruvarulchelvar鈥� (1967). The impetus for this blog is the affect or the unformed tension that took place in my mind-body as a Bharatanatyam dancer when negotiating my conservative classical aesthetic biases while giving form to ...

By Zachary Keita, NAfME Advocacy and Public Policy Communications Manager ~~ On February 12, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a confirmation hearing of President Trump鈥檚 nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon. During the hearing, McMahon responded to inquiries regarding her experience and knowledge on programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and outlined her vision for ED if she were to be confirmed by the full Senate ...

By Gina D'Antonio-Spears, Dance Educator, Portage Park Elementary School ~~ When I was a student, my dance teacher would say, 鈥淥ne more time!鈥� but we knew it meant several more times. This is so common that they make tee shirts about it. So, how do we get our students to value the rehearsal process, and understand that even though the learning is complete, there is still more to do? To solve this problem, I teach specific dance elements during the rehearsal process, keeping each lesson fee...

By Zachary Keita, NAfME Public Policy and Advocacy Communications Manager ~~ In the early days of his administration, President Donald J. Trump has taken significant action to push forward his vision for the U.S. Department of Education and the federal role in education. Beginning on January 20, 2025, the administration has issued a series of executive orders and agency memos that would eliminate all federal government diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) practice, freeze all disburs...

By Patch Schwadron, Independent Career Consultant ~~ Beyond learning technique, dancers need to develop and practice strategies for managing their mental and physical health, finances, and career options. As with all their acquiring of life skills, dancers in training can benefit from practical support provided by knowledgeable adults around them. At the Fund, I responded to a request from a dance professor at Florida State University to talk to students about how to use their college years to p...

By Lydia Hance, Founder & Artistic Director, Frame Dance ~~ As early childhood educators, we have a profound opportunity to nurture the social development of our youngest students. Through dance, we can support the healthy growth of social skills, helping children understand themselves in relation to the world around them. Ensemble work in the dance studio becomes a metaphor for their growing understanding of community, cooperation, and collaboration鈥攕kills that will shape their ability to conn...

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...