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By Wendy Masterson, MSME/T, RSDE, MFA ~~ The similarity yet diversity of our experiences with cancer helped us to clarify that our pathways were neither right nor wrong, sometimes based on fear, but always with the potential to deepen intrinsic knowledge of our selves. Our experiences acted as a catalyst in exploring the effects of cancer on people who identify themselves through their ability to move and express themselves through that movement. Cancer diagnosis was only the first step of many ...

By Ruth Arena, Adjunct Professor at Le Moyne College and Faculty at The Ballet & Dance Center ~~ Dancers strive to listen, respond, explore, and seek deeper understanding of the mysterious connection between the physical and mental/emotional/spiritual self. For most, this connection is porous, constantly fluctuating as self-knowledge increases. My cancer diagnosis presented new learning opportunities and forced me to delineate between body and mind in order to communicate with others: doctors, f...

By Alyssa Thostesen, Dance Facilitator, Arts Access Program at Matheny ~~ From accepting identities outside of the gender binary to celebrating diverse body shapes, abilities, and aesthetics, the dance world has been slowly embracing the idea of otherness in studios and performance. We, as a community, have taken major steps towards inclusion since the early years of codified dance that were fixated on appearance and sought perfection found in the ideal dancer physique through years of exploring...

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 Anne Dunkin, NDEO's DELRdi Coordinator ~~ The DELRdi is a searchable dance education database that contains an index of over 9,000 journal articles, theses/dissertations, conference , government reports, independent research and papers, standards and curriculum, newsletters, historical papers, blogs, syllabi, and online postings. In this blog post, NDEO鈥檚 DELRdi Coordinator Anne Dunkin presents at what the DELRdi is and how it can benefit you as a dance educator, researcher, or student...

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 Heather Harrington, Dance Faculty at Kean University ~~ The first time I heard a student of mine refer to dance as 鈥渢he industry鈥� was in 2015. Maybe she saw me physically recoil before saying, 鈥渘ot all dance falls under the category of industry.鈥� My recoil was rooted in my reluctance to see the pursuit of dance as 鈥渁 manufacturing activity or a distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises鈥� (Merriam-Webster). During feedback sessions in my composition classes, as I began to ...

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 Caitlin Barfield, Independent Dance Instructor ~~ Let鈥檚 talk about teaching philosophies. It has taken me years of training and teaching to come into my own pedagogical style. You must understand that as a young dancer, I was pushed to my limit and then some. While I was training to be a professional dancer, I found myself at the end of my rope time and time again. Overworked, burned out, and beaten down - not to mention the psychological trauma of it all, too...

By Emily Enloe, Dance Educator at Oakbrook Middle School in South Carolina ~~ Like many educators, COVID-19 accelerated my tough daily load of teaching. I struggled with turning my program on a dime to meet new COVID-related protocols while remaining focused on what was important鈥攖he students and their needs. Although the changes gave me some time and ability to experiment in new ways with my dance program, it also took a toll on my mental and physical health. After being stuck at home during...

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 Luke Kahlich, Professor Emeritus, Temple University ~~ While I understand the complexity of charting new territory in assessment, I am concerned that the value of the content in the arts is not sacrificed for expediency or structure. I believe that we have entered a new age where the only certainty is change and that the future success of students will depend on flexibility in thought, knowledge of access procedures, and tolerance and respect of multiple perspectives. To address this new worl...

by Pascal Rekoert, Assistant Professor and Dance Education Program Director at Central Connecticut State University ~~ If one thinks about teaching and learning in dance education, the realization dawns quickly that, like the art form, dance education is a gendered field. As a nation, the U.S. upholds rigorous and conservative beliefs and values towards gender norms, especially the expectations towards men. While dance has become increasingly accepted for males, especially in progressive regions...

By Elizabeth McPherson, Professor and Director of the Dance Division, Montclair State University ~~ Historically, US dance has stood in comparison to European dance, often striving to emulate Western European aesthetics. Dance forms seen as lacking in these aesthetics have been deemed less artistic and less refined. While Western European influence on much of US culture including dance remains strong, there are many, many more influences and dance histories that comprise US dance. Perspectives o...

By Maria Haralambis, M.Ed., NASM CES, FMT, The Dance Scientist, LLC, PhD Student, Entrepreneur ~~ The field of Dance Science is an excellent way for dancers to learn about their bodies, anatomy and biomechanics from a young age. These lessons on anatomical awareness impact dancers for the rest of their lives and are unique to dance. One of the biggest ways I believe we can make Dance Science more normalized is by having a consistent curriculum for young dancers, who I believe are left out of dan...