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This webinar was presented live on March 24, 2025 by Tosha Brown and Susan Pope

 

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In this dynamic and interactive workshop, participants will explore how collaboration between school dance ensembles and their local communities can serve as a powerful tool for promoting dance education and fostering meaningful connections. Using the Orange High School Dance Ensemble as a case study, this session will demonstrate strategies for engaging students, educators, and community members in shared creative processes that celebrate the arts while addressing local needs and priorities. Attendees will learn how to design and implement projects that encourage participation, elevate student voice, and enhance public appreciation of dance. The workshop will feature practical exercises, live demonstrations, and discussions that emphasize inclusivity, cultural relevance, and artistic innovation.

 

This webinar was presented live on March 31, 2025 by Amy Miller

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'Conflict Regulation' supports shared language generation for navigating conflict within ourselves and with others. Within a harm reduction model, we synthesize flow state techniques, conflict resolution, de-escalation and leadership practices, to offer concise tools to reveal the 'understories' of conflict inside of us and around us. This awareness can lead to a greater appreciation of the ongoing processes involved in 'regulating' conflict, over simply valuing the resolution of symptoms with quick fixes. Participants can pass these techniques on to students, faculty and family members by modeling and intentionally co-creating frameworks to reference, normalize and legitimize ‘conflict regulation’ moving forward.

This webinar was presented live on April 9, 2025 by Vanessa Cruz

 

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Join us for an insightful webinar that delves into the 10 Principles of Disability Justice, unpacking their significance as a framework for equity and inclusion. We’ll discuss actionable strategies to embed these principles into dance education, focusing on how educators can reimagine their classrooms as spaces of accessibility and belonging. Whether you’re a teacher, choreographer, or advocate, this session will equip you with tools to dismantle barriers, center Disabled voices, and foster a dance environment where every body thrives.

Key takeaways:

• Understanding the core tenets of Disability Justice.
• Collaborating with disabled artists/educators to shape equitable practices. - Adapting teaching methods to prioritize flexibility and inclusion. - Creating multiple access points through technology, language, and physical modifications.
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  Transform your practice—let’s redefine what it means to make dance truly accessible.

This webinar was presented live on April 25, 2025 by Amber Hongsermeier

 

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In this session, we will explore the neurodivergent dancer through an informed and lived experience, fostering a sense of inclusivity and community. By delving into the neuroscience of neurodivergence, we will uncover the unique ways in which the neurodivergent brain differs from neurotypical standards, and how this manifests in behavior and socialization. Our focus on neurodiversity as a movement and philosophy, and the redefinition of key vocabulary, will provide a framework for understanding disability justice and adopting anti-ableist ways of speaking about neurodivergence, ensuring that everyone feels welcomed and part of a supportive dance community. Additionally, we will explore how somatic approaches to dance education can provide avenues for nervous system relaxation and processing difficulties, further enhancing the inclusivity of this session.

This webinar was presented live on May 14, 2025 by Alyssa Caliendo

 

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This webinar will cover an in depth look at how the body functions through fascial lines and how to teach dance teachers how to teach their students how to load their bodies to decrease injuries! The current protocol for dancers includes pilates however, much more information is needed in order for dancers to know how to take care of themselves from a strength perspective. As a collegiate dancer who struggled with injuries, this information will begin to close the gap in education in order to help dancers increase their physical capacity, decrease injury, increase somatic awareness, increase strength and increase flexibility. This workshop will include a learning portion and a practical portion to cater to both types of learning styles!

This webinar was presented live on June 19, 2025 by Jill Vasbinder Morrison

 

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Open Educational Resources provide inclusive, accessible tools & materials to all kinds of educators in all sectors of dance education. In this webinar dance educators will learn how to find these valuable resources to aid in their instruction, reduce the costs of materials for themselves and their students, as well as, provide access to inclusive and accessibly created materials. We will discuss how to use and resources with Creative Commons licenses as well as how to apply them to our own work. Participants will learn how to create and publish their own materials and be given the resources to support the editing, review and promotional process in creating these materials. Publishing OER not only provides valuable evidence of research to those seeking promotion, but launches creators into a community of like-minded educators & scholars for future work and support.

This webinar was presented live on July 10, 2025

 

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This webinar will empower dance teachers with the knowledge and tools to create a welcoming environment where dancers can thrive. We’ll address key aspects of gender inclusivity in school dance programs, including practical approaches to navigating locker room policies, costume options, and traditional dance roles. Together, we’ll explore strategies for breaking down exclusionary norms, promoting equity, and fostering a culture of respect and understanding.The session will provide a framework for creating spaces where students feel safe to express themselves authentically. We’ll dive into case studies and open up for questions to address specific questions. We’ll tackle both student safety concerns and workplace considerations, ensuring you leave with actionable insights to make meaningful changes in your dance programs. Let’s create a more equitable future for dance education—together.

This webinar was presented live on August 20, 2025

 

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A screening and discussion of American modern dance history/techniques. This session will consist of: A short introduction to the film (5 minutes), To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky, Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance. The film itself, (26 minutes and 46 seconds). The film is now streaming on the PBS app so it is readily available to all teachers. A discussion afterwards (10 minutes) on the following questions:

A conclusion of ideas discussed (5 minutes).

• How available are modern dance techniques to the general public now?
• What is the value of keeping these techniques (Duncan, Humphrey-Weidman, Graham, Dunham, Limon, Cunningham, Horton etc.) alive?
• What is the value of learning historical modern dances? Which ones would you choose? Why?
• Has modern dance become so generic it has lost its character?