#dance education

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(via Let’s Hear It For The Boys! Why Early Dance Education For Boys Is Crucial | The Wonderful World of Dance)

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Boys who dance are tough...It just makes me feel free — like I can do anything I want.

KyMoy Phillip, a 12-year-old student at Lincoln Center’s audition boot camp.

A two-week program at Lincoln Center aims to give students the finishing touches they need to win a spot in a performing arts program, with tips on everything from technique to handshakes to posture.

The program is run jointly by Lincoln Center Education and the city's Department of Education. It's primarily for students in Title I schools, where at least 60 percent students come from low-income families.

Listen to how the boot camp prepares young artists for high school auditions.

[danceinspirationboard]

Dancers keep looking for the perfect teacher without realizing that it's all there within themselves. They have to be responsible for themselves. You teach yourself; the teacher is the guide. If you do not hear the advice, corrections, and words of your guide, it makes no difference how great the teacher. You will never dance.

Martha Graham

[lesbiansguidetoanangryinch]

I was made to feel stupid my entire academic life. Not book smart. A C student. But as I've grown up and left traditional schooling, I've learned that is far from the case. I was so against learning until I realized I could study the things I truly enjoyed. And what do you know, I am a good student! I can pick up choreography in one session, I can learn sides and monologues in incredibly short amounts of time, I can work well with others and produce dances in as little as fifteen minutes, and I'm not an awful creative writer if a do say so myself. Dancers, musicians, actors, artists- YOU ARE NOT DUMB! You are the ones who will save our sanity when the world is crumbling around us. You are so incredibly smart and important to the world, never forget that.

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Social Justice Through Dance - Stance on Dance

Sandra Paola, a Columbian American dance artist, descries how she became passionate about social justice, and discusses several of her dance programs.

“In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Sandra Paola Lopez Ramirez, a Columbian-American dance artist who reaches a host of populations through her improvisational dance practice. Her work is characterized by the exploration of relationship, gender, race, identity, awareness, kinesthetic listening and touch. Driven by her passion for social justice, she co-founded in2improv, an organization that empowers under-served communities through improvisation and performance. In this podcast, she descries how she became empowered to do socially conscientious work, and discusses several of the programs she has initiated.”

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This Dance Major's Open Letter Is Way Too Relatable

"When a biology major asked if I was illiterate because I studied dance, I realized just how much of a joke my field of study is to some people." That's how Camryn Eakes, a junior dance major, opens her incredibly powerful open letter asking fellow Chapman University students to (as the title pu...

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Ask a dance artist:

What are some questions you have about going to college for dance? 

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Dance wildly & freely-Dancecard-Teaching material for creative dance classes

Children of all ages love using the cards in dance classes. So the sets or the poster are a real treasure trove for every dance teacher. Dancers too have…