Dance Teacher back issues from May 2007:
YOUR LETTERS
May 01, 2007; ... Getting Recognized I have developed an instructor training program that is a three-year intensive, complete with apprenticeships. What steps are necessary to get it recognized in your certificate program? Lisa Jour donnais Co-owner, On Center Performing Arts DT ...
Stories for the Ages
May 01, 2007; ... In dance, more so than in other arts-theater, music or the visual arts-age really does matter, for better or worse. It is, after all, a fundamentally physical endeavor. And as the human body changes over time, so, too, does its capacity for movement. What a dancer can do at age 10 just isn't the ...
Local Focus
May 01, 2007; ... A studio rises from the ashes. On the night of Saturday, September 9, 2006, Dottle Hunt arrived at her Longview, Texas, dance studio to find it engulfed in flames. The fire-apparently caused by faulty electrical appliance in the office-destroyed nearly four decades of school records, ...
May Events
May 01, 2007; ... * On May 19, nearly 5,000 dancers will converge on Fifth Avenue for New York City's first-ever Dance Parade. Dance forms from African to Zydeco will be on display as the parade winds its way from 32nd Street to Washington Square Park. The event, sponsored by Dance Parade Inc., is intended to ...
Happy Anniversary
May 01, 2007; ... * Eighty years ago, dance education pioneer Margaret H'Doubler founded the country's first degree-granting dance program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The school celebrated the milestone with special events in February and April, including master classes, lectures, receptions and ...
New Faces
May 01, 2007; ... * Former Boston Ballet soloist Kee-Juan Man will head the Washington School of Ballet beginning in July. He succeeds Rebecca Wright, who died in January 2006, in leading the school founded by the late Mary Day. Man danced with BB for three years and retired in 1993 to direct the Arizona Ballet ...
Honors List
May 01, 2007; ... * Diane Smagatz-Rawlinson (above), a dance and technical theater teacher at Wheeling High School in Illinois, received a 2007 School of Education Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Smagatz-Rawlinson is also a contributing editor for ...
In Memoriam: Alfred Desio
May 01, 2007; ... Tap innovator Broadway veteran, tap teacher and inventor Alfred Desio died of complications of bladder cancer on February 14 in Los Angeles. He was 74. Born in Geneva, New York, Desio was an original Broadway cast member of Man of La Mancha, West Side Story and Fiddler On the ...
In Memoriam: Edith d'Addario
May 01, 2007; ... Joffrey Ballet School director Edith d'Addario, director of the Joffrey Ballet School In New York City's Greenwich Village for 43 years, died March 4 of complications of emphysema. She was 84. Known simply as Mrs. D., d'Addario began her long career with Joffrey when she visited ...
In Memoriam: Celia Franca
May 01, 2007; ... Founder of The National Ballet of Canada Celia Franca, teacher, choreographer and founder of The National Ballet of Canada, passed away on February 19. She was 85. Born in London, Franca performed in Dame Ninette de Valois' Sadler's Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet), and later ...
A Force of Nature
May 01, 2007; ... OVER THE COURSE OF A NEARLY 70-YEAR CAREER THAT HAS BEEN BOTH PROLIFIRIC AND WIDE-RANGING, ANNA HALPRIN HAS CONSISTENTLY EXPLORED-AND ILLUMINATED-POSSIBILITIES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BODY AND EMOTIONS THROUGH DANCE. It's a brilliantly clear morning on a Sunday in early March, and ...
Aged to Perfection
May 01, 2007; ... Increasingly, mature dancers are proving that, like fine wine, their messages gain more complexity and emotional tone with each passing year. Five years ago, at 51, Marty Sprague took a break during rehearsal and watched the other dancers of Fusionworks Dance Company continue. At that ...
How Young is Too Young for Hip Hop?
May 01, 2007; ... With hip hop's growing popularity, teachers and studio owners are debating at what age students should start studying the dance form. As the demand for hip-hop classes grows ever larger, studio owners may find themselves beset with all sorts of questions about how to offer this dance ...
Lifetime Learners: Teacher Training III
May 01, 2007; ... No matter your level of mastery, there is always something new to know about one's own body. Former San Francisco Ballet dancer, Augusta Moore, became interested in the Feldenkrais Method" as part of a larger investigation of anatomy and kinesiology. In "Finding Your Spine" (page 18), she talks ...
Teaching Tots
May 01, 2007; ... Beverly Spell introduces ballet with imagery and stories-and a sequential lesson plan. BY RACHEL STRAUS "Good morning knees!" sings out Beverly F. Spell as she and her students bend over to make verbal and facial contact with their kneecaps. The four-year-olds don't realize that, through ...
Performance Primer
May 01, 2007; ... Two teachers in Omaha share their stage experience with a new generation of artists. BY JIM WILLIAMS In Omaha, Nebraska, two retired dancers keep their students motivated by giving them a taste of the rewards and challenges of an intensive performing experience rivaling that of ...
Finding Your Spine
May 01, 2007; ... Augusta Moore blends Feldenkrais® and ballet. Augusta Moore is director of ballet for the ODC School in San Francisco, CA. As a young dancer, she studied with Maria Tallchief and became a member of her Chicago City Ballet, where she was partnered by Jacques DAmboise. Moore's later ...
Mastering the American Dance Festival
May 01, 2007; ... Mid-career artists establish credentials and build community in a new MFA program. BY LEA MARSHALL In late 2005, dancer/choreographer Doug Elkins was on his way through the airport in Oakland, California when he ran into Donna Faye Burchfield, artistic director of the Hollins ...
The Scoop on Sciatica
May 01, 2007; ... For older dancers and teachers, sciatica can be a real pain in the back. Sciatica, or pain in the lower back that travels down the leg, occurs when the spinal nerves are compressed or irritated. This condition most often strikes between ages 30 and 50, and though specific causes vary, ...
The State of Tap
May 01, 2007; ... Top teachers sound off on tap education today-and tomorrow. If there are two things that set tap dancers apart, they are their dedication to the history of their craft and their unrelenting reverence for the individuals who brought this uniquely American artform into existence. True to ...
Bunny Briggs
May 01, 2007; ... The legendary tap dancer sounds off on a lifetime of performing. Just last year, tap dancer Bunny Briggs was inducted into The International Tap Dance Hall of Fame-and for good reason. "Bunny is one of our last living legends from his era," says Tony Waag, artistic and executive director ...
Go With the Flow
May 01, 2007; ... Tap isn't just about the legs and feet. Engaging the entire body can help students achieve a better look and sound. You've likely seen it in your classroom: Students are performing the steps correctly with their feet, but their fists are clenched, shoulders raised and faces frozen in a ...
School's Out for Summer
May 01, 2007; ... 10 activities to help your students keep dancing through the summer months The summer reading list: No doubt you remember it from your school days, and your colleagues in the English department probably still use it to keep students engaged through their holidays. But summer lists aren't ...
Dance Days of Summer
May 01, 2007; ... 7 dance professors mix business and pleasure during their summer holidays. As the school year winds down, no doubt your workload ramps up with final exams and graduating students vying for your attention. Amidst this whirlwind of activity, it may be hard to set aside time to reflect on ...
Forget the Flowers
May 01, 2007; ... Instead of the perennial bouquet, give these gifts to your staff at the end-of-year recital. 1. For a new take on flowers, try this recycled tin bouquet from UncommonGoods. It'll last forever. Info: 888-365-0056; www.uncommongoods.com 2. Fondue Art + Design's ballerina switch ...
Faux Pas
May 01, 2007; ... In our March 2007 "News: Products" section, we incorrectly identified the ballet company in which Christine Du Boulay Ellis and her husband, Richard Ellis, performed. The pair, who are the subject of ...