Announcing our 2025 DEL Lab School Honorees

Announcing our 2025 DEL Lab Schools Honorees We’re thrilled to honor six brilliant dance educators! DEL Lab Schools is an initiative to honor and celebrate dance educators bringing the DEL Model to life, and we are thrilled to acknowledge these educators …
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Inclusive, Embodied, and Student-Centered Dance Education

Core Summer Themes: Inclusive, Embodied, and Student-Centered Dance Education  A summer of purposeful, embodied learning. This July, we invite you to explore a summer of purposeful, embodied learning. Across three in-person courses, we’re focusing on how and why we teach …
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DEL Lab Schools Feature: Victoria Dobson

DEL Lab Schools Feature: Victoria Dobson We’re continuing to spotlight our 2024 DEL Lab Schools recipients. Join us in celebrating Victoria Dobson! Victoria Dobson, originally from Park City, Utah, has been teaching since 2014. She is a TK-6 dance teacher and …
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The Magic of the DEL Movement Sentence Choir

The Magic of the DEL Movement Sentence Choir ✨ Movement. Collaboration. Celebration. ✨ Last month, we gathered at 92NY for an unforgettable DEL Movement Sentence Choir, celebrating 90 years of the Harkness Dance Center and 10 years of hosting in-person …
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DEL Lab Schools Feature: Ashlie Kirby

DEL Lab Schools Feature: Ashlie Kirby We’re continuing to spotlight our 2024 DEL Lab Schools recipients. Join us in celebrating Ashlie Kirby! Ashlie Kirby is a Bessie Award-winning dancer and dance educator. She became inspired to become a dance educator after …
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DEL Lab Schools Feature: Mher Kandoyan

DEL Lab Schools Feature: Mher Kandoyan We’re continuing to spotlight our 2024 DEL Lab Schools recipients. Join us in celebrating Mher Kandoyan! Photo by Cherylynn Tsushima for Nel Shelby Productions Mher Kandoyan, a Lebanese-Armenian dancer, multidisciplinary artist, scholar, and educator, is …
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DEL Lab Schools Feature: Erin Strong

DEL Lab Schools Feature: Erin Strong We’re continuing to spotlight our 2024 DEL Lab Schools recipients. Join us in celebrating Erin Strong! Erin Strong has taught and performed for over two decades throughout New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts. Presently, …
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Congratulations to our DEL Institute 2023-24 Graduates!

Congratulations to our DEL Institute 2023-24 Graduates! We are so excited to celebrate this accomplished cohort. It is an honor to celebrate our DEL Institute – Teacher Certificate Program 2023-24 graduates. They completed over 200 hours of asynchronous coursework following …
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DEL Lab Schools Feature: Danielle Staropoli

DEL Lab Schools Feature: Danielle Staropoli We’re continuing to spotlight our 2024 DEL Lab Schools recipients. Join us in celebrating Danielle Staropoli! Danielle Staropoli teaches early childhood dance at the 92NY and at Park Avenue Synagogue’s Penn Family Early Childhood Center. …
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DEL Lab Schools Feature: Kerrianne Cody

DEL Lab Schools Feature: Kerrianne Cody We’re continuing to spotlight our 2024 DEL Lab Schools recipients. Join us in celebrating Kerrianne Cody! Kerrianne Cody (MSEd, MA, BFA) was an elementary dance educator for New York City Public Schools where she integrated creative dance …
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