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Advocating for Environmental Justice Through Dance DEL Facilitators Megan Minturn and John-Mario Sevilla discuss ways that dance educators and learners can expand their perceptions and create curriculum in response to environmental injustices.   Megan Minturn: John-Mario, Could you talk a …
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A Peek Inside Our New DEL Institute Reporting out from DEL’s Year-Long Teacher Certificate Program for Dance Educators   From DEL Institute Director, Ann Biddle:  The DEL Institute Teacher Certificate participants are a phenomenal group of committed and passionate dance …
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Baye & Asa on ‘Making Dance’ DEL Facilitator Randi Sloan interviews Dance Artists Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington & Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt about their DEL course on dance-making Randi: I just want to start by saying I think we’ve known each other …
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A Conversation with Dr. Diane Duggan Erin Lally, Director of DEL sat down with Dr. Diane Duggan to talk about her history and DEL’s upcoming Dance for Students with Disabilities course.   Erin Lally, Director of DEL: I’m so honored …
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Prompts for Reflection: Identify Biases to Support Students in Anti-Racist Dance Education Before dance educators can apply practical strategies for recognizing and centering students’ cultural assets in the classroom, they’ll need to reflect upon their own intersectional identities and implicit …
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The dance classroom as a laboratory for democratic practices to flourish DEL Dance and Civics asks: how can we build authentic democratic processes into dance learning? In DEL’s new Dance and Civics course, Ann Biddle, Director of The DEL Institute, …
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Erin Lally Receives Outstanding Leader Award from New York State Dance Education Association Join us in congratulating Erin Lally, who received an award for Outstanding Leadership from the New York State Dance Education Association this past weekend! Erin’s visionary leadership as Director …
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Presenting at the National Dance Education Organization’s (NDEO) 2021 Conference Our Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) team was delighted to present at the NDEO Conference, meet other dance educators from across the country, and engage in dialogue around important topics and …
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Hear from the Guest Artists for DEL Dance Film: Next Take DEL’s new three-day dance filmmaking course asks: how can we keep the momentum for Dance Filmmaking in our classrooms? Teaching via Zoom, course facilitator Andrew Chapman will take a …
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