Shakia Barron and Guest Artists Lead “Women in Street Dance” Course Learn more about Shakia’s personal dance background and why she’s inspired by guest artists Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Tatiana Desardouin In an introductory video from DEL’s Hip Hop to …
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DEL Founder Jody Gottfried Arnhold in Dance Magazine Jody Gottfried Arnhold Has Devoted Her Career–And Philanthropy–to Bringing Dance to Everyone “For Jody Gottfried Arnhold, dance and dance education are one and the same. The visionary philanthropist has spent her career dedicated …
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How Self-Examination Becomes a Tool for Navigating Anti-Racism in the Dance Classroom Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown was published in the International Journal of Education & the Arts in January 2022. In her paper, “Navigating Anti-racism in an Anti-black Landscape: A Dance …
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DEL Examines “The Green Table” with Paul Taylor Dance Company In our upcoming workshop, participants will experience an embodied reflection of the dance work and consider how dance can both respond to and reflect social injustice, as well as participate …
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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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