Pam vlach
Spence
Pam Vlach, K-4
Spence
Pam Vlach is the lower school (K-4) dance specialist at Spence, an independent school in Manhattan. Pam’s students have attended performing arts high schools, performed on Broadway in shows like Matilda, Lion King and Billy Elliot, and danced with the Radio City Rockettes. Pam has taught at Steps on Broadway and the 92Y. She’s been a teaching artist at several New York schools, including P.S. 5, UNIS, Trevor Day, Dalton and Sacred Heart. She’s taught workshops at Horace Mann and LREI, and has been on faculty at Grace Church School. She’s been a substitute for graduate level tap courses at NYU. She’s taught internationally at Dance For All and Jazz Arts in South Africa, the Rhythm Tap Project in Portugal and Sosolya Undugu Dance, Tender Talents and Baraka Performers in Uganda. Pam is an advocate for student voice and believes in providing opportunities for students to express themselves creatively while attaining collaborative life skills.
Pam Vlach has been teaching dance for over 20 years at private studios and schools in Seattle and New York. Performing highlights include dancing choreography by Tony-award winner Savion Glover in Dance this…!(2005), and Gala for Career Transitions for Dancers at City Center with American Tap Dance Foundation (2014). She danced in Red Hot, original choreography by Ray Hesselink at Summerstage, at La Mama off Times Square and as a member of Les Femmes, Germaine Salsberg’s tap company. Her choreography has been performed in Germany, South Africa and Uganda and has received awards for its conceptual themes and musicality. She is the founder of Tap Uganda, Inc, a non-profit organization facilitating learning exchanges through dance and movement between children in Uganda and the US. Pam has presented Intercultural Learning Through Dance Education at Dance and the Child International in Adelaide, Australia (2018) and A History of People Through Movement: From Uganda to Jazz and Tap at the Martin Luther King Symposium at Grace Church School in New York, NY (2022). She holds a BA (University of Washington) in Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication and an MA (New York University) in Dance Education. Pam is certified in New York State for Dance PK-12.