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Student Dance Teachers in the Public Schools: Challenges for Teacher Training

Wendy Oliver has her MFA from Temple University and her EdD from Columbia University, and teaches at Providence College in Providence, RI. She teaches courses in dance, dance education, and women's studies, as well as directing the Providence College Dance Company. She runs the Children's Dance program at Providence College. She has published articles in JOPERD, Dance Research Journal, Impulse, and Kinesiology for Dance, among others. She is the co-editor of Women Making Art: Women in the Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts since 1960, published by Peter Lang Publishing, and edited Focus on Dance XII: Dance in Higher Education , published by NDA. She has served on the Board of Directors for both NDA and CORD. She is currently working on developing and implementing protocols for dance proficiency in Rhode Island High Schools.

Poetic Structures as a Pedagogical Tool for Dance Composition Teachers

Christina Tsoules is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Wake Forest University. Before her new position at Wake Forest, she enjoyed teaching various levels of Modern, Ballet and Jazz technique, Dance Composition, and 20 th Century Dance history at Providence College and Salve Regina University. Christina has also taught technique and made new work for students at Trinity College, Amherst College and Rhode Island College. In addition to making her own work, Christina is also a member of Heidi Henderson's company, and elephant jane.

Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching Dance to University Educated Women Over 40 to enhance Self-Esteem and Motivation

Barbara Kennedy completed a degree in Physical Education and an M.A. in dance curriculum. She served as a consultant for the Ontario Ministry of Education and designed the template program for dance as a credit course in the Ontario school system. For the past eight years she has taught as instructor, faculty member and movement specialist for the Dept of Physical Education and Kinesiology at Brock University. Her current research has focused on dance as a performance art, dance for disabilities, chronic conditions and seniors, as well as the integration of dance as an art form in the elementary curriculum. For the past ten years, her ‘Rainbow Artists' program, has reached 10.000 elementary students annually in the Niagara Region.

Designing Choreography for and by Children

Modern Dance

Andrew Jannetti was born and raised in South Philadelphia. His formal dance training started at Montclair State University where he received a BA in Speech and Theater (Dance Specialization). Upon graduating he headed straight for New York City, where he has been dancing, choreographing, and teaching ever since. His choreographic work has been presented at the The Duke on 42nd Street, Alvin Ailey Dance Center, Joyce SoHo, DTW, DIA, 92nd St Y, Danspace at St. Mark's, Evolving Arts, P.S. 122, Cunningham, DUMBO dance festival, International Dance Featival/NYC, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, as well as various venues throughout the U.S. and Europe, including the Edinburgh Festival. He has been the recipient of grants from NYSCA, MCAF, NJSCA, NYFA, Meet the Composers Fund and recently received a BAXten Award for his strong commitment to Dance Education and a PASEtter Award from the Partnership for After School Education for his work with after school arts programming. He was the Education Director of the Brooklyn Arts Exchange for 8 years and taught stretch classes at Steps on Broadway for professional dancers. He has team taught many children's classes with Wendy Taucher and the Children's Dance Project of Manhattan as well as co-directing Summerstage, a music and theater workshop for children in Rockland County, NY. He is currently developing the entire dance program for K –12 grades at Staten Island Academy. In addition he teaches modern/jazz dance, aqua aerobics, stretch classes and fitness classes, including his own special brand of Aerobic Conditioning (Rhythmic Fitness), throughout the NY/NJ metropolitan area.

Professional Dance Training in China: Is There Room for Dance Art Education? The Guangdong Dance School Experience

Paulette Cote currently Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests include motor learning theory applied to dance (e.g., bilateral transfer of dance skills), rhythm perception, creativity and critical thinking skills. Dr. Cote has taught dance art education in higher education and teacher preparation programs, and conducted numerous workshops in dance education, rhythm training for dancers, and dance accompaniment. In the past years, she has developed and taught dance art education at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She recently completed a semester at the Guangdong Dance School as Visiting Professor. Dr. Cote presented keynote, invited papers and workshops in several Asian countries, has published several scholarly and professional articles, two books, and co-authored the text Teaching dance skills: A motor learning and development approach (2003). She delivered the 2006 NDA Scholar-Artist Lecture in Salt Lake City in April 2006.

How the 6 DC Model of Educational Dance Plays Out in K-16

Brenda Pugh McCutchen, M.F.A. is a dance curriculum consultant (Dance Curriculum Designs) and teaches dance education at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Theatre and Dance . She is the author of Teaching Dance As Art in Education (Human Kinetics, 2006), a foundation text for teacher preparation in dance (college-level). She was associate professor of dance at Columbia College of SC from 1994-2000 where she designed and directed SC's first teacher certification program in dance. During her 30 years of teaching in K-12 and 13-16, she was a founding member of the Contemporary Dance Collection, co-authored the state adopted SC Framework for Dance Education K-12 (1990) and led study tours to Bali, Indonesia. From 1989-1994 she was the Arts Education Program Director for the SC Arts Commission. She has served dance education in numerous ways: As a member of the National Dance Education Organization's Board of Directors (2003-2006); as a member of the national committee that drafted INTASC teacher standards in the arts--CCSSO's Interstate New Teacher Assessment & Support Consortium's Visual and Performing Arts Standards Committee (INTASC); as dance coordinator for The Institute for Educational Inquiry's Arts in Teaching and Teacher Education Project in Seattle (1999-2001); as director of the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts' Southeastern Institute for Education in Dance (2001) in Chattanooga; as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and a member of the National Dance Association's Awards Committee. She is presently on the writing team of the SC Arts Assessment Project and is working on a dance documentary with SC Educational Television.

ArtsBridge Scholars at Michigan State University

Lynnette Young Overby, Ph.D. is a Professor and Director of the Program for Interdisciplinary Learning through the Arts in the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. Her publications have appeared in The Journal of Mental Imagery, The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Cognition, Imagination and Personality, and the Journal of Human Movement Studies. With co-authors, Beth Post and Diane Newman, Overby recently published the book, Interdisciplinary Learning through Dance: 101 Moventures. She serves as co-editor of Dance: Current Selected Research with Billie Lepczyk. Her research interests are in the areas of mental imagery, arts education and interdisciplinary learning. In 1996, she received a Teacher Scholar Award from Michigan State University, In 2000 she was named the National Dance Association Scholar/Artist, in October 2004 She received the Leadership Award from the National Dance Education Organization and in 2006 she was named a Senior Outreach Fellow at Michigan State University.

Deborah Stuart is a native of East Lansing and appreciates the many learning opportunities the people and community provide. Growing up Deborah trained at 6:00A.M. before school and became a United States Figure Skating Triple Gold Medalist in figures, free style, and dance. This is the highest level of testing in the U.S.F.S.A. Deborah has enjoyed expression through the Arts throughout her life time.

She received a Bachelors of Science with Honors in Recreation Youth Leadership and Masters of Science with Honors in Therapeutic Recreation and Rehabilitation Services at Michigan State University. Deborah studied on scholarship summers at Harvard University in Dance performance and Movement Therapy while teaching at Perkins School for the Blind.

Her first volunteer experiences at Michigan School for the Blind and Beekman Center lead to a twenty year career as a nationally certified therapeutic recreation specialist and registered social worker. Deborah was the Director of Therapeutic Recreation Leisure Services for Michigan School for the Blind and Director of Therapeutic Programs for Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged & Stein Gerontological Research Institute. The programs implemented with staff became superior rated model programs.

More recently Deborah has been an Instructor and Visiting Lecturer at Michigan State University, Berea College and coordinated the establishment of Nationally Accredited programs in Therapeutic Recreation for East Carolina University and Southeast Missouri State University, as an Assistant Professor. Deborah was elected by colleagues to serve as the State and Regional representative to the National Therapeutic Recreation Society. She presents yearly at the National and Midwest Therapeutic Recreation conference and Symposiums. Deborah earned the National TriDelta Stars in Crescent Award for Service and Scholarship in her field. She is a member of the East Lansing/Meridian Lions Service Club.

Deborah is presently an Artsbridge Scholar Mentor in the department of Arts and Letters and research analyst for the Institute of Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. She is continuing interdisciplinary graduate study and research. Deborah is interested in health and well being through participation in meaningful activities and interactions. Deborah is particularly interested in Flow Theory and its` application in Inclusive and Therapeutic Programming.

Pamela Arnold will graduate from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Child Development in June 2007. Her education at Michigan State has provided me with numerous opportunities to work with students of all ages in elementary schools. She has become a strong advocate for the integration of creative movement into the core curriculum. As an ArtsBridge research scholar, she worked with fifth graders in an inner-city charter school in Lansing, Michigan. Through the “Science Through Engaging Performances” (STEP) program, she planned and implemented science lessons that integrated dance concepts and the core science curriculum. In her experience as an ArtsBridge scholar, she has seen the positive effect that creative movement has on the education of students.

Jana Lo Bello is a senior at Michigan State University with a Deaf Education major and a passion for urban education. As an ArtsBridge research scholar, I teach in an inner-city, charter school. My placement primarily focuses in a 3rd and 4th grade combined classroom though I spent one semester working with a 5th grade class. Using the Science Through Engaging Performance (STEP) program, I integrate both movement and dance concepts into the core science curriculum. The students have worked on theater performances of ecosystems as well as the plant part and cycle dance stories. The students are learning to associate the science information with various movements, rhythms, and spaces. Through the implementation of the program, students are developing more comprehensive understandings of how science learning is achieved. From my experiences in the program, I have seen how this alternative form of teaching has enhanced both my own understandings of dance and movement as well as

the students' understandings.

A CoMotion in Motion: Teaching Through Performance

Award-winning choreographer Karen Kaufmann is nationally known for her choreography linking dance to the academic curriculum. Ms Kaufmann heads the dance program at the University of Montana and her choreographic work has been performed in schools throughout the Northwest. She received an individual Fellowship Award from the Montana Arts Council (2001) and the University of Montana Service Award (2005) for her service and outreach in dance education. She has authored a number of books on dance for individuals with disabilities.

Expanding Dance Literacy with New Creative Tools in the Classroom

Brenda Pugh McCutchen , M.F.A. is a dance curriculum consultant (Dance Curriculum Designs) and teaches dance education at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Theatre and Dance . She is the author of Teaching Dance As Art in Education (Human Kinetics, 2006), a foundation text for teacher preparation in dance (college-level). She was associate professor of dance at Columbia College of SC from 1994-2000 where she designed and directed SC's first teacher certification program in dance. During her 30 years of teaching in K-12 and 13-16, she was a founding member of the Contemporary Dance Collection, co-authored the state adopted SC Framework for Dance Education K-12 (1990) and led study tours to Bali, Indonesia. From 1989-1994 she was the Arts Education Program Director for the SC Arts Commission. She has served dance education in numerous ways: As a member of the National Dance Education Organization's Board of Directors (2003-2006); as a member of the national committee that drafted INTASC teacher standards in the arts--CCSSO's Interstate New Teacher Assessment & Support Consortium's Visual and Performing Arts Standards Committee (INTASC); as dance coordinator for The Institute for Educational Inquiry's Arts in Teaching and Teacher Education Project in Seattle (1999-2001); as director of the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts' Southeastern Institute for Education in Dance (2001) in Chattanooga; as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and a member of the National Dance Association's Awards Committee. She is presently on the writing team of the SC Arts Assessment Project and is working on a dance documentary with SC Educational Television.

Mila Parrish is the Director of the Arizona State University Dance Education Concentration. Mila Parrish (Interactive Gateway Co-Director) Assistant Professor, received a BFA with K-12 Teachers Certification in Dance from the University of Michigan, an MA in Dance Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in Art Education. Dr. Parrish is a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in NYC with research interest in notation enhanced movement cognition, telematic pedagogy and multimedia development. Before joining the faculty in the Herberger College of Fine Arts at ASU, Mila was a professional dancer and choreographer in NYC, performing with modern, ballet and theatre companies, most notably, The Jean Erdman Theater of Dance, with whom she toured nationally. Her choreography has been presented at various NYC venues including DIA Center for the Arts, P.S. 122, the Morningside Dance Festival and St. Mark's Church. At ASU, Parrish teaches dance pedagogy coursework, Laban Movement Analysis, and directs the summer intensive teacher-training workshop in dance education and technology and is the Co-Director of the Dance Education program. She instituted Moving Inventors creative dance laboratory, which serves as a hands-on training school for dance education students. Parrish is nationally and internationally recognized for her work in educational technology and CD-ROM development. Her research and publications establish new trends in movement technology, K-12 integrated curriculum and teacher training in the digital arena. Recent publications include "Integrating Technology into the Teaching and Learning of Dance" in the Journal of Dance Education; Process-Based Dance Documentation CD-ROM on Bebe Miller's work Prey; and an interactive choreography capsule on New York choreographer Vicky Shick. Dr. Parrish serves on the board of several influential dance organizations and is on the Professional Advisory Board (PAC) for the Dance Notation Bureau.

The Pedagogy of Isadora Duncan: Classical Education Redefined

Jeanne Bresciani is the protégée of Maria Theresa Duncan, an adopted daughter of Isadora, and is recognized internationally as a solo artist, educator and Duncan scholar of unparalleled authority. Jeanne's lineage begins with Anita Zahn, chief Duncan pedagogue and inheritor of the Duncan method from the early European schools of Isadora's sister, Elizabeth. At the invitation of Hortense Kooluris and Julia Levien of the Anna and Irma Duncan schools, Jeanne was an original member and featured soloist with the Isadora Duncan Centennial Dance Company and the Isadora Duncan Commemorative Dance Company. It was her tenure, however, under the tutelage of Maria Theresa that brought her to the forefront in the re-energizing of the Duncan works. In 1977 Maria Theresa founded the Isadora Duncan International Institute (IDII) with Kay Bardsley as a training program to continue the tradition of the Duncan legacy. Now directed by Jeanne, the IDII is housed at Tempio di Danza in High Falls, NY and at the historic Harkness Dance Center of the 92 Street Y in New York City. A Kress and Fulbright Scholar in the History of Art and in Dance, she earned her MA and PhD degrees from New York University. Her teaching has taken her all over the world directing the original training certifications in the Duncan methods since 1987, namely The Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training, The Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies II: The Dances, The Certificate Program in Myth, Movement and Metaphor and Sacred Topographies: The Body and the Land. She also directs two professional dance companies and a third through collaboration with Mary Di Santo-Rose and the Skidmore Duncan Dancers. She has performed at New York City's Lincoln Center, the United Nations General Assembly, as America's Dance Ambassador to Korea at the pre-Olympic Ceremonies and at the Duncan Center in Greece. She is the Founding Chair of the Committee for Reinstatement of the Delphic Games and in 2005 directed the Festival of the Delphic Games in Greece. Jeanne is hailed as “the foremost interpreter of Duncan's work” and “the keeper of the Duncan flame.”

Saluting Wisconsin's Dance Legend: A Retrospective Experience in H'Doubler Pedagogy

Mary Jane Wolbers , is a Professor Emerita of East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA, where she served the faculty as a dance education specialist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Master's degree in Dance from the University of Wisconsin; her training includes both academic and private dance study with outstanding professional artists.

She is a strong advocate of creatively-based programs in dance Education. Along the way, some students may find dance so rewarding that they eventually make it their life work but she regards this a "wonderful extra" of dance education. Her ultimate goal is to develop youngsters who have positive self-image, integrated personalities, and the capacity for enjoying life to the fullest. This, she believes, epitomizes the philosophy and teaching of Margaret H'Doubler of University of Wisconsin, whom she considers the most important influence in her life and work as a dance educator.

Her early dance training was with Kate McClafferty in Wilmington, DE, (ballet, folk, creative) and Marion Rice in Fitchburg, MA (Denishawn, creative and ballroom). Her career goals took form in college courses and independent studies with Barbara Mettler, Jan Veen, Miriam Winslow and other New England artists during undergraduate years at the University of New Hampshire. Here, also, her life as a liturgical dancer flourished at the Community Church of Durham under the encouragement of the Rev. Emerson Hangen. She also studied with Fred Berk, Juana de Laban, Arthur Hall, Harold Kreutzberg, José Limon, Matteo, Charles Moore, Ralph Page, Pearl Primus, Maya Schade, Helen Tamiris. She served as a member of the Society of Spiritual Arts, founded by Ruth St. Denis, and the Martha Graham Dance Council.

She is a member of Orchesis (national honorary dance society), the National Dance Association of AAHPERD, the American Dance Guild, Sacred Dance Guild, the International Association for Creative Dance, dance and the Child international and a charter member of the American Dance Therapy Association. Prior to her tenure at East Stroudsburg University she was director of Physical Education and Dance at Vermont College, head of the Dance Department of West Virginia University , and established the dance major curriculum at Jordan College of Butler University where she was Chairman of the Dance Department. At each of these locations she conducted children's classes as situations for college students' observation and practice teaching.

Since her marriage, Mrs. Wolbers has served as a dance education consultant to schools and colleges, and taught community programs of creative dance and ballet in New York, New England and Pennsylvania. Her students have demonstrated for college classes, Teachers' Institutes, and groups such as the Association for Childhood Education. She taught graduate courses in dance at East Stroudsburg University as well as instituting, directing, and teaching its concentrated undergraduate dance curriculum. She has served as a guest lecturer in seminars for elementary teachers' courses integrating the arts into education, and creative arts therapies. She has delivered invited papers and presented at state, regional and national professional conferences, and has served as National Dance Advisor to Business and Industry for Arts in Education (BIFAE).

At ESU, she donated her time, talent and energies to a program of Outreach Services in Dance Education, which continued for more than twenty-five years. It functioned under the auspices of the University and its extracurricular organizations, The Contemporary Dancers of ESU and Orchesis. An extensive and varied program, Outreach responded to community needs and served as a laboratory for University students. Further, it gave her an on-going "hands-on" experience with people of all ages and abilities, one which she regards as absolutely essential to her role as a dance educator. Her children's classes have attracted national recognition and are cited as exemplary in the test, Children's Dance, a publication of the National Dance Association.

Active in the local artistic community, the Monroe County Arts Council Directory described Professor Wolbers as "one of the most popular and approachable teachers at East Stroudsburg University . . . a nationally-known dance educator and consultant, with special interests in liturgical dance and dance therapy. Her Saturday morning dance classes for children are legendary for involving parents and kids alike. The University dance curriculum and the Contemporary Dancers of ESU owe their inspiration and growth to her."

Professor Wolbers has been recognized by the Eastern District Association of AAHPERD for meritorious service in Dance, by PSAHPERD for outstanding service to Physical Education in the State of Pennsylvania. She also received the "woman of the year" award from AAUW for community and professional service and the Presidential award from the PSAHPERD for her contributions to the Association and to the state and the Great Teacher Award from ESU. In 1998 she received The Distinguished Dance Service Award from the Monroe County Arts Council and the Pennsylvania Dance Network, and the Sacred Dance Guild's Honor Award for Outstanding Service. She has worked with statewide committees advocating arts education for all school children and promoted the involvement of young dancers in Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts.

In the summer of 1988, she was a featured presenter at the dance and the Child international Conference in London, England, speaking on a day devoted to dance in education. The conference was attended by some 400 delegates representing over 20 countries. Global affirmation of the need for children to have creative dance experiences and develop their own choreographies was noteworthy. Other international involvements include her role in planning the program and making a presentation at the Fifth Hong Kong International Dance Conference in July 1990 and the adjudication of proposals for the dance and the Child international Conference in 1991 at the University of Utah, U.S.A. Now back in New England, she serves a committee of the professional Standards Board to establish certification for teachers of dance in New Hampshire.

The emphasis of her children's classes is on creative, self-expressive movement. Contrary to popular belief, this is far more than "letting the children do as they please," or "doing what the music tells them." It is an educative process by which children learn to control and direct their own movements for the purpose of self-expression. The development of skills necessary to successful participation are presented in a logical progression, according to the abilities of each age group. Thus they are concerned with building a movement vocabulary, developing kinesthetic sensitivity, balance, agility, coordination, and other basic skills in the process of learning how to express ideas and feelings in dance. No less important are the con-commitant lessons in self-control, self-direction, group action, respect for physical endowment and abilities, respect for the ideas of others and emotional release through self-expressive movement.

Early Dance Educator, Charles H. Williams and the Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group: 1934-48

Modern Technique

Mary Ann Laverty is currently Director of Dance at Woodside High School, Magnate Dance Program at the Center for Communication and Arts. Prior to her current appointment, Dr. Laverty was a full-time Assistant Professor at Hampton University in dance where she also directed the Community Children's Dance Program. She also held an Adjunct position at Christopher Newport University for four years. Dr. Laverty received her Ph.D. from New York University in Anthropology of Human Movement. While a student at NYU, Dr. Laverty served first as a Teaching Fellow and later Adjunct Professor. Her M.A. was earned from Mills College in Oakland, CA and her undergraduate degree in Dance and Teaching Certification are from San Francisco State University. Aside from teaching the modern techniques of Graham, Limón and Dunham, Dr. Laverty has a strong interest in World dance, primarily in the African Diaspora and has studied Haitian, African, Balinese, Bharatnatyam, Flamenco and Middle Eastern dance. Dr. Laverty currently serves as Vice-President Elect for Dance Performance for the National Dance Association. She has been instrumental in writing the National Dance Standards and is a contributing author on the upcoming publication entitled, Implementing the National Dance Content Standards: What Every Educator Needs to Know and be Able to do in Dance Education.”

Nudging Secondary Dance Toward Excellence: a Model of Teacher Excellence

Cheryl Kay is a dance educator who has taught in the public school system in Burnaby, B.C., Canada from K – 12 for 29 years. She currently teaches grade 8 – 12 secondary dance at Moscrop Secondary. She is working on Ph. D. studies in the Arts and Education Faculty of SFU with a focus on dance education. She teaches Dance Education as a sessional instructor at SFU and as contract faculty at Douglas College. Research interests include teacher education, the body in dance education, embodiment, males in dance education, narrative inquiry, photo poetics and dance, and student voice and the meaning of dance to students. When not teaching or studying she relaxes by quilting, tap dancing or going for walks along some of Vancouver's beautiful ocean beaches.

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Dance-Making

Sandra Minton was Dance Coordinator and Professor at the University of Northern Colorado from 1972 to 1998. Previous to this appointment, she was a dance instructor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Minton has also taught for Iglewood California Unified Schools, Denver Public Schools and is currently a dance specialist with Littleton Public Schools. She has been presenting workshops for teachers dealing with the content of the proposed presentation since the 1990's. Minton's book Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation, third edition, is scheduled for publication in 2007. Other Human Kinetics books by Minton include Dance Mind & Body published in 2003 , and Preventing Dance Injuries (co-editor) published in 2005. Minton has also been Publications Director for the National Dance Association, and is editor of the Colorado Dance Alliance News .

Minton's articles and her dance education research have been published in juried journals including Dance: Current Selected Research, Dance Research Journal, Journal of Dance Education, Journal of Dance Medicine & Science , Research in Dance Education and The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance . She was the 1999 National Dance Association Artist/Scholar, and a 2001 Fulbright Scholar in Finland at the University of Jyvaskyla. Minton has presented workshops at a number of professional conferences nationally and internationally. She is a member of Dance & the Child International, the Fulbright Association, the National Dance Association, the National Dance Education Organization, the International Association of Dance, Medicine & Science and the Sacred Dance Guild as well as a number of dance related organizations in Colorado.

Minton's M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are in dance from U.C.L.A. and Texas Woman's University respectively. Throughout her career, Minton has studied with a number of dance and dance/movement education professionals including: Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, Merce Cunningham, Lynda Davis, Juana de Laban, Irene Dowd, Bill Evans, Sally Fitt, Alma Hawkins, Valerie Hunt, Bella Lewitzky, Hannah Kahn, Aileene Lockhart, Carla Maxwell, George Sage and Gus Solomons Jr.

Teaching Middle School Students How to Choreograph Fine Arts Dance

Lynn Reynolds is a graduate of Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance. She directed an eight year dance program at Longfellow Elementary School. During this time she received the TAHPERD Dance Educator of t he Year Award K-12, the SAHPERD Dance Educator of the Year Award K-12, an Excellence Award from the National Dance Association. Ms. Reynolds is currently directing the dance program at West Briar Middle School in H.I.S.D. This dance program includes two fine arts dance companies and a spirit dance team.Ms. Reynolds has been presenting at TAHPERD Conventions since 1997 in both the dance and elementary physical education departments. Her elementary and middle school students always perform in the general convention area, as well as in the Dance Kaleidoscope performances.

Writing a Book is like Choreography - Sort of.

Charles H. Woodford , is the founder and president of Princeton Book Company, Publishers, a leading publisher of dance books.

Dance for the Camera: A Modern-Day Technophobe's Introduction to Dance Media and Production

Mariah Malec is Assistant Professor of Dance at Oakland University and Artistic Director of M/M Movement Projects, both of which are based in Rochester, Michigan. She has performed for Beware of Dance Productions, Circle Modern Dance, the Institute for Studies in the Arts, Dimensions Dance Company, and Patterson Rhythm Pace, among others. Mariah has taught for Arizona State University, the School of Ballet Arizona, Salisbury State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Community College of Baltimore County at Essex, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has previously been published in Dance Magazine and the Dance Films Association's Dance on Camera E-Zine.

Following Their Lead: Children's ideas for Creating Dances

Theresa Cone is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Rowan University. Formally, she was a teacher and choreographer for the American Repertory Ballet's Princeton (NJ) Ballet School, taught Dance and Physical Education at the Brunswick Acres Elementary School in Kendall Park, New Jersey, and she directed the children's dance performance company at the school. Theresa completed her Ph.D. in Dance at Temple University and has written Teaching Children Dance 2 nd ed. (2005), Assessing Dance in Elementary Physical Education (2005), and Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Physical Education (1998) in addition to authoring over 30 journal articles. She has presented workshops and lectures at the international, national, regional and state levels on Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Teaching, Children's Dance, and Physical Education. Theresa has served as a leader in state and national professional organizations in Arts Education, Dance and Physical Education and has been recognized as an outstanding educator on the state and national levels. She has received an Arts Education Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Council for Basic Education, a Temple University Fellowship and the Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Award. The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recognized her for her professional leadership and scholarship by presenting her with an Honor Award, the R. Tait McKenzie Award, and the first National Dance Association's Dance Educator of the Year Award. In addition, she has served as President of the National Dance Association, the Eastern District Association of the American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance, the New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and the New Jersey Alliance for Arts Education. Theresa was recently selected as the 2007 National Dance Association Scholar/Artist.

Dance Teaching Methods Course at the University Level: A Hands–On Approach

Sherry Jerome, Associate Professor of Dance, received her bachelor of fine arts degree in ballet with honors from Texas Christian University. She received her master of fine arts degree in dance, as a scholarship student, from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Jerome has performed professionally for the Carol Rioux Dance Ensemble in NYC, Ballet Long Island, and for many seasons with the Saint Louis Ballet, dancing in soloist and principal roles. She has also performed for modern choreographers such as David Hochoy, Danny Clark, Deborah Jowitt, Shapiro & Smith, and is currently a company member of “People Dancing”, directed by Christina Sears Etter. She has previously taught at Chandler High School, professional studios across the country including the school of the Saint Louis Ballet, and at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. At EMU, she has received the Graduate Studies and Research Award, the Artistic Recognition Award, and the College of Education Dean's Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Scholarship of Discovery.

Julianne O'Brien Pedersen is an Associate Professor of Dance at Eastern Michigan, a certified Movement Analyst, a choreographer whose work has been presented nationally and internationally, and a founding member of the Peter Sparling Dance Company in Ann Arbor, MI. She has received the Eastern Michigan University Provost's New Faculty Research Award for her creative work, a performance and choreography grant from the United States Embassy of El Salvador, as well as three choreography awards from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and three grants from the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children to develop dance education curriculum. She received her MFA from Ohio State University, and teaches choreography, dance history, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Laban Movement Analysis, introduction to the performing arts, teaching methods, and ballet, jazz, and modern techniques.

The Collaborative Syllabus Project

Christina Tsoules is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Wake Forest University. Before her new position at Wake Forest, she enjoyed teaching various levels of Modern, Ballet and Jazz technique, Dance Composition, and 20 th Century Dance history at Providence College and Salve Regina University. Christina has also taught technique and made new work for students at Trinity College, Amherst College and Rhode Island College. In addition to making her own work, Christina is also a member of Heidi Henderson's company, elephant jane.

Julie A. Mulvihill is a part time professor at UNCG, teaching dance histories, theory courses, and ballroom. Additionally, she is the Administrative Director for Even Exchange Dance Theatre, a collaborative community modern dance company in Raleigh, North Carolina. She dances for various choreographers in North Carolina as well as independently creating her own work. Julie is interested in many aspects of dance art and performance, combining her research ideas into textual dialogue and movement projects.

The Arabesque: Form Following Function

Ballet Technique

Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal , Senior Lecturer in the Performing Arts Department at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, performed for twenty years with such companies as American Ballet Theater, the National Ballet, Dancers, and the Cincinnati Ballet. Ms. O'Neal danced in the film Turning Point, performed as Kristine in A Chorus Line , toured with Dancers to Italy's Spoleto Festival, danced in a live telecast of Live from Lincoln Center featuring ABT's Swan Lake , and won a bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. She was one of fourteen choreographers featured in Dance St. Louis' Contemporary Moves concert, May, 2004 premiering her work Black, Pearls, and Harry . Ms. O'Neal attended Smith College as an Ada Comstock Scholar graduating with a BA in theater. Her MA thesis from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, culminating with performances of “ As Is ”, a classical ballet, structured improvisation with the Webster Dance Theater at Webster University, St. Louis, MO, was featured in the Summer/Fall 2001 edition of Contact Quarterly . Christine was awarded the Washington University ArtSci Council Faculty Award, 2003. Her paper, Welcome to the World of Parallel: A Journey from Ballet to Ballroom , will be presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January '07. Ms. O'Neal served as president of the C ouncil of O rganized R esearchers of P edagogical S tudies of Ballet, International or CORPS from 2004-2006.

Dance Color Program: Inteerplay of colors within A Dance Movement Education

Festival, Montreal, Canada

Career Readiness and Preparation Criteria in Undergraduate Dance Degree Programs

Dr. Kathleen Klein, Director of Dance at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre, PhD in Educational Leadership. Dr. Klein is currently the director of the Department of Dance at Palm Beach Atlantic University. She formerly served as the executive director of Klein Dance, Inc., a thriving school for dance, a small alternative performing space and Palm Beach County's professional modern dance company – the Demetrius Klein Dance Company. She has always been active in the actual training of the school's 300 students and is known for her ability to reach her student's highest potential by emphasizing technique, discipline, imagination and accomplishment. Ms. Klein received most of her professional training in the northeastern part of the country with a multitude of various artists in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She was employed by the School of Hartford Ballet in Connecticut while attending a rigorous teacher training program and dancing a demanding performance schedule. Ms. Klein has an extensive background in dance technique, pointe and partnering, ballet theory, kinesiology, dance history, dance theory and most important for her dance education students - dance pedagogy. She take pride in teaching special audiences; physically and emotionally challenged populations who might otherwise never experience the magic of the performing arts.

“Here we go round the Mulberry bush”, From Singing Games to Hip Hop: Problematizing ‘Progress' in the Dance Curriculum from 1930 to the Present.

Nancy Francis' scholarship focuses upon curriculum and pedagogy in physical education and dance education. She is the Chair of the Dance education program advisory committee of the Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Anna Lathrop's scholarship focuses upon the history of physical education curriculum and gender issues in sport and physical activity.

The Dancer As Reflective Practitioner: Is It Possible?

Sherrie Barr is Director of Dance in the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. She has been a faculty member at numerous universities, including American University's Department of Performing Arts as Director of the Graduate Dance program; University of Oregon as Associate Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Dance Studies, and Potsdam State College of New York, Associate Professor and Chair of Dance and Drama. Her scholarship, focusing on the juncture of pedagogy and contemporary choreography, has been presented at many national and international conferences. She has also received recognition through her publications in various scholarly journals. Her choreography has been presented at numerous venues, particularly while living in Oregon. In 1999, she was the recipient of a Fulbright Lecturing/Research award at The Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. In addition to her teaching at the university, she was able to teach and choreograph for regional companies, including the Companhia de Danca d'Alamda. As meaningful as dance making is to Sherrie, her first passion will always be teaching.

Creative Approaches to Teaching Classical Ballet; an Old World Art Form in a New World of Multiple Learning Styles

Sharon Garberis an Associate Professor at Western Michigan University where she has taught ballet in the Department of Dance since 1994. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ballet in 1976 from York University in Toronto, Ontario. She continued her dance training in New York City with Melissa Hayden, Finis Jhung, Wilhelm Burmann and David Howard. As a professional dancer, her 12-year career was with Maryland Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Des Moines Ballet, Fort Worth Ballet and Dallas Ballet plus appearances as a guest artist with numerous regional ballet companies. Ms. Garber has taught all levels of ballet at private studios, in private and public school systems and at the university level as well as guest residencies, master classes, festivals and workshops nationally and internationally (Taiwan and Canada). For five years, she was a member of the ballet faculty at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. In 1992, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Ballet from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. Ms. Garber is a founding member of CORPS de Ballet International, an organization for ballet teachers in higher education, having served as President-Elect (1998-00), President (2000-02) and Past-President (2002-04).

LMA and the Multiple Intelligences in the Secondary Dance Classroom

Sandra Perez is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dance at Towson University. Her area of focus is in the K-12 dance certification. Sandra has resided in the Washington DC area since 1978, moving there after receiving her Masters in Dance from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she also directed her own company. After joining the faculty of the University of Maryland Department of Dance at College Park, she also became a soloist with Maryland Dance Theater and was fortunate enough to work with such chorographers as, Lar Lubovitch, Anna Sokolow and Murray Louis. Ms. Perez has taught ballet, modern and creative dance through many different venues and institutions in the Washington DC area including George Mason University, Montgomery College, the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet and for the Chechetti Council of America. She directed the dance program at James Hubert Blake High School, a Montgomery County High School signature program in the Arts and Humanities where she was recently honored by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Arts for her dedication to teaching the arts in education. Sandra has choreographed throughout the United States including for the Westport Ballet in Kansas City and Lancaster Ballet Theater of Pennsylvania. She has expanded her work as a teacher and artist to the somatic aspects of movement and is a Certified Movement Analyst through the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies of NYC at The University of College Park. She continues to apply this work to her teaching and administration in K-12 dance certification.

Integrating Standards into the elementary classroom – Intermediate Grades

Award-winning choreographer Karen Kaufmann is nationally known for her choreography linking dance to the academic curriculum. Ms Kaufmann heads the dance program at the University of Montana and her choreographic work has been performed in schools throughout the Northwest. She received an individual Fellowship Award from the Montana Arts Council (2001) and the University of Montana Service Award (2005) for her service and outreach in dance education. She has authored a number of books on dance for individuals with disabilities

Integrating Standards into the elementary classroom – Primary Grades

Gladys M. Keeton, Associate Professor of Dance, joined the Texas Woman's University faculty in 1969 after teaching at Memphis State University and the University of Tennessee-Martin. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees were earned at Northwestern State University in Louisiana with a double major in dance and elementary education. She was Director of the TWU Modern Dance Group from 1969-1973, and the TWU Repertory Dance Theatre that toured Brazil in 1977. She is founder (1974), artistic director, and performer with the TWU International Folk Dance Company that has performed at conventions, civic and community events throughout Texas as well as out of state. Professor Keeton teaches modern, ballroom, tap, cultural dance, children's dance, adapted dance, pedagogy and supervisor of student teachers. She also teaches dance appreciation and choreographs for annual concerts and musicals, one of which received honorable mention from the Kennedy Center ACTF. Her scholarship includes many presentations but for the past 12 years she has presented at each of the national, district and state conventions annually. Contributions to dance education are made through leadership positions in state, regional, and national organizations as well as being selected as a charter cadre member of the Texas Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts, Texas Education Agency Fine Arts Advisory Panel, State Review Panel for Dance Textbook Adoption, the State Board for Educator Certification Dance Standards Review committee, and the TExES Dance Content Exam committees. Gladys has been a presenter for the first six Fine Arts Summits and is also an artist educator for the Texas Commission for the Arts with residencies emphasizing interdisciplinary learning for students and teachers in the Texarkana schools for over seven years. Gladys conducts In-Service and Staff Development workshops for fine arts and classroom teachers in the public schools of Texas on a variety of topics. Recognition includes the TWU Distinction in Service and Outstanding Academic Advisor Awards, Outstanding Young Women of America Award, the TAHPERD Outstanding University Dance Educator, Honor, and PEPI Awards, TAHPERD and Southern District AAHPERD Outstanding University Dance Educator Award, the Texas Dance Educator's Association Hall of Fame Award, and the Association for Retarded Citizens Outstanding Service Award. She is also very active in the community as Director of the TWU Community Dance Center, directing special groups such as the Pure Emotion (special population) and Young at Heart Tap Dance Company for senior adults, and choreographing for elementary school musicals and high school show choirs.

Integrating Standards into the elementary classroom – Intermediate Grades

Marcey Seigel is a dance educator at the Manor Hill Elementary School in Lombard, Illinois. In 2003, she was NDA's Dance Educator of the Year. She completed her term in office as VP of Dance Education on the NDA Board of Directors.

Integrating Standards into the elementary classroom – Intermediate Grades

Feet that Feel the Beat

LeAnn Haggard is the NDA-Dance Educator of the Year for 2006. She holds a bachelors degree in Physical Education, Health and Dance from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She was the owner and principle teacher of LeAnn's School of Dance in Shelbyville, Indiana for 18 years where 500-plus students danced through the doors of her studio each week to study ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, modern, interpretive, hip-hop and ballroom. She is an adjunct professor teaching classes in Ballroom and Social Dance at IUPUI (Indiana-Purdue) in Indianapolis, IN. She worked with the Indiana Pacer Organization for three years as their Jr. Pacemate choreographer. LeAnn has a long list of professional accomplishments as a singer, dancer and actress as well as productions for which she has been the choreographer and assistant director. She currently teaches elective dance classes at North Central High School in Indianapolis. LeAnn also earned the honor of the 2004 Indiana Dance Educator of the year and 2005 Midwest District K-12 Dance Educator of the Year.

Writing, A Method of Inquiry

Monica J. Cameron Frichtel is currently in the doctoral program in dance at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is a native Californian with an undergraduate degree from University of California, Irvine. She has danced with a number of small companies in California and Philadelphia. She currently dances with Keila Cordova and dancers. Ms. Cameron has written for Dance Magazine. She pursues her love for education and passion for dance through dancing, teaching and research.

Teaching and Learning: the Movement Paradigm

Susanne Davis is Professor in the World Dance Division and World Dance Division Administrator at Brigham Young University.