Dance Education

When Schools Collaborate!

Jan 27th, 2010 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) and students from the Jenkintown Branch of the Settlement Music School will present their annual collaborative performance on Saturday, February 6th, at 3:00 pm, in the Josephine Muller Auditorium at Abington Friends School, 575 Washington Lane, Jenkintown, PA.
Now in its ninth year, the annual collaborative concert will present works performed by [...]



1,500 students will enter the Merriam Theater to watch possibly their first-ever ballet performance and it’s FREE!

Nov 25th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

On Friday, December 4th at 11am, 1,500 students will enter the Merriam Theater on the Avenue of the Arts to watch possibly their first-ever ballet performance. The majority of these students ranging from age 4-13, are participants in The Rock School’s RockReach community engagement program, teaching dance and its many benefits to underserved children in [...]



The Choreographic Instinct: Jim Bunting on Dance

Sep 25th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

by Beth Kephart for The Dance Journal
Love walks down the street and sits in the park in the sun.  It tenders its hand in apology or desire, corrupts the knees, revokes the arch of the foot.  Love is the story, never finally told in words and, perhaps, never finally told at all, though one gets [...]



Creativity and Contemplative Practices at CHI Movement Arts Center

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

By Ellen Gerdes for The Dance Journal
We began with legs bent low, pelvis free of tension, and hands held softly in front of our energy center (dantian).  As we performed a series of pliés in parallel, we drew breath up from the soles of our feet, through our spine, out our fingertips, and down again.  [...]



Tango, Old and New, at the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School

Jun 30th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

by Carolyn Merritt for The Dance Journal

The evening started off with the most basic of exercises.  Walking.  Two whole songs worth.  Circling the space in counter-clockwise rotations, we matched the downbeat of each step with an exaggerated snap, the kind pacing and undeniable compás of DiSarli’s Don Juan drilling the room into a fleeting moment [...]



The dance of her life is the stuff of dreams

Jun 8th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

Once upon a time, the wind blew a picture of a ballerina to an orphan’s gate in Africa . . .
By Ellen Dunkel, For The Inquirer
The road to becoming a dancer, particularly for a girl, is a long, hard, highly competitive one. She must practice thousands of pliés and tendus, and deal with sore muscles, [...]



Fifth Graders Headed Toward Ballroom Dancing Finals

May 28th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

Hundreds of Philadelphia fifth graders competed on May 27th  in a citywide ballroom dance-off in the Juniata section of the city with everything from the fox trot and rumba to the tango.
This is part of a special program called Dancing Classrooms. While developing their talents on the dance floor, they also learn some very significant [...]



Music & Motion Dance selected to perform at State Capitol for Arts In Education Day

Mar 15th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

Philadelphia based Music & Motion Dance has been chosen to perform at Pennsylvania Arts in Education Day at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg on April 1, 2009. The day celebrates the outstanding artistic achievements made by students and teachers in Pennsylvania schools.

2009 Arts in Education Day at the State Capitol is sponsored by [...]



Island Spirit On The Main Line

Mar 9th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

By Andrea K. Hammer, For The Bulletin
Are you desperate for a Hawaiian escape — minus the expense? Aloha Style on the Main Line, which offers Polynesian dance lessons, is full of island spirit.
For two years, the Narberth studio has attracted students of all levels and ages — from 6 to 70-plus years old — to [...]



Countertechique©

Feb 22nd, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance Education

Dance Advance in association with White Bird (Portland, OR) and anoukvandijk dc (Amsterdam, NL) present classes in The Countertechique© training of Dutch artist Anouk van Dijk. This workshop series will be led by company members Birgit Gunzl and Philipp Fricke. Live musical accompaniment will be provided by Tim Motzer.
What is Countertechnique©?
Anouk van Dijk developed Countertechnique© [...]