Dance Teacher Awards

Meet Our 2022 Dance Teacher Awardees!

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Join in community with and be inspired by an outstanding network of dance educators as we come together to celebrate the 2022 Dance Teacher Awards on Thursday, August 18, at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in NYC! Tickets (including group tickets) are available for the ceremony only or for the ceremony with cocktail reception. Proceeds from the […]

2022 Dance Teacher Award recipients sitting in the audience

Nominations Are Open for the 2023 Dance Teacher Awards!

Reanne Rodrigues

The 2022 Dance Teacher Awards: In Person, Intimate, Inspiring!

Reanne Rodrigues

Will We See You at the 2022 Dance Teacher Awards This Week?

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Kay Mazzo sits on a window sill and smiles toward the camera. She wears a white dress and folds her hands in her lap.

Kay Mazzo, Dance Teacher’s 2022 Awardee of Distinction, on Preserving Balanchine’s Legacy

Gavin Larsen

Risa Steinberg, Dance Teacher’s 2022 Awardee of Distinction, Keeps Raising the Bar

Lauren Wingenroth

Yvonne Gutierrez, in all black, poses in the back with her Spanish dancers. The young female dancers are dressed in bright red and black performance dresses, adorned with floral patterns and polka dots. Their hair is pulled back into sleek low buns with adorning flowers. The group poses outside on a wooden patio in front of trees and bushes.

Dance Teacher Award Honoree Yvonne Gutierrez: Force of Empowerment and Connection Through Spanish Dance

Bridgit Lujan

A dance teacher holding a drum teaches a dance class full of moving dancers.

Dance Teacher Award Honoree Ana Nery Fragoso Is a Master at Creating Community

Kathryn Holmes

Dance Teacher Award Honoree Kristine Elliott Uses Ballet to Promote Diversity and Social Change

April Deocariza

Dance Teacher Award Honorees Antonio and Kirven Douthit-Boyd Are Guiding the Next Generation

Nadine Matthews

Dance Teacher Award Honoree Ronald K. Alexander Is Still Opening Doors for Young Ballet Dancers of Color

Thomas Ford

Hear From Francesca Harper, Artistic Director of Ailey II, at the 2022 Dance Teacher Awards!

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View down a row of people sitting in an audience of people clapping their hands in appreciation of a performance

Save the Date for the 2022 Dance Teacher Awards!

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