Dance Teacher Awards

Nominations Are Open for the 2026 Dance Teacher Awards

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Great teaching deserves to be recognized—and you can help. The 2026 Dance Teacher Awards nominations are now open! Each year, we honor outstanding dance educators for their contributions to the field. We’re looking for dance educators who: Dance educators of all kinds are eligible to receive the Dance Teacher Award, including those working in private […]

Dance Teacher's editorial director, Reanne Rodrigues, (wearing a red dress) greets attendees at the 2025 Dance Teacher Awards ceremony.

Celebrating Excellence: Highlights From the 2025 Dance Teacher Awards

Reanne Rodrigues

A composite image with four dance teachers' headshots and the words 2025 Dance Teacher Awards written in green.

You’re Invited to the 2025 Dance Teacher Awards Ceremony!

Kathryn Holmes

A composite image with four dance teachers' headshots and the words 2025 Dance Teacher Awards written in green.

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Dance Teacher Awards!

Kathryn Holmes

A Black woman leads a seminar with students sitting on the floor of a brightly lit dance studio.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Sylvia Waters Has Inspired Early-Career Dancers to Tap Into their Humanity

Courtney Celeste Fox

A Latino man stands center stage with arms outstretched. Behind him, dancers wearing traditional southwestern costumes twirls in bright, full red and yellow skirts. The background is black with bright spotlights.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Roger Montoya Uplifts Students Through Mentorship

Sophie Bress

A Black woman with short white hair, wearing all black, tap dances at the center of a circle of diverse younger dancers, all of whom are cheering and clapping for her.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Dianne Walker Has Devoted Her Life to Nurturing Tap’s Next Generations

Ryan P. Casey

A white dance teacher wearing a bright blue tunic coaches a younger white dancer in a lighter blue tunic in an expansive arm movement.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Lori Belilove Uses Isadora Duncan’s Legacy to Engage Students’ Artistic Imaginations

Tom Phillips

Attendees at the DT live Workshops & Awards

A Recap of the 2024 Dance Teacher Live Workshops & Awards

Reanne Rodrigues

2024 DT Award honoree Terese Capucilli speaking on a podium.

Dance Teacher Award Recipients

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Jackie "Miss Funk" Lopez and Leigh "Breeze-Lee" Foaad pose against a black background and face the camera.

2024 Dance Teacher Award Honorees Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez and Leigh “Breeze-Lee” Foaad Create a Dance Family

Emma Garber

2024 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Terese Capucilli Passes Down the Transformative Power of Martha Graham Technique

Chava Pearl Lansky

Dr. Diane Duggan close-up.

2024 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Dr. Diane Duggan Teaches From the Heart

Claudia Bauer

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