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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Dance Teacher Awards!

Kathryn Holmes

The Dance Teacher Awards provide an important opportunity to recognize dance educators who are making a mark in the field. Since the awards’ inception in 2003, the long list of honorees has grown to include luminaries like Judith Jamison, Jacques d’Amboise, Kay Mazzo and Risa Steinberg, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. This year, we’re excited […]

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Letter From the Editor: Honoring Dance Education’s Brightest Lights

Kathryn Holmes

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Dancer, Educator, and Advocate Alicia Graf Mack Returns to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Its Fourth Artistic Director

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Letter From the Editor: Creating Safe and Respectful Dance Spaces

Kathryn Holmes

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Register Now: DT+ Teacher Talk, “Consent Practices in Dance Education”

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Educator Moves: What You Might Have Missed in Spring 2025

Courtney Escoyne

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Letter From the Editor: Summer Steps

Kathryn Holmes

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Springboard Danse Shifts Stateside Thanks to a New Partnership With Point Park University

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Letter From the Editor: Moving From Perfectionism to Progress

Reanne Rodrigues

With Jennifer Homans, Dance History Is Getting a New Chair, and a Seat at NYU’s Liberal Arts Table

Caedra Scott-Flaherty

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Register Now: DT+ Teacher Talk, “Managing Perfectionism and Performance Anxiety”

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Letter From the Editor: A Conversation on Cleaning Choreography and More!

Reanne Rodrigues

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Register Now: DT+ Teacher Talk, “Choreographing Squeaky-Clean Dance Team Routines”

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