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Patrick Armand demonstrates for a ballet class. He is in a fourth position lunge, downstage arm reaching long over his front leg, head inclined toward the front of the room as he illustrates épaulement. He wears a San Francisco Ballet branded long sleeve shirt. Behind him, young dancers in black leotards and pink tights variously watch and copy him.

Educator Moves: Shifts in the Dance Education Landscape From Winter 2022–23

Courtney Escoyne

From director shifts and beyond, here are the major dance educator moves you should know about from winter 2022–23.

Dance instructor Natasha Truitt leads students through the paces in a danceLogic session.

How DanceLogic in Philadelphia Blends Dance and Coding to Introduce Girls to STEAM Careers

Iris Dorbian for Dance Magazine

Black and white image of ballet dancer John White Jr.

Remembering John White, Jr., a Ballet Visionary

In Memoriam

Excited dance teacher hugging her dance students

Letter From the Editor: Moving Through March

Reanne Rodrigues

Beige pointe shoes with ribbons laid out in the shape of a heart

Letter From the Editor: A Lot to Love this February

Reanne Rodrigues

Collage of dance educator Joan Peters with her students

In Memoriam: Joan Peters, Upholder of the Katherine Dunham Technique (May 16, 1939–November 9, 2022).

Connie Aitcheson

Collage of stills from Toe the Line documentary.

Stream “Toe the Line: Arts Education for Life” Starting This Month, and See the Value of Dance Education in Action

Kyra Laubacher

2022 Dance Teacher Award recipients sitting in the audience

Nominations Are Open for the 2023 Dance Teacher Awards!

Reanne Rodrigues

Ballerina feet in first position

Register Now for DT+ Teacher Talk: How To Maximize Your Students’ Turnout Potential with Deborah Vogel

Dance Teacher

A group of six teen female dancers performing in black costumes. Five dancers are supporting a sixth dancer as she falls backwards.

Risk-Taking Gets Rewarded at Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive

Sponsored by Regional Dance America

Dance Media Merges With Hollywood.com

Dance Teacher

Girl in a New Year's hat and red scarf holds the numbers 2023 in her hands.

Letter From the Editor: Looking Ahead to 2023

Reanne Rodrigues

A collage of five images of competition dancers, ballet dancers doing plies at barre with a teacher, a young male ballet dancer doing a cabriole onstage, a class of ballet students stretching around their teacher, and a male showing his colorful floral tattoo.

Dance Teacher’s Top 10 Stories of 2022

Kyra Laubacher

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