teacher stories

Marena Pérez wears a black tank, leggings, and sneakers standing at a barre at the front of a ballet studio teaching a group of teenage girls.

From Protractors to Pirouettes: How Marena Pérez Shares Her Passion for Math With Ballet Students in Puerto Rico

Lindsay Martell

In a bright dance studio, a female dance teacher leads a large class of young dance students. They all wear colorful clothing and move together making sweeping movements with their arms.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Education Director Ai Fujii Nelson Believes Dance Is for Everyone

Haley Hilton

National Honor Society for Dance Arts Helps Teachers Advocate for Dance Education in Schools and Studios Everywhere

Sponsored by National Dance Education Organization

At an outdoor performance space, a young female dancer in a purple leotard, white pancake tutu and pointe shoes does a flying saut de chat in front of trees.

What My Teacher Taught Me: Juilliard’s Kayla Mak on Francisco Gella

as told to Haley Hilton

Office Hours With Yan Chen

Helen Hope

Dance educator Erica Fishbach teaching.

Hiring or Working as an Employee vs. Independent Contractor: What’s Right for You or Your Dance Studio?

Barry Kerollis

LaTasha Barnes Wants You To Discover Your “Why”

Haley Hilton

Renee Robinson Is on a Mission to Get Dancers Excited About Dance History

Haley Hilton

In front of a gray backdrop, Ilaria Guerra does a stylized bridge pose in a shiny grayish-purple unitard. Her long dark curly hair is down, and as she uses her right arm and toes on forced arch for support, she twists toward the camera with her left arm crossing over her chest.

What My Teacher Taught Me: Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Ilaria Guerra on Alicia Head, Maurya Kerr and Sandra Chinn

as told to Haley Hilton

Photo of dance educator Davit Karapetyan assisting a student with an arabesque.

Office Hours With Davit Karapetyan

Helen Hope

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