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Meet Our 2026 Dance Teacher Award Honorees in New York City

Reanne Rodrigues

Congratulations to our 2026 Dance Teacher Award honorees: Jacqulyn Buglisi, Archie Burnett, Zvi Gotheiner, Sheela Ramanath, and Lynn Simonson. These extraordinary educators have each made a lasting impact on dancers and communities through their artistry, mentorship, and dedication to dance education. Please join me in celebrating these remarkable teachers and all they have given to […]

Silas Farley holds a young female dancer's wrists as she stands en pointe in an attitude, on one leg with the other raised behind her in a bent position. The other students watch from behind in the ballet studio. Farley wears all black and the students wear black leotards with tights.

Help Your Students Harness the Power of Opposition for Stable and Expressive Dancing

Hannah Chang Foster

Teaching Resources

Silas Farley holds a young female dancer's wrists as she stands en pointe in an attitude, on one leg with the other raised behind her in a bent position. The other students watch from behind in the ballet studio. Farley wears all black and the students wear black leotards with tights.

Help Your Students Harness the Power of Opposition for Stable and Expressive Dancing

Hannah Chang Foster

Photo of a stack of dance books laid down horizontally.

10 New Books on Dance History, Artists, and Careers

Jill Randall

Teenage female ballet dancer wears black leotard, pink tights, black leg warmers, and silver booties. She sits in the middle splits, observing something out of frame. A ballet barre and window are behind her.

How to Integrate Injured Students Into Class

Sophie Bress

Ballet dancer performing on pointe in the center while a teacher observes in a studio.

Ashley Tuttle Teaches Italian Fouettés

Rebecca Corey

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Technique & Artistry

Silas Farley holds a young female dancer's wrists as she stands en pointe in an attitude, on one leg with the other raised behind her in a bent position. The other students watch from behind in the ballet studio. Farley wears all black and the students wear black leotards with tights.

Help Your Students Harness the Power of Opposition for Stable and Expressive Dancing

Hannah Chang Foster

Girl performing contemporary dance on dark stage.

How to Help Students Feed Off—Not Fear—Pre-Performance Adrenaline

Lauren Wingenroth

Ballet dancer leaping with the light blurred behind in a fiery orange tone.

How to Help Your Students Effectively Develop Muscle Memory

Sarah Parker

Jonathan Alsberry teaching a class wearing a grey tshirt and black pants with arms held in open fifth position.

Navigating Turns With Your Students

Katie Slattery

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Lesson Plans

Ballet dancer performing on pointe in the center while a teacher observes in a studio.

Ashley Tuttle Teaches Italian Fouettés

Rebecca Corey

Irene Hogarth-Cimino assisting students at the barre. The student has her leg extended in second position.

Irene Hogarth-Cimino Teaches Glissade Assemblé for Elementary to Advanced Levels

Hannah Chang Foster

Jacqueline Green Miller wearing a black crop top and leggings faces a screen with a laptop in front of her. She has one arm overhead and the other held low against her hip.

Jacqueline Green Miller Teaches How to Harness Turnout, Length, and Connection Through Plié to Passé and Beyond

Hannah Chang Foster

A woman in bright pink classical Indian attire is in a dance studio, arms outstretched and face tilted up toward her right hand.

Sahasra Sambamoorthi Teaches a Bharatanatyam Warm-Up Combo

Hannah Chang Foster

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Studio Owners

Photo of a dance instructor leading a group of young children practicing a cross-armed movement in a studio with brick walls and wood floors.

3 Studios Reshaping Traditional Dance Education

Hannah Maria Hayes

A collage of three images. On the left, a dancer on stage in a white dress. In the middle, three dancers in black leotards pose with their teacher. On the far right, another dancer poses on pointe in a white dress in a studio.

Brazilian Social Project Inspires Young Dancers From Chile to Dream Big

Lindsay Martell

Collage of images with Simone Gabrielle teaching (left), hugging a student (middle) and a class image of her students (right).

San Diego Academy of Ballet Students Find Global Success Through Vaganova Training

Julia Mary Register

Philadelphia’s Second Chance Dance Creates Community for Adult Dancers

Hana Le

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Dance History

A drawn image of E.T.A. Hoffmann in the center, surrounded by a background of cursive writing.

The 250-Year Legacy of E.T.A. Hoffmann and His Influence on Dance

Stephanie Kramer

Two men wearing headsets look at a screen while people in light-colored clothing dance behind them.

Paul Taylor: Carrying the Torch for the Second Generation of Modern Dance

Rachel Rizzuto

Black and white image of Michio Ito dressed as a matador for his 1927 piece Tango.

Michio Ito: The Forgotten Modern Dance Pioneer

Rachel Straus

John Bubbles: The Father of Rhythm Tap

Jenai Cutcher

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Music

A woman in an orange mesh dress stands in an outreaching arabesque pose on a dark stage.

How West African Music Shapes Adji Cissoko’s Teaching

Rebecca Corey

A woman in baggy white clothing dances under a spotlight in a darkly lit room.

For Jodi Melnick, Movement Always Takes Precedence Over Music

Rebecca Corey

Annie Rigney in a dark rose tshirt with one arm outstretched and the other folded against her chest. She looks sideways.

How Annie Rigney Uses Music To Get Students Out of Their Heads and Into Their Bodies

Jennifer Heimlich

Daniel Duell teaching at Ballet Chicago.

How Daniel Duell Passes Along Balanchine’s Lessons on Musicality

Jennifer Heimlich

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Health & Body

Teenage female ballet dancer wears black leotard, pink tights, black leg warmers, and silver booties. She sits in the middle splits, observing something out of frame. A ballet barre and window are behind her.

How to Integrate Injured Students Into Class

Sophie Bress

Two ballet dancers stretch and smile together against a studio wall.

Why Friendships Matter, According to Dance Teachers and Students

Kate Mattingly

On a dance convention stage, a girl on the far left is sitting on her left leg with her right leg extended. In the middle, Shannon Atkins points at a dancer on the far right, who is moving into a similar leg extension.

Prioritizing Safety at Dance Conventions

Emily Bufferd

Jenna Zavrel teaching a class.

Teaching Dance Postpartum: Balancing Motherhood and a Career

Jenna Zavrel

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Artist Profiles

Lucy Vallely in a seated split wearing grey stockings with her face propped on her hands.

Lucy Vallely on the Power of Rediscovering Your “Why”

Ashton Benn

Image of dance artist Jerron Herman clothed in a metallic orange outfit holding a pose sideways against a black background. He holds two fingers up.

How Jerron Herman Helps NDI’s DREAM Students Turn Mistakes Into Magic

Gemma Siegler

Sandre poses with her students who stand in two lines, the top line standing while the bottom line kneels.

How Erika Sandre Built a Career Through Curiosity

Barry Kerollis

What My Teacher Taught Me: South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Kia Smith On Her 3 Dance Mentors

as told to Jen Peters

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