Tag: 2024 dance teacher awards

A Recap of the 2024 Dance Teacher Live Workshops & Awards

We’re still elated about how wonderfully well our 2024 Dance Teacher Live Workshops & Awards event went last week.  Dance educators, students, family members, and friends all gathered at the Ailey Studios in New York City on Thursday, August 1, to enjoy an action-packed day filled with workshops, movement sessions, a panel discussion, a networking […]

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

On Friday nights in Burbank, California, street dancers of all ages and abilities pack into Mihran K. Studios to join in a cherished tradition. At the center of the class is Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez and Leigh “Breeze-Lee” Foaad, the co-founders of Versa-Style Street Dance Company and legends of the Los Angeles dance community. The […]

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

When teaching, Terese Capucilli frequently talks about the image of a beautiful terrace garden. “At the base of it is all of these memories as a child, and all of this learning. You can develop the garden through your life, but always reach back and find those roots.” Citing her mentor, Martha Graham, she adds, […]

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

Dr. Diane Duggan teaches dance, but dance isn’t really what she teaches. “You have a 12-page lesson plan, but the lesson plan is not the point,” she says. “You have to observe what the students are actually doing with the material. Then it has to come from love.”  Over her five-decade career teaching in New […]

2024 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Dre Torres Makes Tap Welcoming for Beginners and Broadway Stars

Although Dre Torres always knew she had rhythm inside of her, the possibility of a career in dance seemed unlikely at first. “Coming from a small town, it was kind of ridiculous to think that you could just be a tap dancer,” says the McAllen, Texas, native. “That was hard for people to believe when I would say it.”

2024 Dance Teacher Award of Distinction Honorees Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag Are Consummate Community-Builders

For Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag, sharing the art form they love as widely as possible isn’t just a mission statement—it’s a calling.  Whether on tour with Brown’s EVIDENCE, A Dance Company, or at their New York City home base at the Billie Holliday Theatre at Restoration Plaza in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where they […]

Nominations are Open for the 2024 Dance Teacher Awards

The 2024 Dance Teacher Awards nominations are now open! Every year, we recognize excellence in teaching by honoring outstanding dance educators for their contributions to the field.  We’re currently accepting nominations for the 2024 Dance Teacher Awards, and are looking for dance educators who: Dance educators of all kinds are eligible to receive the Dance […]