by Rachel Caldwell | Mar 9, 2017 | Teaching Tips
I recently had the pleasure of attending, not one, but two workshops on teaching integrative dance. The first was a six-day intensive in February with Cork, Ireland–based Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company. The second was a three-hour workshop last night with Oakland,...
by Rachel Caldwell | Mar 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Connecticut’s Greenwich Ballet Academy now offers free adaptive ballet classes for children with Down’s syndrome. Seventeen-year-old student Olivia Thurman created the program after seeing video footage of ballerina Keenan Kampa working with Boston Ballet’s...
by Andrea Marks | Dec 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
The ballroom teacher who lost her foot in last spring’s Boston Marathon bombings captivated the nation with her vow to dance again. A Pittsburgh studio is giving other amputees that chance with an adaptive dance program. Pittsburgh Dance Center co-owner Holly Kirby...