by Karen Hildebrand | Jan 29, 2020 | Dance Teacher Awards
Every year in our summer issue, we honor four dance educators for their outstanding contributions to the field. Recipients have included studio owners, professors, program directors, K–12 teachers and more, whose specialties run the gamut of dance genres.We need your...
by Kathryn Holmes | Jul 19, 2019 | Dance Teacher Awards
Ask Michele Larkin-Wagner and Molly Larkin-Symanietz what sets them and Maplewood, Minnesota–based Larkin Dance Studio apart, and they immediately give the credit to their mom. Shirley Larkin founded the school in 1950 and continued to oversee the growing business...
by Betsy Farber | Jul 18, 2019 | Dance Teacher Awards
In Macarena Gandarillas’ jazz class at California State University, Fullerton, a sign in the studio reads, “Never underestimate the power of determination.” This simple mantra embodies what has made this self-described “danceaholic” such...
by Jenny Ouellette | Jul 17, 2019 | Dance Teacher Awards
It was the morning of November 8, 2018, and Jarrah Myles’ first-period choreography students were in last-minute rehearsals for their fall dance concert that evening. “All of a sudden my students’ phones started ringing like crazy,” says Myles,...
by Rachel Caldwell | Jul 16, 2019 | Dance Teacher Awards
While taking class in 2006, Marisa Hamamoto felt a tingling sensation in her elbows, then suddenly collapsed to the floor. She was hospitalized and diagnosed with spinal cord infarction, a rare spinal stroke that left her paralyzed from the neck down. Despite being...
by Rachel Rizzuto | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
PICTURE YOURSELF IN THIS PHOTO. (Here, our 2016 award winners and the DT staff.) If you’re a dance teacher, studio owner, professional dancer or just someone who can bring the funk at a party thanks to your adolescent dance studies, you’ve definitely...
by Rachel Caldwell | Jul 1, 2016 | Trending
Four incredible educators: Joanne Chapman, Claudio Muñoz, Pamela VanGilder and Kathleen Isaac foster their students’ love of dance, whether instilling artistry, offering rigorous training or giving special needs students an outlet through movement.Joanne...
by Karen Hildebrand | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hi All, Karen Hildebrand here, counting down the days to our Dance Teacher Summit next week. We’ve got a great lineup planned! You’ve seen them in the magazine, on the cover and in videos on our website. Next week you’ll see them in the flesh here in New York...
by Rachel Rizzuto | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Instilling A work ethic in Ontario Elite Danceworx students have a strong ballet foundation. Three years ago, Dawn Rappitt was giving birth on August 29. Two weeks later, she was back in the studio teaching a full schedule of classes. The owner of Elite Danceworx in...
by Jenny Dalzell | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bridging high school with college and beyond in Virginia Many of Abigail Agresta-Stratton’s students go on to study dance in college. When her teaching hours dropped roughly 38 percent between September 2011 and June 2012, Abigail Agresta-Stratton had an inkling. New...