The 2023 Dance Teacher Awards will take place on Thursday, August 10 at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in New York City, and you’re invited! Click here to buy tickets. Sheila Barker is vivacious, filled with a magnetic energy and infectious laughter. It’s no wonder that the popular jazz teacher at Broadway Dance Center and […]
Broadway Dance Center students VOP in a piece by faculty member Derek Mitchell, a former student of Frank Hatchett. Frank Hatchett produced stars. This was obvious at yesterday’s tribute to the late Hines-Hatchett studio (later Broadway Dance Center) co-founder and Dance Teacher’s 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award–winner. In the format of Hatchett’s renowned student talent showcases, devotees and […]
During a candid moment at last year’s Dance Teacher Summit, a class of teachers watched as Frank Hatchett corrected his own demonstrators. “One more time with that cross-step-step,” he said to one dancer. She gave it a try. “No,” he said firmly, gesturing to the next in line. The second dancer made an attempt. “No,” […]