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This summer, whether you’re reading for personal enjoyment or starting to build a syllabus for the fall, check out these nine new titles. The books below offer career advice, fascinating life stories, and fresh takes on dance history. Careers in Dance Four new books support the field with information about career paths, skill building, wellness, […]
For Naomi Goldberg Haas, dance isn’t just a passion. It’s a priority. “Dance is important for health—for mental health, physical health, emotional health. The principles of dance are simply that important,” she says. The master teacher, choreographer, and founder of Dances for a Variable Population (DVP) feels that dance is a public-health right, and that […]
Recent studies have shown the positive effects of exposing the elderly to the arts, like decline in depression, increased social engagement, reduced stress and an increase in overall health and happiness. Dances for a Variable Population is an organization at the forefront of this movement. Established in 2005 by choreographer and former Pacific Northwest Ballet […]