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In her early 20s, Dr. Andrea Markus was training in the Cecchetti technique at the New York Theatre Ballet School, when her teacher, Diana Byer, asked if she wanted to assist a children’s class. “I fell in love with it,” she recalls. “The joy of being able to pass along something—that was the beginning.”  #JOY, […]

Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of witnessing exciting news in dance education. Teachers College at Columbia University is launching a new doctoral program in dance education to begin fall 2017, thanks to a $4.36 million gift from Jody Gottfried Arnhold and her husband John. The news was announced at a luncheon at the school. […]