Is It Time to Rethink Your Approach to Teaching Artistry?
When asked about the importance of teaching artistry, Deborah Damast, director of NYU Steinhardt’s dance education program, quotes her husband, Tom Patrick, a former Paul Taylor dancer: “If you teach skills and technique without allowing for expression and artistry, you might as well be training them [students] to be bricklayers.” With so much of dance […]