Congratulations to Anthony LoCascio, our Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! In this video, LoCascio and other professional hoofers (some are members of his company, Taplife) perform at The Big Apple Tap Festival in New York City. The group had only two one-hour rehearsals prior to their performance and learned the […]
Congratulations to Kasey Cosentino, Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! In this video, Cosentino works with 9- and 10-year-old dancers from Silicon Valley Dance Academy in Cupertino, California, where until recently, their concentration was in Chinese folkloric dance. She was invited to teach them their first jazz dance for competition. When […]
Congratulations to Samantha Caudle, our Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! In this video, Caudle leads an audition master class for team tryouts at Origins Dance Academy in Dyer, Indiana. During the session, dancers were evaluated and placed in solos, duets, trios and group pieces for the coming competition season. Caudle […]
Congratulations to Robert Mosher, Editor’s Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! During a summer workshop at Relativity School in Los Angeles, CA, where he’s a BFA candidate, Mosher had the opportunity to pitch the concept for his video “7 Stages.” When his proposal was selected for production, he had less than a […]
Congratulations to Jennifer DiDonato, Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! While on faculty at the New York Film Academy in New York City, DiDonato choreographed and directed this tap dance video, Babble by Bombershay, in the style of a black-and-white silent movie. Advanced tappers from the school’s musical theater certificate program […]
Congratulations to Dena Malarek, Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! As part of a museum-themed recital at the New School of Dance Arts in Midland Park, New Jersey, Malarek involved her middle school and high school contemporary students in choosing a work of art to inspire their piece. “We always like […]
Congratulations to Kim Alexander, the Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! Alexander’s piece Ribbons features eight dancers from RealDance Studio in Lighthouse Point, Florida. The crisp contemporary routine won the Critics’ Choice Award at New York City Dance Alliance in 2013. While creating it, Alexander faced a common issue: working with […]
Congratulations to Mikey Castro, the latest Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! Castro maintains an online presence by regularly uploading choreography and classroom routines to his YouTube channel. For this video, Castro created a full dance music video with students from the competition team On The Verge at Elevated Dance Project […]
Congratulations to Gleidson Hoffmann, the latest Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! While performing with Ballet Arizona, Hoffmann worked as a guest teacher with students at The Arizona Dance Project to fine-tune their ballet skills. Many were jazz-trained dancers getting their first exposure to intensive ballet. Your browser does not support […]
Arnold leading advanced contemporary class Congratulations to Lenorris Arnold, the latest Editors’ Choice winner for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! Arnold has a secret for finding on-trend, danceable music that is one of a kind: He purchases remixes of current songs from the audio-sharing platform SoundCloud. One artist he follows, Travis Lake, created […]