Tag: Yamilée Toussaint

Meet Yamilée Toussaint, the MIT Grad Introducing Young Girls to STEM Through Dance

As an engineering student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yamilée Toussaint was sometimes the only Black woman in her class. After she graduated, she decided to change that, and, in 2012, combined her dual passions for science and dancing to create STEM From Dance—an institution based in  Brooklyn, New York, with programs across the country. […]

Letter From the Editor: New Audition Advice Video, Dance Educator Voices, and More!

Last week at our DT+ Teacher Talk, I had the honor of being joined by not one but three very special guests—Dionne Figgins, artistic director of Ballet Tech; Bianca Zumbo Caryl, head coach of the Arizona State University dance team; and Nile H. Russell, director of education for the American Dance Festival—to discuss what audition […]

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