I saw this Huffington Post piece mentioned today on social media and was delighted to read it just now. Patricia Reedy of the Luna Dance Institute wrote it. I am a huge admirer of her work, and I believe that Patricia is one of the most visionary dance educators in the United States. 

As Reedy writes in this piece, we as teaching artists are finding our way with the new Common Core Standards, and there are indeed many wonderful, natural connections with the work we are already doing. Standards provide a common language for artists and educators to work together in support of thoughtful, age appropriate, well-crafted dance lessons and programs K-12. We now have articulated standards around Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting.

Read Patricia's piece here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luna-dance-institute/common-core-dance-a-perfe_b_4791117.html

Review the Common Core dance standards here: http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/

To find out more about Patricia Reedy and the wonderful work going on at the Luna Dance Institute in Berkeley, CA, click here.

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