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In View: Carmina Burana with Dana Lawton DancesBy Jill Randall Grace Cathedral, San FranciscoApril 19, 2026 A year ago, I got to witness Dana Lawton Dances’ premiere of Carmina Burana at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. That was only my second time ever at Grace, so there was much…
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Using Blog Posts Within a College Level Composition Course
I was just offering these ideas to a colleague this week, and then I thought other professors around the country might also like hearing these…
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Artist Profile #105: Richard Burrows (Seattle and Vancouver, WA)
Hometown: Bismarck, ND Current city: Seattle & Vancouver, WA Age: 62 College and degree: University of Utah, BFA Modern Dance Graduate school and degree: No. …
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For Brand New Teaching Artists (Grades PreK-12): Teaching Tips from the Book Dance Education Essentials
In August 2014, Valerie Gutwirth and I published a pocket guide/journal of 55 teaching tips we wished we had learned before embarking on a…
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Student/Teacher/Performer/Admirer: A Correspondence with Ramona Kelley of Twyla Tharp Dance
Student/Teacher/Performer/Admirer: A Correspondence with Ramona Kelley of Twyla Tharp Dance Many years ago, dancer Ramona Kelley was a student of mine in a teen modern…
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