Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Blog Series: Becoming a Teaching Artist

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Shelley Senter, Patricia West Sotelo, Mo Miner, and Elizebeth Randall

    Elizebeth Randall Over the past three years, 100 working artists have shared their stories and career paths on this blog. One of the biggest themes to emerge is about teaching – as an opportunity to explore our movement choices and curiosities, as an income source, as a means to find dancers, and as an opportunity to develop…

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Colleen Thomas, Shaunna Vella, Tina Fehlandt, and Julia Burrer

    Julia Burrer; photo: Vesa Loikas Over the past three years, 100 working artists have shared their stories and career paths on this blog. One of the biggest themes to emerge is about teaching – as an opportunity to explore our movement choices and curiosities, as an income source, as a means to find dancers, and as an…

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Helen Simoneau, Katie Kruger, and Natalie Desch

    Over the past three years, 100 working artists have shared their stories and career paths on this blog. One of the biggest themes to emerge is about teaching – as an opportunity to explore our movement choices and curiosities, as an income source, as a means to find dancers, and as an opportunity to develop our audiences.…

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Katie Faulkner, Melecio Estrella, Doug Gillespie, and Annie Rosenthal Parr

    Katie Faulkner; photo by Alvaro Ponce Over the past three years, 100 working artists have shared their stories and career paths on this blog. One of the biggest themes to emerge is about teaching – as an opportunity to explore our movement choices and curiosities, as an income source, as a means to find dancers, and as…

  • Becoming a Teaching Artist: Reflecting on the School Year

    If you have teaching work based on the September-June schedule, now is the perfect time to reflect on your hard work. Here are some questions to help you get started. You can also consider bringing these questions to a staff meeting to discuss as a group.  1. Looking at this school year, how have the…

  • New Blog Feature: I am a Dance Teaching Artist

    Name: Tanya Chianese City: San Francisco Bay Area, CA   Teaching artist statement: Teaching movement deeply connects me to dance and my community more than any other practice has before. I am constantly researching dance (seeing shows, taking class, reading) in order to convey what is currently relevant, creating class material which opens my mind…

  • Becoming a Teaching Artist: Teaching Technique Classes for Teens and Adults

    A colleague had just asked me for a resource for new technique teachers, and I prepared this envisioning exercise as dancers begin to prepare to take on technique classes. These simple questions can hone in on details that you too want to include in your technique classes. ————– Envisioning Exercise: Preparing to Teach Technique Classes…

  • Becoming a Teaching Artist: Welcoming Feedback and Observations

    Believe me, there is safety and beauty in teaching in the room on your own – being in control and being free of extra eyes on you. This allows you the ability to find your own way, find your flow, and the space to play, tinker, and learn from trial and error. But, there comes…

  • Internships at the Luna Dance Institute in Berkeley, California

       First application deadline is April 30th Luna Dance Institute offers a summer internship program for those wanting to gain proficiency working with a non-profit organization in the field of dance education. Interns are expected to have experience interacting with children and following through with administrative tasks. Currently we seek two persons who align with…

  • Five Questions for Dance Educator Anne Green Gilbert

    1. Your bio: Anne Green Gilbert founded the Creative Dance Center and Kaleidoscope Dance Company in Seattle, Washington in 1981 and the Summer Dance Institute for Teachers in 1994. Anne has had a varied teaching career, starting as an elementary school teacher, moving onto dance and pedagogy classes at the University of Illinois Chicago and…