Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Dance Educators/Teaching Artists

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Ellen Bromberg, Annie Beserra, Dawn Karlovsky, and Leah Cox

    Dawn Karlovsky More inspiration for the coming week, from artists around the country. Click on any name below to read each artist's full profile on the blog: Ellen Bromberg (Salt Lake City, UT): I started teaching at a very early age, and in addition to being able to support myself within the field of dance, teaching…

  • Featured Artist on the Blog: Leah Cox

    Photo: Paul B. Goode Over the past few months, artist Leah Cox has contributed numerous pieces to the blog. Leah is inquisitive, open, and generous in her work and in her writing. Today I thought it would be great to share the links to all of the posts on the blog about Leah or written…

  • Deepening our Teaching Practice This Coming Semester, Whether Teaching College Students, Teens, or Children

    Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com   For Seasoned Teaching Artists: Reflection Questions and Inspiration for the Semester Ahead As we prepare for the coming semester, these questions can offer opportunities to consider, reflect, and grow.  I want to thank my colleagues Leah Cox (Associate Dean at ADF and Associate Professor at Bard College), Debra Knapp…

  • Artist Profile #102: Ashley Anderson (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Photo: Kelly Badger Hometown: Sandy, UT Current city: Salt Lake City, UT Age: 31 Websites: ashleyandersondances.com, lovedancemore.org College and degree: Hollins University, B.A.’s in Dance & English Graduate school and degree: Hollins University/the American Dance Festival, MFA under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield (age 22-23) How you pay the bills: A combination of teaching…

  • Artist Profile #101: Sarah Wilbur (Los Angeles, CA)

    Photo credit: Cathie Opie (2014) Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Current city: Los Angeles, California Age: 41  College and degree: B.F.A. (dance), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; graduated in 1996 at age 22 Graduate school and degree: M.F.A. (dance) UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance; graduated in 2012 at age 35 PhD (current doctoral candidate), UCLA Department of World Arts and…

  • Summer Correspondence: Leah Cox at ADF

    The American Dance Festival is one of the most important festivals and summer training programs in the United States. 2015 marks the 82nd year of ADF. Please join us on the blog this summer as Leah Cox, Associate Dean, offers a window into the festival through her lens as artist, teacher, administrator, and audience member. To read Leah's artist…

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Jennifer Nugent, Brandon Cournay, and Marlena Penney Oden

    Marlena Penney Oden         Photo courtesy of Kate Weare Company; photo by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang Jennifer Nugent Teaching is a passion for me. I love being in the studio with my students. I learn what to teach from them. I also feel that my life in rehearsal guides my teaching. I hope to give students a base of…

  • Reading List: For a College Level Dance Education Course

    Katie Faulkner Undergraduate dance education courses vary widely – whether they are specifically about "creative dance for children," or a course offers a broad overview for teaching both youth and adults.  The following posts on the blog can offer inspiration within these courses to consider the larger questions about dance education – why it is…

  • For Teaching Artists: Recommended Summer Reading on Creativity Research

    I just completed reading the latest research coming out of the Center for Childhood Creativity, Inspiring a Generation to Create: Critical Components of Creativity in Children. I definitely recommend reading it (or at least the executive summary) if you are a teaching artist working in preschools or K-8 schools. I teach at a middle school, and many…

  • Speaking as a Teaching Artist: Ellie Goudie-Averill, Jennifer Monson, Vicky Shick, and Jeanine Durning

    Photo: Ellie Goudie-Averill Ellie Goudie-Averill Teaching is an art! Teaching technique class (especially to beginning dancers or in community workshops) has always informed the rest of my dance life … especially as a performer. Technique class truly is about techniques for efficiency, ease and qualitative range and teaching a particular technique (and having to explain…