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CALL FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS 2016 JOURNAL OF EMERGING DANCE SCHOLARSHIP: AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLD DANCE ALLIANCE www.jedsonline.net Submission deadline: January 18, 2016 Publication Date: September 1, 2016, Volume 4 The World Dance Alliance announces a call for papers for Volume 4 of JEDS, a double-blind reviewed publication (in English) specifically designed for the…

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com What’s going well? What are some of the highpoints of the semester so far? What has been the journey of this semester?  To read the complete list of questions, click here. ———– Related post: A Mid-Semester Self-Reflection for K-12 Teaching Artists  —————————————–

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com I am really enjoying these questions as touchstones and guiding ideas each week. Please join in! This is week 13 reflecting on our work.  I want to thank my colleagues Leah Cox (Dean at ADF and Associate Professor at Bard College), Debra Knapp (Director of Dance at New Mexico State University), and Elizebeth Randall (professor at Saint…

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com I am really enjoying these questions as touchstones and guiding ideas each week. Please join in! This is our twelfth week reflecting on our work.  I want to thank my colleagues Leah Cox (Dean at ADF and Associate Professor at Bard College), Debra Knapp (Director of Dance at New Mexico State University), and Elizebeth Randall (professor at…

As many dancers have heard, Mills College in Oakland, California is considering eliminating the dance major. A petition has been shared widely online over the past two weeks. Over the next few weeks, I will gladly post on the blog more information and various dancers' perspectives. Today I am reposting something Bay Area choreographer Katie…

  "Upswing" by Amber Heaton: http://www.amberheaton.com/g8biwqalcfjpqcwwy029nmvrwicwxa  From Blog Director Jill Randall: Today's post is an unusual one for Life as a Modern Dancer. I rarely post writing anonymously, but this topic in particular is a hot one within the dance world. I asked three dance department chairs – two current chairs and one retired chair – to candidly…

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com For Seasoned Teaching Artists: Reflection Questions and Inspiration for the Semester Ahead I am really enjoying these questions as touchstones and guiding ideas each week this fall. Please join in!  I want to thank my colleagues Leah Cox (Dean at ADF and Associate Professor at Bard College), Debra Knapp (Director of Dance at New…

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com For Seasoned Teaching Artists: Reflection Questions and Inspiration for the Semester Ahead I am really enjoying these questions as touchstones and guiding ideas each week this fall. Please join in!  I want to thank my colleagues Leah Cox (Dean at ADF and Associate Professor at Bard College), Debra Knapp (Director of Dance at New…

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Current city: New York, NY Age: 32 College and degree: I spent two years at NYU in an accelerated liberal arts program. While there I discovered dance and transferred to an arts school in Chicago called Columbia College where I received a BA in Dance. Website: http://liabonfiliomassage.com/ How you pay the bills: I am a…

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 class in Berkeley, California. Over the years, it has been exciting to see her head off to college at NYU and then launch into a professional career. Ramona merges technique…