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Today's story comes from Cynthia Oliver's artist profile on the blog in late August. Can you talk about your performing career with artists like Bebe Miller, Ronald K. Brown, and Tere O’Connor? How did you land these gigs (auditions, seen in class, etc)? With Tere, we were chatting with David Thomson at my 50th Birthday party, and…

Career Counseling: Six Questions for College Sophomores and Juniors By Jill Randall and Christy Rotman Welcome back! We are wishing you a wonderful and inspiring fall semester. Here are some questions to consider as you begin…..reflection is a valuable and important activity throughout your years in college. 1. Looking back at last year in school,…

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…

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com For Seasoned Teaching Artists: Reflection Questions and Inspiration for the Semester Ahead A few weeks ago, I posted 23 questions for the upcoming semester. My colleagues Leah Cox (Associate 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 Mary's College of CA…

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 ideas. Listed below is a whole set of posts to use as reading material in a course. You can use all of them or just a few.   My suggestion…

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…

Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com For Seasoned Teaching Artists: Reflection Questions and Inspiration for the Semester Ahead A few weeks ago, I posted 23 questions for the upcoming semester. My colleagues Leah Cox (Associate 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 Mary's College…

    By Erin Carlisle Norton I started Movers & Shapers: A Dance Podcast in June 2015. As an avid podcast listener for nearly 10 years now, I have found podcasts to be the easiest, best, and most interesting way to pass the time while working out, commuting, or in the kitchen. With comedians and…

  From Blog Director Jill Randall: I hope that you are savoring the last days of summer. I know that for many dancers, like myself, we begin teaching again in the coming weeks. I am thrilled to see the readership for the blog grow over the past few months – now reaching over 6,000 readers…

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…