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Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities. ————— Review: Website Spend 10 minutes reading and browsing Ivy's website. What is the…

Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities.  ———————- Discuss: Take Away In a course, discuss one sentence – or one…

Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities.  ———————- Discuss: Final Advice from Juliana "Get to know yourself and as much…

Today I would like to post about a wonderful, articulate article posted on From The Green Room, Dance/USA's online e-journal. (And if unfamiliar with the service organization Dance/USA, spend a few minutes on its website!) Ashley Thorndike-Youssef writes a letter to college students, describing 6 essential skills to develop during their college studies: Retaining material Asking appropriate questions Filling…

Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities.  ———————- Discuss: One Take Away In a college course, ask each student to…

Each week following an artist's post, reflection questions and research ideas will get posted. These are aimed towards college level courses (senior seminar, composition, dance education, and more), but of course anyone can read the postscript and find thought-provoking questions and activities. ——————— Discuss: One Sentence In a college course, ask each student to select…

  From Blog Director Jill Randall: I am honored to be featured on the Stance on Dance Blog this month, as part of the "Making It" Series. To read the post, click here.  —————–

From Blog Director Jill Randall: I am thrilled to share the details for the blog as we relaunch for the Fall Semester. Each Monday a new post will go up. Three-four times a month the post will be an artist profile (with reflection questions posted on Tuesdays for college courses to use). Once a month,…

From Blog Director Jill Randall: As we wrap up the second academic year with the Life as a Modern Dancer Blog being used in college courses around the United States, I am thrilled with the readership of the blog. College undergraduates are reading current, heartfelt, and helpful stories by artists from around the country. Artists…

Marlena Penney Oden dancing with Kate Weare Company; photo by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang Click on any of the links below to read about the artists featured in the month of April: Gretchen Pick (Minneapolis, MN) Tandy Beal (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) Victoria Marks (Los Angeles, CA) Marlena Penney Oden (Brooklyn, NY)  —————————-