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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. —————— Discuss: Take Aways In a college course, share one or two "take…

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.  ———————- View: A Window Into the Creative Process SPARK, a program on KQED…

  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 Aways Within a course, select one phrase or sentence…

Rebecca Lazier; photo by Bentley Drezner Click on the links below to read more about the artists featured in the month of March. Rebecca Lazier (Brooklyn, NY) Maile Okamura (Brooklyn, NY) Carrie Homuth (Minneapolis, MN) Patricia West Sotelo (Oakland, CA) Neal Beasley (New York, NY) ————–  

Hometown: Crystal Springs, Mississippi Current city: New York, New York Age: 31 Attended an arts high school? Idyllwild Arts Academy, 1996-2000 College and degree: BFA Dance, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, ‘03 Website: www.trishabrowncompany.org How you pay the bills: full-time dancer for Trisha Brown Dance Company All of the dance hats you wear: I’ve shown…

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. ——- Research: Joe Goode Performance Group Patricia dances for Joe Goode. If new…

Click on any of the links below to read the profile of an artist featured on the LAAMD Blog in January – March 2014.  Charlotte Boye-Christensen (Salt Lake City, UT) Jill Patterson (Lakeville, MN) Jillian Harris (Philadelphia, PA) Peter DiMuro (Boston, MA) Graham Brown (Provo, UT) Jennifer Kayle (Iowa City, IA) Tina Fehlandt (Brooklyn, NY)…

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. ———– Performing, Success, and Careers in Modern Dance Carrie wrote this passage in…

I am honored to be the teacher featured this week on the California Dance Education Association's website: CDEA Blog ————————

Each artist profiled on the LAAMD Blog is asked about the "hats" he/she wears. We will occasionally share the running list of roles and jobs we do within modern dance. Here is our first list, in alphabetical order: administrator choreographer collaborator consultant costume designer curator curriculum builder director designer dramaturg/coach fundraiser grantwriter improviser lecturer legacy…