Podcasts about dancing classrooms

Nancy J. Duncan has had an eclectic career spanning over 50 years of experience in the performing arts as a dancer, educator, producing director, manager, and arts management consultant.Nancy's dance training started under Nevorah Adams in South Dakota and it was through Nevorah's hosting of a summer dance residency taught by Loyce Houlton and two of her dancers, Frances Machala and David Voss, that her passion for dancing fully ignited. Under the tutelage of Houlton and her beautiful, diverselyskilled dancers and many guest artists at the Contemporary Dance Playhouse in Minneapolis, later renamed Minnesota Dance Theater, Nancy developed her skills as a dance teacher and performer.Upon moving to New York City in 1981, Nancy began forming her own artistic vision and mission greatly inspired by Loyce Houlton's vision. Working in partnership with composer Scott Killian and dancer Jackie Goodrich, and in consultation with Lawrence Rhodes, esteemed dancer, teacher and Chair of the New York University Tisch School for the Arts Dance department, Nancy conceived and founded CoDanceCo (collaborative dance company).Nancy and her team established CoDanceCo as a production company devoted to nurturing the creative development of dance artists and providing audience access to outstanding dance artistry that reflected the creativity and eclecticism of contemporary dance. CoDanceCo was designed as a highly flexible organizational model that could adapt to the ever-changing world of dance creators, performers, collaborators, educators, presenters, and audiences.From 1982-1991 Duncan commissioned and presented works created by 28 choreographers, 14 composers, and 50 dancers. Choreographers commissioned over the years include Eiko & Koma, Ralph Lemon, Susan Marshall, Bebe Miller, Mark Morris, Charles Moulton, Ohad Naharin, Doug Varone, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane, among others. Duncan's work through CoDanceCo garnered Duncan a 1991 New York Dance and Performance Award Citation (aka Bessie).Highlights from 1991-2003 include serving as the artistic director for London Contemporary Dance Theatre; producer of a four-week British dance festival in New York City, project management for Arts International, and Community Outreach Programs Director for Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project production PastForward, touring both nationally and internationally.From 1996-2003, under the umbrella of CoDanceCo, Duncan managed to keep producing projects to support dance artists and their audiences through her membership in the New York State DanceForce. The projects were accomplished in partnership with NY state artists, presenters, and educators. In 2003 Duncanrelocated to Long Island and established a new home base for her work through CoDanceCo. During this time Duncan also served as a member of the Suffolk County Citizens Arts Advisory Board, became a founding member of the Patchogue Arts Council, served on the Board of the Patchogue Theater, among other opportunities.In 2006, Duncan was introduced to Pierre Dulaine's arts-in-education, social-emotional in-school residency program titled “Dancing Classrooms.” Working in partnership with Dulaine, Duncan secured a two-year grant from the Dana Foundation to have CoDanceCo become the licensed national network affiliate site on Long Island. Pierre and his staff trained Duncan and a team of teaching artists in the Dancing Classrooms syllabus and the company launched its first in-school residencies in the winter of 2008. Since the founding of DancingClassrooms on Long Island, CoDanceCo's teaching artists have touched the lives of over 30,000 youth, adults, educators and families with the transformative power of Dancing Classrooms. For youth and adults alike, the program creates meaningful social connections, inspires respect for diversity, and instills self-confidence all through the joy of social dance.

Leslie Macedo, Senior Director of Programing and Mark Schulz, Senior Director of External Affairs discussed Dancing Classrooms and Musicopia, programs that deliver professional lessons in music and dancing to area classrooms.  Founded in 1974, Musicopia's mission is to provide equitable access to music education and enrichment, encouraging self-confidence, global awareness, dedication and joy in Pre-K to 12th grade students and their communities.  It revitalizes school music programs in the Greater Philadelphia area, bringing over 151 teaching artists into classrooms at over 130 schools, with music that reflects that community and the students' interests.   Programming includes in-class lessons, string orchestras and after-school  drumlines. In addition to the classroom lessons, Musicopia's Gift of Music program collects, repairs and places gently-used band and orchestral instruments in playable or reasonably repairable condition in schools and with students who are eager to play and are in need of a quality instrument.   The Lullabye Project, in conjunction with Carnegie Hall, allows parents and caretakers to create a special song for their child with professional musicians to discover new and fun ways to sing, move, and play together during family time. Music and play promote self-care and a child's development. Learn more about Musicopia programming at musicopia.net. Dancing Classrooms, is a global program was launched in Philadelphia in 2007 to teach ballroom dancing, merengue, foxtrot, rumba, tango, swing, and waltz and selected “sugar” dances – such as the cha cha slide and stomp, to entire 5th and or 8th grade classes.  The program fosters teamwork and other social skills, giving students the confidence, connection, and community to take the lead in their lives.   Beyond in-class lessons they offer teaching workshops, and classes in Hip Hop, Latin and now, K Pop, there's an end of the year performance and selected students are given the opportunity to represent their school at the optional Colors of the Rainbow Team Match events.  Schools can request lessons and fundraise the fees for teachers and costs; there are some limited scholarship opportunities.  Learn more about the programming at dancingclassroomsphilly.org. The programs will host a special party December 5, 5:30 to 7:30 at World Café Live.  High Note High Step, will celebrate the impact of Musicopia and DCP's programs and the passion and artistry of their students in Musicopia's 50th year.   There will be youth performances, inspiring stories, food, drinks, and a prize raffle.  Tickets are $50 or pay-as-you-wish.  

Get ready to put on your dancing shoes! In this week's episode of Jelly Jam Spam, Julia Jam and Jelly Joel are dancing around Take the Lead, a 2006 dance drama that explores the life of dance instructor Pierre Dulaine, the founder of Dancing Classrooms. We'll be exploring our personal connections to ballroom dancing, the high-stakes world of competitive dancing and...Sister Act 2?

Catherine Charlton, Executive Director, and Andrew Polunin, Artistic & Education Director of Dancing Classrooms Philly, discuss their program, that teaches social dancing to 5th and 8th grade classes to Delaware Valley schools who are lack arts and music programming. Founded by Broadway dancer Pierre Dulaine and featured in the film, Mad Hot Ballroom, the 20-week class teaches the entire grade classic dances such as the Merengue, Foxtrot, Swing and the Waltz, a process that helps students develop self–esteem, social awareness, mutual respect, teamwork and joy. In addition to learning the dances, students are engaged in academic development by researching cultures, creating art, and writing self-reflection papers. The chapter was the first to adopt round-robin, gender-neutral dance partners so that no student has to lead or follow, and during the COVID years when touching wasn't possible, they added Hip-hop, Latin, and K-pop. These dance programs offer more flexibility for schools, are more manageable for younger students, and focus on cultures that influenced the dances. Everyone participates, with non-dancing students providing music or writing about the program, and at the end of the dance residency the students perform a final showcase for families and friends and student who wish to continue are eligible to join the Saturday Academy where they can learn more steps and dances and meet other dancers from other schools. In addition to their flagship course, they have a variety of social dance programs for students from K through 12th grade, including in-school and after-school assemblies and residencies, community workshops, and performances opportunities to cultivate essential life skills in students. Classes are taught by dancing professionals who are trained to teach in the Dancing Classrooms method.   To learn more, check their calendar of events, to donate or enroll your school, visit dancingclassroomsphilly.org

If you've seen Mad, Hot Ballroom, the 2005 documentary film, you're already acquainted with Dancing Classrooms. In today's episode, Board of Trustees member, Yang Chen, and Executive Director, Nancy Kleaver take us behind the scenes as we explore the mission, vision and purpose of this incredible non-profit organization founded over thirty years ago by Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau. Mad, Hot Ball 2023, the Dancing Classrooms annual benefit gala is taking place on April 26, 2023 at the beautiful Edison Hotel Ballroom located at 240 West 47th Street, New York, NY. To purchase tickets or to learn more about how to support the gala visit www.classrooms.org and click GET TICKETS & RSVP from the GET TICKETS NOW banner on the home page. Dancing Classrooms has 10 affiliate programs in cities across the Untied States. If you're interested in becoming a paid Teaching artist or volunteering as a Buddy Teaching Artist drop a note to Mary at mary@dancingclassrooms.org for more information. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antoinette-datoc/message

Growing up in Western North Dakota with 4 brothers and 2 wiry parents, I enjoyed many movement moments such asdodging, running, rolling, spinning, chasing, and jumping whileusing many props such as dirt clods, snow balls, footballs, andfrisbees. After taking my first modern technique class in collegein 1974, I realized that dance epitomizes the ‘recreation' ofmovement for movement's sake, exactly what I had enjoyedabout childhood backyard and sideyard adventures.I pursued an Education Major for a year at the U of Mn butwas soon taking more Dance Technique / Theory than Educationclasses so I changed my major to Dance Performance / DanceEducation. For the next 20 years, I worked as a professionaldance artist, studying, teaching, and performing many dancegenres, from modern to theatrical, ballroom to world folk dances.What follows is a list of the dance companies I worked forand their founders over these 20 years. Instructional DanceTheater –Molly Lynn, Contemporary Concert Dancers – GeolWeirs, New Dance Ensemble / Lab – Linda Shapiro and LeighDillard , Maria Cheng and Dancers – Maria Cheng, and ContactWorks – Patrick Scully. I also worked with several independentdancers to put on our own shows. And I co-founded a dancecompany with my wife Wendy; Ansley / Engel Dance, ARepertory Company of Solos and Duets. We did shows andresidencies in various States and locations around the country.During this time I was also an Artist in Residence in dozensof school districts throughout Minnesota and North Dakota whilealso choreographing solo and group work for various dancers,dance companies, and theaters. I choreographed 2 productionsat the Guthrie Theater, The Tempest and As You Like It.In 1994, I joined the Minneapolis Public Schools as alicensed specialist teaching Dance and Theater, K- 8 Grades. Iwas allowed to teach without a license for 3 years and by 1997,doing evening and weekend classes, I had completed a Master'sDegree in Education with an Elementary Teaching license at St.Thomas. Later, when MN finally developed a teaching license forDance, I went back to school at Mankato University to get adance license. From 1994 to 2014 I worked at 5 Mpls PublicSchools; Webster Open, Anne Sullivan Communications, Ramseyand Folwell Performing Arts Magnets, and North Star Elementary.Besides teaching dance and theater classes I alsodeveloped the skills and a curriculum to teach Video Literacy toMiddle Schoolers. And I developed curriculums integrating danceand theater arts literacy with math, science, and language artsliteracies. After leaving MPS, I was hired by Heart of Dance andtrained by ‘Dancing Classrooms' to teach 6 Ballroom dance formsto 5th graders. I worked for that amazing organization for threeyears in about a dozen schools in the Twin Cities area.In these last few years as an aging dancer I have beenfortunate to be able to keep doing work, to being challenged andawed by this craft I began in 1974. I did a solo from the 80's atthe 2012 50th Anniversary of the Walker Center Choreographer'sEvening directed by Patrick Scully. And I have hugely enjoyedworking with Gerry Girouard and other dancers on his pursuit ofand gifts for creating new contact improvisational structures.Also, in those years before COVID, there has grown stronginterests in Group Improvisational gatherings. Some were calledDance Church, among other names, and were located in variousdance spaces around town, including a church. Engaging withthese movement gatherings were a highlight of my dancing lifebefore such indoor group dancing came to a halt. They wereoften the only way I could experience a delicious sweet sweatdancing my butt off in close contact with other

Catherine Charlton, Excutive Director of Musicopia and Dancing Classrooms Philly, Taia Harlos, Artistic Director and Conductor, Musicopia, Marcus Myers, Artistic Director, Musicopia Drumlines, and Swati Chaturvedi, Program Director Dancing Classrooms and Teaching Artist for Musicopia, discussed the cultural programming they offer to middle school students throughout the Philadelphia region. Sponsored by local benefactors and grants, the free programs teach mostly fifth-graders about and how to perform ballroom dancing, ‘Bollywood' and other multi-cultural dance styles, as well as music appreciation and performance for classical music and instruments and percussion. Designed to promote social graces and inter-personal relationships, physical and emotional growth, self-reliance and self-discipline and cultural awareness, they have continued their work through virtual and Zoom classes. Students receive classes as part of their regular coursework, with the opportunity to advance into dance competitions and formal music lessons, or, with Marcus, join a drumline. With many students underserved in cultural experiences the programs offer a chance to experience and participate in world music forms. musicopia.net   dancingclassroomsphilly.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we interview Pierre Dulaine, four time world exhibition ballroom champion and founder of Dancing Classrooms.The video version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/_qddAIHMLXwDancing Classrooms: https://www.DancingClassrooms.orgPierre's book, "Taking the Lead: Memoir of a Dancing Life" http://www.pierredulaine.org/takingtheleadbookPierre's TEDx Talk "May I have this dance, please?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnbE5WRPEUPierre's personal website: http://www.pierredulaine.org/"Mad Hot Ballroom" documentary film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438205/"Dancing in Jaffa" documentary film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125480/"Take the Lead" feature film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446046/You can find us at: www.Talk.danceAlso check out the Find.dance app at: www.Find.dance

Frank Machos, Executive Director, Office of Arts and Creative Learning for the School District of Philadelphia, Denise Kinney, founder and Executive Director of Musicopia, and Kate Lombardi, Managing Director of Dancing Classrooms Philadelphia, discuss the program that offer social interaction, discipline and cultural diversity to students.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pierre Dulaine hat vor vielen Jahren das Projekt "Dancing Classrooms" entwickelt, das inzwischen an zahlreichen Schulen in vielen Ländern der Welt umgesetzt wird, nun auch in Deutschland. Er und seine "teaching artists" erarbeiten Paartanz mit Kindern der 5. und 6. Klasse. Seine zentrale Idee dabei ist, dass eine Aufforderung zum Tanz bedeutet, dass man die Erlaubnis erbittet, jemanden anderen anzufassen. Respekt ist dabei der Schlüssel. In diesem Interview erzählt uns Herr Dulaine alles über seine Intentionen zu diesem Projekt und welche Vision er noch verfolgt!

Mickela Mallozzi, dancer, traveler and Emmy Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi on PBS, brings intimate conversations about the positive impact dance and music have had on her own life and the the lives of everyday people that she meets - from discussing Dancing Classrooms in the public schools of New York City to the high you get from Daybreaker's sober dance parties to the opportunities of dance classes for children with disabilities through Dancing Dreams, Mickela shares these powerful stories while also sharing her own, personal journey on creating her TV series as she experiences the world, one dance at a time! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, and be sure to subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher! ____ About the podcast: Produced by Sauce and Liver Productions, LLC. Recorded and Edited by Mickela Mallozzi. Music by Paul Defiglia. Presented in part by Dance Network. www.TravelBareFeet.com

About our guestHow is it to have such an interesting life that you had a movie made after it? Pierre Dulaine surely knows. Along with his partner Yvonne Marceau, he won the Blackpool exhibition section four times. But even though he was a force in the professional dancer's community, he had a bigger call for teaching.   He received the Americans for the Arts Award, the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Carl Alan Award or the United Nations nomination as a Goodwill Ambassador for promoting peace. The Dulaine teaching method combines the love for humankind with the love for dance to give birth to a wonderful synergy between the two in projects such as Dancing Classrooms. He does more than teaching steps, he teaches touching a human being with grace and respect in face of segregation and prejudice. One small step in a dance class, one giant step for humanity. You can find more about Dancing Classrooms here. His official website is http://www.pierredulaine.org. Topics discussed in this podcast His life story: from professional dancer to dance teacher; The creation of the program Dancing Classrooms; Explaining the Dulaine Teaching Method and the need for it; What are the things that ballroom dancing builds in people; His mission for the years to come. Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

Rodney Eric López is the principal of Rodney Eric Lopez Enterprises and is proud to introduce its inaugural product, the Generosity and Abundance Process, or the G.A.P for short. Rodney has spent the last decade studying and implementing the principles of a generosity practice in his own life and has helped others to do the same. The G.A.P. helps individuals realize a healthier relationship with their finances by looking at them through a spiritual and emotional framework. He also serves as Executive Director of Dancing Classrooms in New York City.  where he is responsible for leading new program initiatives, supporting business development efforts, and representing the organization publicly.  His teaching work with Dancing Classrooms is featured in the Paramount Classics hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom. His classes were named “Best in New York” by New York Magazine and were highlighted in the book Nueva York: A Guide to Latino Life in the Five Boroughs.  Prior to his career in dance and arts education, Rodney was a public relations and marketing professional in both the non-profit and corporate fields.  He holds a B.S. in Communications Studies from New York University where he was a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. scholar --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-ash-cash-show/support

Can the pairing of young Israeli and Palestinian children as dance partners create opportunities for a more peaceful future? And what is the potency today of cultural diplomacy? Enjoy a preview of the upcoming film Dancing in Jaffa prior to its official release. Post-screening, ballroom legend Pierre Dulaine and film producer Diane Nabatoff discuss this documented return to Dulaine’s hometown of Jaffa, Israel, to extend the reach of his global Dancing Classrooms project, previously celebrated in the award-winning film Mad Hot Ballroom. A presentation of "New Views: Documentaries and Dialogue." Co-presented by the Aspen Institute and AspenFILM, and made possible by generous donations from Leonard Lauder and Jane and Michael Eisner. Speakers: Pierre Dulaine, Diane Nabatoff, Damian Woetzel

Pierre Dulaine, whose work in schools was the subject of the award-winning documentary Mad, Hot Ballroom and the feature film Take the Lead, will demonstrate how his Dancing Classrooms program works by teaching Festival attendees some ballroom dance moves! Pierre Dulaine featured.