Encouraging words from Rachel Maddow at Jacob’s Pillow… yeah, that’s why I do what I do!
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Them’s marchin’ words!
August 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Tags:achievement gap·culture·hope
Doing a conference: strategies
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
I’ve been to four conferences in the past 8 or 9 years: NDEO in Providence, Rhode Island (was that 2001?); NDEO 2003 in Albequerque, New Mexico; daCi 2006 in The Hague, The Netherlands; and NDEO 2009 in New York City. That’s not often enough that I know many people when I get there, but enough […]
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Doing a conference
July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
On the occasion of having recently been to New York City for the NDEO 2009 Conference Focus on Dance Education: Take a Bite of the Apple/Exploring Resources to Promote Best Practices, I recommend it — doing a professional conference — although it does take a fair amount of energy, time, trouble & money. Here are […]
Tags:curriculum·PD·thinking skills
SYTYCD: so you thought you could disregard…
July 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
disregard vb. 1. to give little or no attention to; ignore. 2. to treat as unworthy of consideration or respect. So You Think You Can Dance has been going on for 5 years now, but I’ve only just hopped on the bandwagon. Despite having seen it once or twice a couple years ago — and […]
Summer thoughts
July 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
My mind’s been neither as empty as my summer classroom nor as stagnant as this blog since June 19th. Fact is, the content of my posts reflect the intersection of dance & my life, while the rhythm of my posts is equally expressive [as in, a single post in May was all that could happen […]
Tags:PD·recuperation
Dance around the world
June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Look for “Dance Around the World” in The Big Picture.
Tags:culture·performance
Rehearsal: skill development for kindergarteners
June 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Performance over, there’s finally time to review the process… There’s a lot to learn in the process of rehearsal, if the dance is built for continuous learning. And although the goal of rehearsal would seem to be a more perfect performance, it’s not. It’s growth. There’s a limit to how perfectly kindergarteners are going to […]
Training the audience
June 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Audience norms are really different, depending on the event. Golf: total silence for the swing. Ballet: silence with applause following fantastic turns and jumps. Modern: silence, even following fantastic turns and jumps. Baseball: general conversation, cell phones & folks hawking food, but don’t disturb your neighbor during a play, and be ready to cheer wildly […]