Partnering Dance and Education: Intelligent Moves for Changing Times

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Summary: All Dance Educators Should Read
Review: Partnering Dance and Education is one of the most relevant and informative publications for the dance teacher in America today. It gives a broad overview of the scenario faced by educators in both the academic and the studio settings and the networking which is needed between them. The benefits of dance in the academic settings as related to the studio owner are explored and defined in clear and concise language. Since this is an area to date unexplored and perceived by all dance teachers with hesitation, it is essential for informed decisions and liaisons between all who touch the dance students lives. Career opportunities, outreach programs, and "multiplication effects" are just a very few of the subjects addressed and explored by the author. The changing times of the dance world are viewed from a new and exciting perspective throughout the pages while acknowledgement and validation of the traditional forms of dance education are reviewed. With the inclusion of Dance in the federal government's Goals 2000 program for American Education, it is vital that all dance educators be aware of the innovations, aspirations and directions needed to bring dance into its well-deserved but long overdue recognition within the American culture and teaching systems.

Rating:
Summary: All Dance Educators Should Read
Review: Partnering Dance and Education is one of the most relevant and informative publications for the dance teacher in America today. It gives a broad overview of the scenario faced by educators in both the academic and the studio settings and the networking which is needed between them. The benefits of dance in the academic settings as related to the studio owner are explored and defined in clear and concise language. Since this is an area to date unexplored and perceived by all dance teachers with hesitation, it is essential for informed decisions and liaisons between all who touch the dance students lives. Career opportunities, outreach programs, and "multiplication effects" are just a very few of the subjects addressed and explored by the author. The changing times of the dance world are viewed from a new and exciting perspective throughout the pages while acknowledgement and validation of the traditional forms of dance education are reviewed. With the inclusion of Dance in the federal government's Goals 2000 program for American Education, it is vital that all dance educators be aware of the innovations, aspirations and directions needed to bring dance into its well-deserved but long overdue recognition within the American culture and teaching systems.