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 Summer
Inspiration
Continuing education listings
"A
teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his
influence stops." --Henry B. Adams
Teachers
Intensive
American
Academy of Ballet
Purchase
College, SUNY
Purchase, NY August 3-5
Contact:
Mignon Furman, Director
office@ameracademyofballet.com
212-787-9500
www.ameracademyofballet.com
Programs
and subjects related to the teaching of young children.
Positive ideas to improve your teaching and motivate your
students. Levels 1-6 of the Performance Awards program, an
inspiring program to supplement the training of young dancers.
The Enchanted Doorway Series will continue, a wonderful
program for teaching 3-6 year olds. Share ideas and
experiences with teachers from all over the world.
Teachers
Intensive
American
Academy of Ballet
Purchase
College, SUNY
Purchase, NY
August
9-11
Contact:
Mignon Furman, Director
office@ameracademyofballet.com
212-787-9500
www.ameracademyofballet.com
Class
plans, teaching programs, variations and other subjects
related to the teaching of pre-teens and teenagers to
pre-professionals. The Performance Awards Program from level 7
through 11 will be an addition. This program is challenging
and inspiring to young dancers, giving them the understanding
of performance, artistry and presentation.
Teacher’s Training School (T.T.S.)
Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers (ADAPT)
Moose
Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
1st Year
attendees, July 9-15
2nd Year
attendees, July 12-18
Graduating attendees, July 16-20
Contact:
Brian Foley or Debbie Noce
bfoley@adaptsyllabus.com
905-936-2151
www.adaptsyllabus.com
The purpose
of the ADAPT Teacher’s Training School (T.T.S.) is to
encourage and train senior dancers and assistant teachers who
are interested in becoming professional dance teachers, as
well as dance teachers who are already teaching and are
interested in improving their teaching skills and earning
their ADAPT Certification.
The course
is a graduating, seven-day intensive “learn to teach dancing”
course and is held each summer for three consecutive years. It
is a progressive three-year program and participants are
expected to attend all three summers in order to achieve their
ADAPT Teacher’s Certificate.
 Teachers
Seminar
Cecchetti Council of America
Hope
College, Holland, MI
July
15-21
Contact:
Gail Choate-Pettit
ccainfo@aol.com
734-379-6710
www.cecchetti.org
We welcome
all teachers to our seminar to explore, learn, and study the
Cecchetti Method. The Cecchetti method offers a completely
balanced and analyzed system of theory and execution for the
planned development of the student from the first lesson to
professional levels. The seminar is devoted to the art of
teaching, emphasizing developing technique and the quality of
movement, body placement, and style.
Summer
Dance Workshops 2007
Chicago
National Association of Dance Masters
Sheraton
Chicago Northwest Hotel
Arlington Heights (Chicago), IL
July
23-30
Teacher’s Training School is July 23-26. Convention is July
27-30.
Contact:
Kathy Velasco, Managing Director
cnadm@megsinet.net
815-397-6052
www.cnadm.com
CNADM will
celebrate its 95th year of providing quality dance education
workshops for teachers and their students. Teacher’s Training
School is designed to increase teaching competency with
emphasis placed on teaching technique, educational theory and
personal dance development. The convention places emphasis on
improving individual technique and providing original
choreographed material.
2007
National Convention of Teachers Only
Dance
Educators of America
Trump
Plaza Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, NJ
June
26-29
Contact:
Vickie Sheer, CEO
dea@deadance.com
914-636-3200
www.deadance.com
For
teachers ages 20+ (no students). Five 90-minute classes each
day on a wide range of subjects from “How To Teach Better
Pirouettes,” “Stretching Techniques For Acrobatics And
Contortion,” “Do’s And Don’ts For Competition/Recitals,”
“Lifts For Boys And Girls,” and other subjects that deal with
teaching and running a studio. Continental breakfast and lunch
is included daily, plus a “Get-together Cocktail Evening.”
This is the workshop for teachers to ask questions on running
a business or learning techniques to make students better
faster. The faculty is drawn from master teachers with years
of experience in the teaching and performing fields.
2007
Teacher Training & Certification Program
Dance
Educators of America
Grand
Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY
July 2-7
University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
July
16-21
Contact:
Charles Kelley, Administrator of Training Programs
dea@deadance.com
914-636-3200
www.deadance.com
DEA is
celebrating its 75th Anniversary and the 65th Anniversary of
its Teacher Training & Certification Program. A dynamic,
multidimensional program enhancing and furthering the
knowledge of dance and teaching techniques based on “How-What-
When & Why” to teach and prepare for certification (by
examinations) in the five major dance subjects at three levels
of achievement, sanctioned by the University of Nevada at Las
Vegas. This program is for both the young teacher, and for the
established teacher wishing to renew, revitalize, and advance
his/her teaching methods in classical ballet, tap, modern,
jazz, and acro/tumbling. Program open to teachers ages 18+
with 4+ years intensive training in dance.
123rd
National Convention
Dance
Masters of America, Inc.
Marriott
Marquis Hotel, New York, NY
July
28-August 3
Contact:
Robert Mann, National Executive Secretary
dmamann@aol.com
718-225-4013
www.dma-national.org
Educationally, DMA has something for everyone with seven
different programs. Our master class faculty is selected to
insure the best possible and widest variety of dance
education. The DMA convention week begins with our welcome
party and ends with an elegant awards banquet, where it has
been our privilege to honor those who have made significant
contributions to not only the dance community but to the dance
teaching profession.
Teachers
Training School East
Dance
Masters of America, Inc.
State
University of New York at Buffalo, NY
July
13-17
Contact:
Robert Mann, National Executive Secretary
dmamann@aol.com
718-225-4013
www.dma-national.org
The Dance
Masters Of America, Inc. Teachers Training School Program is
by far the shining star of DMA’s arsenal for dance education
for both teachers and prospective teachers. The program is
comprehensive, informative, and includes all aspects of
teaching methods and techniques for the education of students
in most subjects from early childhood to professional status.
The program is set up with a progressive four year curriculum
with classes on a daily basis from 8 a.m. to dinner hour, with
intensive studies, optional classes, and review classes for
those preparing for the examinations and the awarding of their
diploma held in the evenings.
Teachers
Training School West
Dance
Masters of America, Inc.
California State University (Cal State) at Long Beach, CA
August
12-16
Contact:
Robert Mann, National Executive Secretary
dmamann@aol.com
718-225-4013
www.dma-national.org
The Dance
Masters Of America, Inc. is proud to announce the
establishment of the all-new Teachers Training School Program
West. This new and exciting program will be held at the
wonderful, state-of-the-art dance facilities on the Cal State
Campus at Long Beach. First year students from the western
part of the country will now have a place of their own. The
TTS program and curriculum will develop into a mirror image of
DMA’s TTS East.
Masters
in Dance Direction
Dance
Masters of America, Inc.
State
University of New York at Buffalo, NY
July
13-17
Contact:
Robert Mann, National Executive Secretary
dmamann@aol.com
718-225-4013
www.dma-national.org
The Dance
Masters Of America, Inc. has extended its TTS beyond the four
year program with the addition of its new Masters in Dance
Direction. This program views dance as a communicative art
with multiple roles: performance, choreography, education,
recreation, production, and research. The focus is to expand
beyond the extremely successful TTS program with practical
work, thought, and research, which will include the
candidate’s vision and dance identity. It endeavors to develop
skills in the creative process, the integration of arts and
dance sciences, extended research in dance and its related
areas, and the application of these in the art of dance.
Dance
Olympus
Riviera
Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
July 6-8
Ramada
Mall of America, Minneapolis, MN
July
9-12
Crowne
Plaza Chicago O’Hare, Chicago, IL
July
9-12
Omni
Houston Hotel Westside, Houston, TX
July
12-15
Holiday
Inn Convention Center, Omaha, NE
July
12-15
Lantana,
Boston, MA
July
15-18
Clarion
Hotel Sports Complex, Kansas City, MO
July
15-18
Marriott
Marquis, New York, NY
July
15-18
Contact:
Jackie Del Prete
danceolympus2@aol.com
800-443-2623
www.danceolympus-america.com
Dance
Olympus offers high caliber classes in a range of styles,
technique, and choreography. Our highly skilled faculty will
motivate and energize both dancers and teachers alike in a
challenging, friendly, and fun atmosphere.
 Intelligent
Injury-Free Dance: The Feldenkrais Method®
Dance
Taos Taos, NM
July
30-August 4
Contact:
Prisca Winslow Bradley
priscawin@yahoo.com
505-758-2840
www.moveintobalance.com
“Enlightening, Educational, Transformative!” 11th annual
intensive for a new generation of healthy, beautiful dancers.
An experiential thought-provoking week designed to educate and
inspire teachers to live in the learning process. Clarify and
enhance dance technique through reviving your inherent
knowledge of movement and developing a deeper understanding of
skeletal anatomy. Come improve your balance, flexibility,
observation skills, and creativity and return home to your
students refreshed with new information and discoveries to
integrate both personally and professionally.
Dance
Education Training Course
Dance
Teachers’ Club of Boston Inc. and the American Society
Lantana,
Randolph, MA
July
30-August 5
Contact:
Frances Jancaterino, Chairperson
617-328-8669
dtcb111@rcn.com
(Editor’s Note: This course requires 3 separate summers of
participation.)
This course
is available to students of member teachers of Dance Teachers’
Club of Boston Inc., and non-member dancers over the age of
18. For the non-credited course, attendees may observe all 3
class levels but will receive notes for only 1 level and must
attend all classes. For the credited course, attendees must
participate in all classes, pass the exam in all classes, and
attend all classes every day. An Awards Ceremony is held for
those who complete all 3 levels of the course.
Teachers’ Workshop
Danc’eM
Sheraton, Atlantic City, NJ
July
28-29
Contact:
Deanna Low
Deannallow@aol.com
888-432-6236
www.4dancem.com
Join Deanna
in Atlantic City for a two-day teachers’ workshop. Two days of
learning Danc’eM dances and programs, plus four sessions on
solving your studio problems. Plenty of open forum time
to ask anything. We will have all our stock there with CD
players to listen to your heart’s content, and all our books
to look at and all your questions answered. Plus: $100 of free
merchandise of your choice to take home with you at the end of
the workshop.
 Finis Jhung
Teacher Workshop
Ballet
Dynamics
New
York, NY August 11-12
Contact:
Finis Jhung
finis@fjballet.com
212-721-6748
www.fjballet.com
Nine hours
of instruction that includes: the fundamentals, floor barre,
basic barre, intermediate /advanced barre, the arabesque,
pirouettes, linking steps, jumps, video analysis of famous
dancers, choreographed combinations, Leap ‘N Learn with
Beverly Spell, and discounted shopping in the studio. Free
lunches, snacks, and beverages, are included.
Teacher
Workshop
Leap ‘N
Learn
Lafayette, LA
Dates
TBA
Contact:
Janey Roan
janey@leapnlearn.com
888-211-5180
www.leapnlearn.com
This
three-day intensive workshop, led by Beverly F. Spell, owner
of Leap ‘N Learn, and child psychologist, Annie Spell, M.A.,
trains teachers in the teaching of each age group, three to
six years. Leap ‘N Learn focuses on age-appropriate
instruction in conjunction with children’s cognitive
development and its relation to dance. Other topics include
free dance ideas, using young dancers in end-of-the-year
performances, monthly objectives, and business and marketing.
Dance
Education in the 21st Century: The Evolving Art Of Teaching
Excellence
National
Dance Association
National
Museum of Dance Saratoga Springs, NY
June
14-17
Contact:
Colleen Dean, NDA Program Administrator
nda@aahperd.org
800-213-7193 x464
www.aahperd.org/nda
Amid the
beautiful museum setting in Saratoga Springs, NY – the summer
home to the arts – educators and artists converge in this
cutting-edge conference, “Dance Education in the 21st Century:
The Evolving Art of Teaching Excellence.” Celebrate the past,
present, and future in this conference and museum exhibit
showcasing NDA’s year-long “Dance Education in America
Project,” opening June 14. Young and young at heart are
welcome in the children’s interactive section. Co-sponsors to
date: National Museum of Dance, Jacob’s Pillow, Sportime,
Bennington College, Lees-MacRae College, and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Registration and CEUs offered to all dance
educators.
Summer
Workshop Series
Peridance Center
Please
call for location
May-August
Contact:
Tim Martin, Office Administrator
info@peridance.com
212-505-0886
www.peridance.com
Ballet,
modern, theater jazz, and somatics workshops taught by
prominent names in the heart of New York City. Most teacher
workshops consist of daily classes for a week at a time. Some
of the workshops have a repertory component. Advance
registration recommended. Schedule and registration should be
available by end of 2006. Check our website for details.
Annual
Summer Convention and One Day Ballet Forum
Southern
Association of Dance Masters Inc.
Cool
Springs Marriott Franklin, Nashville, TN
July
13-15
Contact:
Kathy Kinner
info@sadm.org
217-496-2725
www.sadm.org
Convention
registration and faculty information will be available on the
SADM website in January of 2007.
 Boulder Jazz
Dance Workshop
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
July
23-August 4
Contact:
Daniel Morimoto
boulderjazz@juno.com
303-449-0399
www.BoulderJazzDanceWorkshop.com
The 29th
annual BJDW is for teachers and intermediate through advanced
dancers ages 16 and up. Classes in jazz, hip hop, jazz funk,
modern, musical theatre, turns, ballet barre, Pilates mat, and
yoga. Performances of student & faculty choreography.
Continuing education program for dance teachers. Housing &
college credit are available.
Photo
captions (from top to bottom):
Each
year a welcome reception is given for attendees of the
Cecchetti Council of America Teachers Seminar at the home of
Maxine DeBruyn, Hope College Dance Department Chair Teachers
enjoy the beauty of Lake Michigan while connecting with new
and old friends. Shown here: Jessica Adams, from Sioux Falls,
SD, enjoying Lake Michigan. Photo by Jackie Pederson-Kriens.
Teachers
observe a class at the Cecchetti Council of America Teachers
Seminar. At the seminar, the complete Cecchetti syllabus is
offered along with classes that specialize in teaching
techniques, classes for the very young, free style, and
classical variations. Photo by Bethany Lenhart.
Teachers
attending a class at Finis Jhung’s annual Teacher Workshop at
New York City Center. Photo by Stephen von der Launitz.
A
class at Dance Taos’ Intelligent Injury-Free Dance: The
Feldenkrais Method® annual intensive. Photo by Lenny Foster.
Teachers
work on hinges in a Jazz Technique class at the Boulder Jazz
Dance Workshop. Photo © 2005 by Wendy Turner.
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