
Dance

Celebrating the dance contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific...
By Dawn Davis Loring, MFA, DANCE TEACHER, WRITER, AND CHOREOGRAPHER  In May we celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to our shared dance heritage. Here are a...

Dance and Movement in Mental Health
Interview with Erica Hornthal, LCPC, BC-DMT, on Building America Now Podcast  Erica Hornthal, Human Kinetics author, was a guest on Building America Now with David Bolanos where she discussed her career...

Teaching Tip: Becoming More Aware of Our Thoughts
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation Shifting attention in dance is for most of us like learning a new language: It becomes familiar with practice....

Teaching Tip: External Attentional Foci
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation In my direct experience of teaching dancers, I have learned that we frequently use multiple types of feedback from...

Teaching Tip: Preparing Students for After Graduation
By Ali Duffy, PhD, associate professor of dance at Texas Tech University and founder and artistic director of Flatlands Dance Theatre The first year after graduation can be overwhelming as dance students...

Teaching Tip: Working in a Systematic Way
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation  There is, in general, a lack of a systematic attention and focus strategy or of consistent mental training for dancers,...