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Milovanovic, Dara; Wilde, Darby – Research in Dance Education, 2023
This article aims to reveal the challenges of working mothers in dance academia in respect to balancing of teaching, service, administration, and research demands and parenting of young teens. Through a conversation, the authors aim to find solidarity in our similar situations in different geographic locations by exchanging ideas regrading…
Descriptors: Mothers, Employed Parents, Dance, Dance Education
Omasta, Matt; Graham, Mark; Milling, Stephanie L.; Murray, Elizabeth; Jensen, Amy Petersen; Siebert, Johanna J. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2021
Arts education advocates sometimes point to extrinsic benefits of arts learning, including Social Emotional Learning (SEL). This study considers if and how the National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) in dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual art may align with SEL standards adopted by the state of Illinois, upon which other SEL standards have…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Art Education, National Standards, State Standards
Kranicke, Michelle; Pruitt, Lara – Journal of Dance Education, 2012
This article examines assessment of "intangible" concepts in dance education such as creativity, risk, originality, or artistic thinking. Through the development of assessment workshops for arts educators, conducted from 2009 through 2011 across the state of Illinois and supported by the Illinois Arts Council, the authors developed a…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Fine Arts, Creativity, Dance
Humphreys, Kathryn; Kimbrell, Sinéad – Journal of Dance Education, 2013
Drawing on more than two decades of experience refining this teaching process, as well as insights from two consecutive research studies of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's education work, this article presents best practice strategies for teaching choreography to elementary students in schools. The article outlines the rationale behind the Prepare,…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Instructional Effectiveness, Dance Education, Elementary Education
Rosenfeld, Malke; Johnson, Marquetta; Plemons, Anna; Makol, Suzanne; Zanskas, Meghan; Dzula, Mark; Mahoney, Meg Robson – Teaching Artist Journal, 2014
Writing about the teaching artist practice should mean writing about art making. As both teacher and artist, the authors are required to be cognizant of their own art-making processes, both how it works and why it is important to them, in order to make this process visible to their students. They also need the same skills to write about how and…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Writing (Composition), After School Programs
Afterschool Alliance, 2013
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
Smith, Jennifer – Teaching Artist Journal, 2007
There are many talented and creative dance professionals working in academia today, and it can be stifling to an artist to feel that one must give students traditional class assignments to evaluate their progress. Dance is a creative endeavor, and all aspects of the curricula, even non-movement-based classwork, can and should reflect this fact. In…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Holistic Approach, College Instruction, Integrated Curriculum
Kuper, Kate – Teaching Artist Journal, 2006
For nearly 25 years, the author has driven the highways and back roads of Illinois, teaching dance to school children, leading family programs, performing lecture/demonstrations, and choreographing technically simple, conceptually complex pieces with and for young dancers. The author's home base is Champaign/Urbana (C/U), twin cities with a…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Dance Education, Artists, Art Teachers
Glass, Don; Palmer Wolf, Dennie; Molloy, Traci; Rodriguez, Aamir; Horowitz, Robert; Burnaford, Gail; Mertens, Donna M. – Online Submission, 2008
This collection of essays explores various arts education-specific evaluation tools, as well as considers Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the inclusion of people with disabilities in the design of evaluation instruments and strategies. Prominent evaluators Donna M. Mertens, Robert Horowitz, Dennie Palmer Wolf, and Gail Burnaford are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Evaluation, Access to Education, Disabilities

Aschenbrenner, Joyce; Carr, Carolyn Hameedah – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1989
Describes dancer Katherine Dunham's philosophical system and her application of the "Dunham technique" in the Children's Workshop of the Katherine Dunham Museum in East St. Louis (Illinois). Contends that Dunham incorporates rites of passage to transform the lives of participants through intense involvement in art as a way of life. (AF)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Culture, Black Youth, Community
Netzer, Dick; Parker, Ellen – 1993
A study of the general working conditions, financial status, performance opportunities, funding, and work practices of choreographers in New York City, Chicago (Illinois), San Francisco (California), and Washington, D.C. was conducted in order to develop benchmark statistics. These statistics focus on the national choreographer population and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dance, Dance Education, Education Work Relationship
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1996
As part of the school reform legislation of 1985, the Illinois State Board of Education established State Goals for Learning in six fundamental learning areas: language arts, mathematics, science, social science, fine arts, and physical development and health. The next step is to develop standards that will more clearly define the knowledge and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Dance Education, Drama