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A Journey into Modern Dance: The Story of Yang Meiqi “Why do they fall down?” This intriguing question was posed by Yang Meiqi, a prominent Chinese dance educator, as she observed a modern dance class in Durham, North Carolina, in the summer of 1986. The person she directed this question to was Charles Reinhart, the esteemed director of the American Dance Festival, which she was attending at the…

Choreographing to Music or Without? Which is Better?

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As a Conference Manager of a Dance Teacher event, I am constantly looking at trends of other events, reading blogs/Facebook posts, and gathering one-on-one feedback that gives me insight on what dance teachers need to continue to improve their educational outlook.  One of the conversations that I keep seeing are requests on song suggestions.

It is an…

Norfolk State Health & PE Professor Wins National Award

Professor Tarin Hampton from Norfolk State’s Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science department has been selected to receive the National Dance Society’s Global Dance Educator Award for 2016. The selection committee cited Professor Hampton’s joy of dance, the search for more information and education, and her drive to share what she’s learned with the world. The awards ceremony will take…