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Welcome to NDATalk. NDA's page to share some of our favorite dance stories, most exciting dance experiences, and most beloved dance morsels. Enjoy!
May 8, 2012
Enjoy the following video depicting 100 years in 100 seconds of East London style dance and clothing.
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May 7, 2012
The following is a beautiful and inspirational video created by The Ontario Arts Council to support the goals of Ontario Dances. The video includes many different types of dancers doing many different types of dance, all speaking about why they dance.
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April 30, 2012
Looking for a fun way to stay healthy and have some fun? Check out the "dance-walk," a goofy and yet inspiring way to keep dance in your everyday life. Don't just walk, dance-walk!
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April 23, 2012
Marissa Orzame, a 6th grade student at Boulan Park Middle School and a finalist in this year's "Make the Play" kid video contest, tells the world how to maintain and promote good health: Dance Battles!
To read more about Marissa and the contest, please go here.
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April 4, 2012
The National Endowment for the Arts recently published a research report, The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies, which describes the positive outcomes associated with high levels of arts exposure for youth of low socioeconomic status.
According to the report, when these youth participate in art (music, dance, theater, visual arts), they are more likely to do better academically, to have higher career goals, and to be more involved in their community.
Read more here.
April 3, 2012
The Smithsonian Associates and the Creativity Foundation have named choreographer Mark Morris the recipient of the 11th annual Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate Award. The Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate Award recognizes and celebrates influential thinkers, innovators and catalysts in the arts, sciences and humanities, in both traditional and emerging disciplines. Morris will discuss the role of creativity in his life and work with Washington Post dance critic, Sarah Kaufman, Friday, April 20, at 7pm in Ring Auditorium in the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. For more information, please visit here.
Morris blissfully ignores conventions that define what a dancer should look like, who gets to dance with whom and who can play traditionally male or female roles. Perhaps most importantly, Morris is recognized for his profound musicality and commitment to live accompaniment. In all of his works, he finds a rich emotional foundation in the music that sets his imagination and his dancers in motion.
For more information on the Creativity Collaboration, please visit here.
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March 20, 2012
Cindy Jones, the 2011 K-12 Dance Educator of the Year, was not discouraged by the Boston power outage that resulted in the cancellation of the 2012 AAHPERD National Convention, where she was scheduled to teach and perform and had 20 of her students in tow. Instead, she turned the cancellation into an opportunity and found a way to help teach dance to Boston area elementary school students. Read the whole story here.
Cindy Jones currently teaches dance at Xavier Charter School in Twin Falls, Idaho and The College of Southern Idaho. She has been involved in many community outreach projects where she also shares her passion for dance and helps others in need.
Below is a video of Cindy Jones and her students performing their Let's Move in School dance, prepared for the 2012 AAHPERD National Convention. To check out her instructional videos, go here.
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March 2, 2012
American ballerina Keenan Kampa willl be joining the Mariinksy Ballet Company in June 2012. Kampa will be the second American in history who has been asked to join a major Russian ballet company. Check out her story, with links to interviews and articles, here.
March 1, 2011
The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) supports children's creativity around the world.
Check out this feature on the 2011 World Children's Festival in Washington, D.C. - filled with dance, music, and art. More...
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