Alabama Dance Council

Recent advances in brain research show that more of the brain is activated during physical activity than when doing seatwork. Additional research shows that movement is most students’ preferred mode of learning – because they best understand concepts when they’re physically experienced. And yet, as educators, we are often the least secure with offering our students kinesthetic experiences in the classroom.Celeste Miller, designer of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s Curriculum in Motion® and…See More

A teaching artist is a triple-threat professional: a working artist, a working educator and a master collaborator. As a working artist you are constantly involved in the ongoing process of discovery, problem solving, and refinement of your artistic skills. In the K-12 classroom you must also be an effective partner in education. Working with the classroom teachers and the students you are a master collaborator achieving multiple goals and outcomes. Achieving a meaningful balance between these…See More