
Dance

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 as a dance & movement...

Teaching Tip: Becoming More Aware of Our Thoughts
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation For most of us, shifting attention in dance is like learning a new language that becomes more familiar with practice. Even just becoming aware...

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 diverse sources involving both self-related,...

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 transition from college to the...

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, in comparison to the heavy...

A Chat with Dawn Davis Loring, Author of Dance...
An interview with Dawn Davis Loring, MFA, dance teacher, writer, and choreographer Dawn Davis Loring’s interest in teaching dance and choreography started early when she taught her friends dance whenever they came over to play....