Luna’s hosting a series of FREE Practitioner Exchanges to support teaching artists and educators during this time of physical distancing. Next up is a conversation on Teaching Dance from a Distance 2.0 – Where are we now and what next? + Practicum. Here are the details:

Tuesday, June 2
4:30-6pm Pacific
Free
RSVP to Jochelle, jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org for the Zoom link

As we continue teaching in this new terrain, dance educators are finding unique ways to cultivate creativity – for ourselves and our students. And new questions are emerging: How do we stretch our use of space in a 2D virtual platform? How do we sustain our excitement about teaching for the long haul when it feels so different, and often so one-sided? What kind of teaching and learning goals can we set? Bring your own questions to this casual conversation with dance ed peers, and we’ll collaborate to generate ideas. Also bring new curricular ideas you’d like to test out with fellow dancers in a practicum format – we’ll be using breakout rooms to experiment with each other. Hosted by dance teaching artists Maura Whelehan and Phoenicia Pettyjohn.

Are you a practicing dance teaching artist or classroom teacher ready for a fresh creative spark and time to develop your craft? Are you hungry for a collegial community that will help push you to the next level of your practice?

Apply to Luna’s Summer Institute (SI)! Now in its 20th year, the SI is a nationally-acclaimed professional development experience that brings together 6 teaching artists & 6 classroom practitioners to activate & inspire individual & collective imaginations.

A year-long comprehensive experience, the SI includes a week of intensive workshops, follow-up professional development, mentorship & coaching, and collegial support, all focused on the art of teaching dance.

“I was given permission – even encouragement – to experiment and make mistakes. To discover who I am as a dance artist and teacher. To follow my own curiosity versus someone else’s idea of what good dance teaching is.”
– Summer Institute alum

SI alumni have distinguished themselves as innovative teachers & advocates for dance education, and have gone on to forge new dance programs, step into leadership, and create change.

Applications due May 14
Summer Institute dates: July 13-18
with follow-up workshops January 16 & May 22, 2021
No cost for selected applicants

More details here

Teaching artists, dance educators, and dance leaders are sharing so many tools to help us stay connected and creative right now. On this page you can find some produced by Luna, our alumni, and our community partners and teachers. This list is not exhaustive! We know you may be bombarded with so much through email and social media, and so we are curating this collection with our Luna dance educator community in mind. However, if you’d like to share a resource that is helping you, please share by emailing Jochelle, jperena@lunadanceinstitute.org. We’ll be updating each day.