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  • Home
  • Professional Learning
  • Workshops
    • Foundations Series
    • Equity & Inclusion
    • Early Childhood and Family Dance
    • Continuing Ed/Topics
    • Certification
  • Institutes
    • Summer Institute
    • Leadership Institute
    • Family Dance Institute
  • Community
    • Activities & Events
    • Practitioner Exchanges
    • COVID Time Capsule
    • Forums
  • Resources
    • COVID-19 Dance Resources
    • Racial Justice Dance Resources
    • Books & Videos
    • Podcast
    • Ask a Fellow!
    • Dance Educator Newsletters
    • Our Library
    • Consultations
    • Teacher Tools
  • Home
  • Professional Learning
  • Workshops
    • Foundations Series
    • Equity & Inclusion
    • Early Childhood and Family Dance
    • Continuing Ed/Topics
    • Certification
  • Institutes
    • Summer Institute
    • Leadership Institute
    • Family Dance Institute
  • Community
    • Activities & Events
    • Practitioner Exchanges
    • COVID Time Capsule
    • Forums
  • Resources
    • COVID-19 Dance Resources
    • Racial Justice Dance Resources
    • Books & Videos
    • Podcast
    • Ask a Fellow!
    • Dance Educator Newsletters
    • Our Library
    • Consultations
    • Teacher Tools

Professional Workshops

Luna offers workshops for educators at every stage of their careers. Our Foundation Series is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of dance teaching and learning. Topic workshops are created in response to the evolving needs of our field and offer opportunities for continuing education. Content-specific strands, such as Early Childhood Education or Equity & Inclusion, allow dance educators to investigate specific areas of interest.

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Foundation Series

Luna’s four-part Foundations Series charts the course of standards-based dance teaching proficiency from a critical theory perspective.

DIDC-A and Reflective Practice may be taken at any time; DIDC-B and Curricular Progressions have prerequisites. The full series is required for LDI certification.

Equity & Inclusion

All of Luna’s PL offerings address equity and inclusion; however, specific dance workshops allow participants to focus even more intently on making dance accessible.

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Early Childhood

Renowned for our expertise in early childhood dance, our workshops share our creative play and relationship-based approach.

Our annual series of Early Childhood workshops is designed for those who work with young children.

Continuing Ed/Topics

Responding to issues relevant to today’s educators, Luna’s topic workshops enliven teaching practice and inspire fresh inquiry.

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They allow an entry point to those new in the field and offer veteran educators opportunities to study with topic experts.

Want to continue your learning at home?

Designed to accompany our Workshops and Institutes, Luna’s book Body, Mind & Spirit in ACTION, and the video series of PERFECT IMPERFECT LESSONS aim to empower educators, practitioners, community workers, and more.

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Certification

As we await the development of California’s new Dance Teaching Credential, Luna offers a professional certificate that represents completion of a rigorous course of study in creative, standards-based dance education for all educators preK through middle school.

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Past Dance Workshops

These PL topics have been offered in the past by LDI and guest faculty.

  • Action Research and the Dance Practitioner
  • American Sign Language & Dance (guest facilitator)
  • Attachment Theory (guest facilitators)
  • Authentic Assessment
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Critical Pedagogy and Dance
  • Dance & the Common Core
  • Dance as Arts Integration
  • Exploring the element of Time through “The Break”
  • Motif Notation
  • Proposal Writing
  • Strategic Planning for Dance Education
  • Teaching Community through Improvisation
  • The Relationship between Technique and Creative Dance

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