Tools for a Moving Classroom
Enrollment Now Open for Connecticut Dance Educators Forum
Tools for a Moving Classroom enrollment is now open for the Connecticut Dance Educators Forum, which will be held on Tuesday, November 5, from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM at Naugatuck Valley Community College. The college is co-presenting the Forum, which features three rotating workshops presented by Diana Dart Harris, Merly De La Hoz-Cookson and Cheryl Wirth Santulli.
Tools for a Moving Classroom will also include a luncheon roundtable discussion facilitated by Stephen Pier, Director of the Dance Division at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford and featuring workshop presenters and Connecticut Dance Alliance board members.
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Connecticut Dance Alliance announces Jeanne Giroir and Joyce DiLauro as recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement in Dance Award
Connecticut Dance Alliance (CDA) is pleased to announce Jeanne Giroir and Joyce DiLauro as recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement in Dance Award in recognition of their distinguished careers in dance and commitment to the Connecticut dance community.
Giroir and DiLauro will be honored during CDA’s annual awards ceremony on Sunday, October 6. Recipients of the Jill Henderson Award and the newly-created CDA Jump Start Awards will also be recognized at the ceremony.
The Distinguished Achievement in Dance Award recognizes those individuals who have made outstanding and long-lasting contributions to the Connecticut dance community. Previous recipients of the CDA Distinguished Achievement in Dance Award include Noble Barker, Pilobolus and Pamela Tatge, Judy Dworin, Martha Myers, and Michael Uthoff. Read more…
Connecticut Dance Alliance announces Debra Collins Ryder as recipient of the 2019 Jill Henderson Award
Connecticut Dance Alliance (CDA) is pleased to announce Debra Collins Ryder as the recipient of the 2019 Jill Henderson Award.
The Jill Henderson Award is given annually to acknowledge and celebrate service to the Connecticut dance community through contributions in the areas of scholarship, education, and in-kind support to the dance field. The award is named in honor of former Connecticut Dance Alliance board
president and Distinguished Achievement in Dance award recipient Jill Henderson, who spearheaded the Alliance’s Dance History Project.
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Connecticut Dance Alliance, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness of dance in all its forms and serving the needs of the state-wide dance community. We offer:
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