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Education
Selected Artist Stories
A discussion between Arnold Aprill, Executive Director of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education and Rachel Thorne Germond, CAR Dance Researcher and independent dance artist.
RTG: How does a dance artist in Chicago go about applying for a job as an arts integration educator?
Arnold: Rachel, you asked that question in an interesting way- because not only are dancers interested in sharing their dance expertise with young dancers, but dancers are also interested in sharing dance as a mode of thought, experience, and expression for all learners.
Chicago has a long history of being a center of innovation for partnerships between practicing artists and schools, Selected Chicago-City
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Developed by Carol Fox & Associates as an offshoot and companion Website for the performance-focused SeeChicagoDance.com, this site helps users find dance classes of all styles and techniques in the Chicago area and suburbs. Offers an intensive, individualized, and performance-based approach that prepares students for careers in dance or future graduate study. A multidisciplinary program that merges film, video, new media, performance, and writing. Partners with the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Park District to offer teens hands-on job training in art, music, theater, dance, sports, technology, and communications. Advances innovative arts integration practices and policies to promote learning. Also provides professional development workshops and training, and information on funding and arts education advocacy for educators and students. Offers CPS students a diverse offering of high-quality programs. Founded in 1953 by Gus Giordano. Offers dance classes for all ages and levels, from beginning to professional, with a focus on Jazz. Students can immerse themselves in the study of visual, sound, movement, literary and dramatic arts. Andersonville-based center for jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, and other dance forms. Internationally acclaimed, pioneering school famous for training dancers and placing them in companies throughout the world.
Offers a dance concentration that emphasizes training in both ballet and modern techniques. The only dance department in Illinois that offers both BFA and MFA degrees. Consistently ranked as one of the top 10 programs in the U.S. Selected National/International Links
Considered the #2 undergraduate dance program in the U.S. Recognized nationally and internationally for its leadership in choreography, performance, dance documentation, and the utilization of technology. Seeks students whose approaches are interdisciplinary and/or cross-cultural in nature, and offers a foundation in studio and theory coursework. The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance is one of the nation’s premiere colleges for the professional training of contemporary dance artists. Useful for artists who hope to become educators, mentors, or collaborators. The Institute's approach to exploring, studying and teaching movement as a fundamental human experience is based on the work of Rudolf Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff. Selected NYFA Requests
Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts and their NYFA Source national database of awards services and publications for the arts. Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts and their NYFA Source national database of awards services and publications for the arts. Courtesy of New York Foundation for the Arts and their NYFA Source national database of awards services and publications for the arts.
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