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🇧🇷Community Class Alert
🗓️April 15
⏰ 6-8pm
📍 Coppin State University Dance Studio
🔈Comment “Brazil” and I’ll send you the link
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03/29/2026
One night three magical instructors.
Join us if you can
Join us for a powerful collaborative evening of movement, culture, and embodied history as we welcome master artists rooted in Afro-Brazilian dance traditions. This is more than a class—it’s an opportunity to connect with lineage, rhythm, and community through lived practice.
🗓 Wednesday, April 15th
⏰ 6–8 PM
📍 Coppin State University Dance Studio
Featuring:
Vania Oliveira (Afro Bloco Ilê Aiyê)
Zé Ricardo & Nildinha Fonseca (Balé Folclórico da Bahia)
These renowned artists bring decades of knowledge, artistry, and cultural preservation directly into the space. Whether you are a dancer, educator, or community member—this experience is for you.
💵 Donation: $20 | Coppin Students - FREE!
🎟 Register via QR code on the flyer
Come ready to move, learn, and be in community!
🍎Move your body
👩🏾🏫 This dance tip has everything to do with how we as dance educator move our body through the learning space in a way that intentionally engages our students.
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Those notes come in handy
A quick note at the end of class can make your planning period way more efficient
🧐How do keep track of what you’re teaching across your different classes?
Let us know in the comments below.
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Be gracious with yourself
🍎A little bit of daily reading goes a long way.
👩🏾🏫What are you reading right now?
🤓Looking for Dance Education Tips try my 10 best practice link in bio.
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Big feelings…
🍎Just like you they have feeling and a life outside of the classroom.
👩🏾🏫That does not excuse their behavior, but it a reminder for us as educators not to take it personally.
💃🏽 Caring is part of being a good educator and can show up in many different ways like giving you and them a chance to breathe.
🍎Link in bio if you’re ready to improve your teaching and the feeling of your classroom
Dance Teacher Tip of the week:
A lit bit of kindness goes a long way.
🍎Activities vs Lecturing
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Feelings matter!
The feeling/ emotional release you get from dancing it what keeps you on the dance floor, so it’s responsible to simply say leave your feeling at the door.
Our feeling are with us at all times, now as adults we’ve learn to navigate and prioritize, this is something we teach our students to do.
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Story time
It’s was a West African dancer who encouraged me to write about dance, and I’m so thankful for that. This habit is part of the reason I’m a successful dancer and dance educator.
I designed a journal for your high school aged dancers. Drop the word “journal “ in the comments below and I’ll send you a link to make your order.
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