Luna Dance & Creativity

Job Opportunity at Luna!

Seeking Teaching Artist/Program Assistant for 2026-27

Are you passionate about creativity? Do you thrive in a collaborative, grassroots environment where everyone pulls together to create change? If you seek to apply your skills in service of social justice through the art of dance, Luna Dance & Creativity might be the place for you!

Luna seeks to hire an experienced Dance Teaching Artist to teach in our Early Childhood and Studio Lab programs (for kids 3-17). This position involves teaching part-time and administering programs part-time for a full-time (75-100%) position. Work hours include some mornings, afternoons, and weekends at a schedule that makes sense for the organization and employee.

See here for full job description and to learn how to apply.

Pardon our dust, we will be up and running soon!

Early Childhood Dance & Science Workshop
Sunday, February 22, 12-3pm, via Zoom
$195
Children are part of the natural world, and can experience freedom and connection through outdoor creative and risk-taking play. Discover how dance can support children’s curiosity about nature, including life and earth sciences. Explore movement activities inspired by all they engage with and observe outdoors – sticks and rocks, mud and puddles, feathers and blossoms, and more! This workshop aligns with the Preschool and TK Learning Foundations and Creative Curriculum.

Email [email protected] for more information.
Limited tuition assistance available

Summer Institute 2026 - Apply NOW!
Are you a dance teaching artist ready to take your curricula to the next level of creative rigor and inquiry? Or a seasoned classroom practitioner ready to infuse dance into your curriculum?
Do you crave a cohort of collegial support?

Now in its 24th year, Summer Institute (SI) is a nationally-acclaimed, year-long professional development experience that brings together teaching artists and education practitioners to activate and inspire individual and collective imaginations.

SI includes in-person intensives, Zoom sessions, and individualized coaching.

In-person dates at our Berkeley studio: July 13-17, January 16-17, May 22, 2027

No cost for selected applicants. Application due April 4th.
$30 application fee
To request an application, contact Kimiko at [email protected] with questions.

Exploring Assessment in Dance & Creativity
A Conversation with Dr. Patricia Reedy
Thursday, March 26, 4:30-6pm PT, via Zoom
$15 or free for current PL Users

What are our students learning and how do we know? What are we seeing in what they show us? How are we assessing our curriculum and teaching practice? What do we look for and how do we identify implicit and explicit criteria?

Dr. Patricia Reedy, Luna Founder and Director of Creativity & Pedagogy, will facilitate a conversation about how we as teaching artists can assess the experiences and learning happening in our classes in ways that feel authentic and aligned with our goals and values.

Join us with your own experiences and inquiries!
Email [email protected] for more information.

Teaching Family Dance Workshop
Sunday, February 22, 12-3pm, via Zoom
Learn to facilitate relationship-enhancing dance lessons for people of all ages, with special focus on young children and their caregivers. This workshop is grounded in Luna’s decades of action research into Family Dance through our Moving Parents and Children Together (MPACT) program, which have clearly shown us that connection, trust, engagement, and empathy are strengthened between family members when they dance and create together.

Special bonus: Participants will be able to watch a livestreamed Family Dance class taught by Luna faculty that morning, 10-10:50am, to see concepts from the workshop in action!
Email Kimiko at [email protected] for more information and to register. Tuition cost is $195.

Join us for a conversation around Dance Visibility & Advocacy. This Practitioner Exchange will be on Tuesday February 24th from 4:30-6! Come join the discussion ✨✨

Teaching Family Dance
Sunday 2/22, 12-3pm, via Zoom*
$195 Details & Registration
(Limited tuition assistance available; free for OUSD and MCOE ECE teachers)

* Participants will also be able to watch a livestreamed Family Dance class taught by Luna faculty that morning, 10-10:50am, to see ideas from the workshop in action!

Discover how attachment and play theories interact with neurological patterning and learn to facilitate fun, relationship-based dance activities for children and their caregivers.

Luna's decades of action research into Family Dance through our Moving Parents and Children Together (MPACT) program have clearly shown us that connection, trust, engagement, and empathy are strengthened between family members when they dance and create together. Over the years, our faculty members have written several articles about the benefits of Family Dance - here are a couple, in case you're interested in checking them out:

Unifying Dance & Relationship Through MPACT by Cherie Hill and Nancy Ng
Engaging Families in Dance by Edward C. Warburton, Patricia Reedy, and Nancy Ng

We hope you'll join us! Contact Kimiko Guthrie for more information.

Now in its 25th year, our Summer Institute (SI) is a nationally-acclaimed, yearlong professional development experience that brings together teaching artists and classroom teachers to activate and inspire individual and collective imaginations. Participants take a deep dive into child development, creativity and learning theories, and discover how to teach dance to all children through the lens of inclusion.

SI includes in-person intensives, Zoom sessions, and individualized coaching, and is offered at no cost for selected participants.

In-Person Dates at our Berkeley studio:

July 13-17; January 16-17; May 22

Application due April 4th
$30 application fee.

Discover more and request an application here.

"I feel so empowered to advocate for dance learning for all. Not as a supplement to other subjects, but as a subject in and of itself."
~ Summer Institute alum

"Through Luna, I have received one of the most valuable gifts a teaching artist could ever receive, a toolbox with unlimited resources and potential to activate the artist in every child that enters our classroom."

~ Summer Institute alum

Join us for our Summer Camps! Registration is open now.