WVDEO

WV Dance Educators - WVDEO has a few upcoming events for you!

First - Save the date for a teacher professional development in Morgantown on Saturday, July 20! More details will be announced very soon!

Second - we’d love for you and your students to join us for a state-wide flash mob to bring awareness to su***de prevention. Register at the link below to receive emails with the choreography video and updates! More info will be available on our website soon!

Flash mob interest sign-up: https://forms.gle/s2WudoTBgDCCvp2c7

What better way to spend your summer than to spend it at WVU’s Summer Dance Academy! Come join us for a week of fun, learning about different styles of dance with faculty members and special guest artists! This is a great way to further your dance training, make new friends, and to experience new dance styles! Use the links in our bio to learn more about our Summer Dance Academy! Can’t wait to see you there🥳

https://theatre.wvu.edu/summer-academies/summerdance

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Tell us about a dance teacher that impacted your life in the comments below!

TOMORROW, May 2, is Thank A Dance Teacher Day! ⁠
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Help raise awareness of the benefits of dance education by posting a shout-out to a dance teacher who changed your life using the hashtag .

Learn more at ndeo.org/tadt

It's NHSDA Dance A Difference Week!

NDEO invites all individual participants and chapters of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) to join us in celebrating "Dance A Difference Week" - A week dedicated to dance-based service and volunteerism in our communities.

Learn more about Dance A Difference Week and how you and your dance program can participate at ndeo.org/nhsda/dadw

Hello 2024! Our greatest show yet Dance Now! is coming soon! Lots of great talent and wonderful pieces to showcase for everyone to see! Use the link to get your tickets today! See you there!!! 🤩

https://wvucca.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?SeriesID=17

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Meeting is tomorrow, 9/17 at 2pm on zoom. Please complete the form in the original post comments if you’d like to receive the meeting link and are not a current WVDEO member!

Are you interested in joining WV Dance Education or starting a chapter of NHSDA for your program?
Join us for this meeting to learn more! Link in comments for non-members to sign up.
Current members will automatically receive the meeting link.

SAVE THE DATES!!

Fall is the perfect time to get your chapter of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) up and running, and to plan ahead to incorporate these nationwide .dance celebrations in your dance program's calendar!

➤ Love Your Body Week (November 12 - 18, 2023) is a national campaign dedicated to creating body-positive dance environments.

➤ Dance A Difference Week (March 3 - 9, 2024) is a week of dance-based community service spread throughout the nation.

➤ NHSDA day of Recognition (June 6, 2024) is a day to celebrate all graduating seniors who have been inducted into the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA)

Learn more about each celebration at ndeo.org/nhsda/events

Are you interested in joining WV Dance Education or starting a chapter of NHSDA for your program?
Join us for this meeting to learn more! Link in comments for non-members to sign up.
Current members will automatically receive the meeting link.

WV Dance Educators - starting a chapter of National Honor Society for Dance Arts is a wonderful way to honor and celebrate your dancers and their achievements! Check out the shared post for more info, or contact us and one of our board members will help answer your questions!

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ALL children should have access to a well-rounded dance education!

🗓: Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem: Ballet, Inclusivity, & Social Change through the Arts.
🕰: Thursday, July 13, 2023 7:30pm
📍: Bloch Hall, WVU Canady Creative Arts Center

Join us next week as Associate Professor Keith Saunders from the School of Classical & Contemporary Dance at Texas Christian University gives a presentation as part of the 2023 WVU Summer Dance Academy. This event is free and open to the public!

There is still time to register!

Summer Dance Academy The Summer Dance Academy returns to the Creative Arts Center this July for ages 5-11 (Young Academy) and 12-18 (Teen Academy).