It started out as a typical monthly assembly at New Highland Academy (NHA), one of Luna’s partner schools. The MC, a 4th grade teacher with a guitar, struck up “Down by the Bay” and in moments the room was filled with exuberant singing voices. Such joyful scenes are common at NHA, where the arts—music, visual [...]
Read moreWhat is technique? The Webster new world dictionary defines it as “the method of procedure in artistic work or scientific activity.” In the five decades I have been studying dance, my experiences have made me question what technique really means, where does it really belong, and do people teaching it know why they teach what [...]
Read moreIn Academic Year 2003-04 we started our first extended SCA (School & Community Alliances) project in the Oakland Unified School District. It was a kindergarten literacy project through dance and visual art taught in collaboration with MOCHA (Museum of Children’s Art). This project was a laboratory for us to develop our side-by-side professional development model; and, though [...]
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