Past Courses

2012-2013

92Y Wonderdance Teacher Training: A New Early Childhood Dance Education
Conflict Resoluntion and Violence Prevention
Dance Choreography: Growing the Product through Process
Dance for Students with Special Needs
Dancing with a Ballet Master: Mr. Balanchine & The Blueprint
Doug Varone & Dancers + Dance Educators + Dance Students
Growing a Dancer
LMA/LOD for Dance Educators
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Teaching Dance Skills through Patterns of Body Connectivity for High School Students
Success in Middle School Dance: Learning and Teaching to Transform a Teenager’s Mind
Summer-Fall Intensive-The Dance Educator Prepares

2011-2012

Curriculum Mapping for Dance
Classroom Management: A Dance Teacher’s Essential Bag of Tricks
Flamenco Ole! – An Interdisciplinary Exploration in Dance, Music, Visual Art, Social Studies, and Literacy
Mentoring Teen Dancers from Process to Performance
Dance Education for Students with Special Needs
Dance Making – Repertoire of a Master Dance Educator
Anatomy in Movement for Dance, Sport, Yoga and Fitness
Dance Improvisations and Explorations for Middle and High School
92Y WonderDance Teacher Training: A New Early Childhood Dance Education
Language of Dance Fundamentals
Constructivist Play in the Dance Class

2010-2011

Teaching Dance – How to Step Back and Let Creativity Emerge
Parallels in Literacy-Dance Making and the Writing Process
A Developmental High School Dance Curriculum
Dancing with Technology – Integrating the Internet and New Media into the Dance Curriculum
Developing Expression in Dance
Developing Dance Literacy Through LOD and LMA

2009-2010

Dance Health: Minding the Body, Finding the Balance
Dance History: Coming Alive in the Studio
Dancing in Early Childhood
Dance Education for Students with Special Needs
Living and Looking At Dance Histories
The Artistry of Teaching Dance: From Inspiration to Transformation
Classroom Management: A Dance Teacher’s Essential Bag of Tricks
Dance Choreography: Growing the Product through Process
Developing a K-8 Dance Curriculum: A Multiple-Intelligence Approach
Dance Improvisations through Middle and High School

2008-2009

Foundations of Dance Education
Dance Curriculum Design – From Inspiration to Transformation
Growing a Dancer
Dance Health – Minding the Body, Finding Balance
Dance History – Coming Alive in the Studio
Dancing in Early Childhood
A Creative Approach to Dance
Improvisation: A Springboard to Student Choreography
Dancing with Middle Schollers
Movement and Sound across Disciplines
African Dance: From the Continent to the Classroom
June Intensive: Growing a Dancer

2007-2008

Foundations of Dance Education
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Making Dance with High Schoolers
Developing Dance Literacy through LOD and LMA
Creating the Dance Unit: A Thematic Approach
Folk Dance in Schools: The Added Dimension
Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention using Dance
Choreography: Growing the Product through Process
Teaching and Talking Tap with Kids

2006-2007

Developing Dance Literacy through LOD and LMA
Foundations of Dance Education
Methods in Dance/Movement Therapy I
Dance for the Special Child
Kick-Off Workshop and DEL Open House
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Growing a Dancer
Classical Ballet in Schools
Folk Dance in Schools – The Added Dimension
Making Dance with Teenages
Dance in Pre-K
Dance Movement Psychotherapy: Infants and Young Children
Dance as Therapy
Making Connections: Dance and Nature
East Meets West: A Somatic Approach to Dance with Bill Evans & Nada Diachenko

2005-2006

Get Down, Get It Down! Dancing, Choreographing, & Teaching with LMA and LOD
Foundations of Dance Education
Methods in Dance/Movement Therapy I & II
Dance History and Appreciation
Navigating the Blueprint
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention Using Dance
Dance and Literacy: Making Connections between Dance and Language Arts
Workshop for Leaders: Movement & Music Activities for Diverse Populations
Free Opening Kick-Off Workshop and DEL Open House: Choreographic Outcomes-Improving Dance Composition
Introduction to Language of Dance
Dancing in Early Childhood, Pre-K to 1st Grade: Stores in Motion
A Creative Approach to Technique
Dancing with Middle Schoolers
Growing a Dancers
Mentoring Magic: Kids Teaching Kids Dancing with High Schoolers
Jewish Dance: Its Theological and Mystical Meaning

2004-2005

Get Down, Get It Down! Dancing, Choreographing & Teaching with LMA and LOD
Foundations of Dance Education
Lesson Planning & Curriculum Design for Dance
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention Using Dance
DP: Dance Partnerships Mentoring Program
Free Opening Kick-Off Workshop: Introduction to LOD
Dancing with Middle Schoolers
Dancing in Early Childhood, Pre-K to 1st Grade: Stories in Motion
Growing a Dancer
Mentoring Magic: Kids Teaching Kids
A Creative Approach to Technique
Dancing with High Schoolers

2003-2004

Get Down, Get it Down! Dancing, Choreographing & Teaching with LMA and LOD
Week 1: Foundations of Dance Education for Dance Professionals
Week 2 & 3: Stage 1 Language of Dance Fundamentals
Week 4: Practical Applications: Putting it All Together!
Foundations of Dance Education
Lesson Planning & Curriculum Design for Dance
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention Using Dance
DP: Dance Partnerships Mentoring Program
Free Opening Kick-Off Workshop: Introduction to LOD
Dancing with Middleschoolers
Dancing in Early childhood, Pre-K to 1st Grade: Stories in Motion
Growing a Dancer
Mentoring Magic: Kids Teaching Kids
A Creative Approach to Technique
Dancing with High Schoolers

2002-2003

Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Foundations of Dance Education
Lesson Planning & Curriculum Design for Dance
Dance & Literacy: Integrating Dance Into the Language Arts
Conflict Resolution Using Movement & Dance
DP: Dance Partnerships Mentoring Program
Dancing with Middle Schoolers
Conflict Resolution Using Dance
Growing a Dancer
A Creative Approach to Technique
Mentoring Magic
Dancing with High Schoolers
Workshop for Leaders: Adapted Movement and Rhythm Activities for Special Populations

2001-2002

Foundations of Dance Education for Dance Professionals
Foundations of Dance Education
Integrating Dance with the Social Studies Curriculum
Lesson Planning & Curriculum Design with the Standards
Integrating Dance with the Language Arts Curriculum
Conflict Resolution & Community Building through Movement & Dance
DP: Dance Partnerships and Mentoring Program
Dancing with Middle Schoolers
Conflict Resolution through Movement: Building Peaceful Schools
Growing a Dancer
A Creative Approach to Technique
Mentoring Magic
Dancing Into Literacy: Labanotation for Children
Dancing with High Schoolers

2000-2001

Depicting Dance: Motif Writing as a Teaching Tool
Planet Dance: Approaches to Multicultural Dance Education
DEL I: Foundations of Dance Education
DEL II: Integrating Dance Into the Language Arts Curriculum
DEL II: Curriculum Development & Lesson Planning with the Standards, K-12
DEL II: Integrating Dance in to the Social Studies Curriculum: “Planet Dance”
DEL II: Conflict Resolution & Community Building through Movement & Dance
Issues in Dance Education: Management Strategies for the Classroom
DP: Dance Partnerships Mentoring Program
Dancing with Teens I & II
A Creative Approach to Technique
Growing a Dancer
Planet Dance: Multicultural Dance Education
Mentoring Magic
Dynamic Teaching with Labanotation
Conflict Resolution through Movement: Building Peaceful Schools
Workshop for Leaders: Adapted Movement and Rhythm Activities for Special Populations
Special Workshop: The Dancer’s Foot

1999-2000

DEL I: Foundations of Dance Education
DEL II: Multicultural Dance/Curriculum Development
Integrating Dance Into the Language Arts Curriculum
Integrating Dance Into the Social Studies Curriculum: “Planet Dance”
Lesson Planning and Curriculum Design with the Standards, K-12
Conflict Resolution and Community Building through Movement and Dance
Issues of Dance Education
Lesson Planning with the Standards
Conflict Resolution through Movement
Dancing with Teens I: Middle School
Growing a Dancer
A Creative Approach to Technique
Depicting Dance: Children and Motif Writing
Dancing with Teens II: High School
Music for Dance Teachers: An Orff Approach
Workshop for Leaders: Adapted Movement and Rhythm Activities for Special Populations

1998-1999

Workshop for Leaders: Adapted Movement and Rhythm Activities for Special Populations
Working with Teen Dancers
A Creative Approach to Technique
Growing a Dancer
Motif Writing for Dance Teaching
Art in Motion
Evaluation and Assessment of the Dance Program
Cognitive Development in the Young Dancer
DP: Dance Partnerships Mentoring Program
Curriculum Design Seminar
DEL II: Literacy and Multiculturalism through Dance Education
DEL I: Foundations of Dance Education