The 2012 Dance Teacher Awards: Katie Glasner

Guiding undergrads through career preparation

It’s 10 a.m. on a Friday at Barnard College in upper Manhattan, where the looming stress of finals week is the only obstacle separating students from summer break. One walks forward … Continue reading →

The 2012 Dance Teacher Awards: Kim Stroud

Helping K—12 students feel empowered through dance

“The most exciting thing is the moment when students realize that they’re the masters of this instrument,” says Kim Stroud, arts director of the Greater Hartford Academy of the … Continue reading →

The 2012 Dance Teacher Awards: Angela Whitehill

Coaching pre-professional dancers for 35 summers

When Angela Whitehill moved to rural East Burke, Vermont, in 1975, it was so her husband could open a bed and breakfast. But when she spotted a spacious barn within … Continue reading →

The 2012 Dance Teacher Awards: Liz Schmidt

Training competition students in technique and character

In one week in January, Liz Schmidt got married and moved her studio, Spotlight Dance Works in Chesterfield, Michigan, to a new location, nearly doubling its space. While juggling … Continue reading →

The 2011 Dance Teacher Awards: Jamee Schleifer

“Let’s do the Mr. Wiggles combination that we’ve been practicing,” says Jamee Schleifer to a room of eager fourth- and fifth-grade students. Out of her 25 classes at PS 253—The Magnet School of Multicultural Humanities—Schleifer … Continue reading →

The 2011 Dance Teacher Awards: Diane Frank

Though she had always been a mover, Diane Frank had taken few formal dance classes before college. In fact, she entered Ohio University’s theater department in 1966 planning to become a high school drama teacher. … Continue reading →