MOVE EVERY BODY.

Dance Educators Association of Washington envisions equitable access
to quality dance education for all people regardless of
gender, age, race, religion, culture, socio-economic status, or ability.

 

Mission:

Dance Educators Association of Washington supports and advocates for the dance community in Washington State.

Dance Educators In Performance
July 13 at Broadway Performance Hall

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Dance Educators in Performance features a lineup of stellar choreographers from across Washington state. This unique show offers a platform for teaching artists and shines light on the unique intersections of choreography, dance performance and education. All proceeds from the concert support DEAW programming including statewide conferences, workshops, networking events, professional development scholarships, and regional dance advocacy.  

TICKETS HERE

Announcing 2019 DEAW Annual Conference!
Every Body is a Dancing Body

October 5-6, 2019
All That Dance
3012 NE Blakeley St, Seattle, WA 98105

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Upcoming Events

Featured
DEAW at the Recycled Arts Festival (Vancouver)
DEAW Seattle Pride Picnic
Dance Educators in Performance
Jul 13
Dance Educators in Performance
End of Year and GU Dance Intensive Garden Party
Back to School Coffee Hour (Seattle)
Post Showcase Party (Spokane)
DEAW Annual Professional Development Conference

2018 DEAW fall conference

Dance Saves Lives:
Awakening Radical Joy Through Movement

Dance Educator of the Year

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The 2018 Dance Educator of the Year is Shannon Barnes!  Shannon was honored at the 2018 DEAW Conference.

See what's new with DEAW. Follow our Instagram feed below.

Are you *coming out* 😉 to our pride picnic? All are welcome!! Come hang with us. 🌈 Join DEAW on pride weekend and help us celebrate! We will be by the fountain in Cal Anderson Park on June 29, 12-3. Bring snacks if you like! Everyone is welcome. Make sure you respond to the FB event for up-to-the-minute updates. 🌈 #seattledance #danceeducators #deaw
DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKETS YET?! Support dance education in Washington state AND see an awesome show. 🔥 • Link in our bio. Check out our FB event for more details.
Join DEAW on pride weekend and help us celebrate! We will be by the fountain in Cal Anderson Park on June 29, 12-3. Bring snacks if you like! Everyone is welcome. Make sure you respond to the FB event for up-to-the-minute updates. 🌈 #seattledance #danceeducators #deaw
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TICKETS ARE LIVE!! Don’t miss this show. All proceeds from the concert support DEAW programming including statewide conferences, workshops, networking events, professional development scholarships, and regional dance advocacy. There are many ticket levels including special prices for working artists! Check it out. Link in bio 🔥🙌
LAST DAY! It’s not too late to submit a proposal to present at our conference! DO IT. We can’t wait to hear from you. Link in our bio! 💃🏻
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: @creativedancecenterseattle ‘s Kaleidoscope Dance Company! 🔥 Kaleidoscope Dance Company features dancers aged 7-17 who perform across a variety of genres with truthfulness, authenticity, and professionalism. Kaleidoscope provides a space for youth to be heard and seen. We are so excited to have them as a part of Dance Educators in Performance! 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
It’s not too late to present at our 2019 fall conference! • EVERY BODY IS A DANCING BODY. Share your tools for inclusivity, positivity, and confidence for every dancing body. • SUBMIT BY MAY 31. LINK IN BIO.
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: @nananabatket and Nichol LeBeau! 🔥 Colette Tornow is a dance educator for Vancouver Public Schools and also coordinates a district-wide after school dance program. She is currently serving on the board for the Dance Educators Association of Washington as the Director of Communications. Colette received her BA in Dance from Western Washington University in 2012 and her Master's in Teaching from Washington State University in 2015. 🔥 Nichol LeBeau has been a dance educator in the Vancouver School District for the past 4 years. She has a BFA in Modern Dance and a BS in Education from Utah Valley University. Nichol also shares her passion for dance as a high school dance team coach and studio instructor. She enjoys performing and choreographing when any opportunity arises. 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
IT’S @mayasoto22 ‘s BIRTHDAY TODAY!! Go give Maya some love! As DEAW President, Maya is dreaming SO BIG and getting things DONE. We are so honored to have her.
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer Haywood! 🔥 Jennifer started with movement arts as a teenager and pursued a dance career for many years. She received her BA in dance from WWU, and her MA in Counseling/Psychology from Lesley College. She reconnected with yoga 20 years ago when she was expecting a child and could no longer take a strenuous contemporary dance class. Her dancing and yoga practice perfectly complemented each other and she never looked back. Jennifer has been teaching dance (creative, modern, jazz, ballet) in and around Seattle for 17 years and yoga for 10 years to adults and children. Jennifer enjoys the process of introducing students to new ways of moving and guiding students to become more aware of their connection to their bodies. She was a presenter at Dance Educators Association of WA in 2017, and with Dena Lee in 2013, and 2009. Jennifer and Dena Lee co-directed eNergi!, a youth performance group in 2010 and their last collaboration was Loss in Found in 2015 at Velocity. She danced and performed for one season with Shirley Jenkins. She keeps her performing chops up to speed with MoDanCo, a modern dance choreographic collective. They perform once a year in an open studio showing. 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: @arcdance 🔥 ARC School of Ballet’s mission is to provide high-quality classical ballet training in an encouraging atmosphere, thus promoting personal growth and artistic self–expression. Contributing a wealth of knowledge to the school, the professional faculty at ARC are dedicated to dance education and instilling invaluable qualities in their students that extend beyond their dance training: self–confidence and discipline, respect, work ethic and a sense of tradition. 🔥 ARC School of Ballet shares common goals with its resident professional dance company, ARC Dance, to provide opportunities for the public to explore the joy and beauty of dance. 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: @liz_borromeo_dance 🔥 Liz began her training in ballet with Irina “Era” Wohner in Virginia followed by the Bella Ruska Ballet School in Rota, Spain, where she performed, taught and choreographed. Her dance education continued at Old Dominion University, North Carolina Dance Force and The College of William & Mary. Liz received a degree in Biology with a Dance Minor from William & Mary in 1995 with varied studies in modern dance, ballet, composition, education, dance and music history, Alexander and Graham Techniques, anatomy and kinesiology. She also worked to design outreach programs for local schools in Williamsburg, Virginia with the Multicultural Performing Arts Society. Liz served as the Children's Division Director and Modern Dance and Adult Dance teacher at Columbia Dance in Vancouver from 2003-2015 where she taught, choreographed, and served on the Board of Trustees. Liz was able to build upon her own dance education with varied courses exploring Concept-Based dance curricula taught at the Creative Dance Center in Seattle, WA, including the 2008 Summer Dance Institute for Teachers. From 2008-2015, Liz was a presenter for the SW Washington Early Childhood Education Tapestry Conference. She has choreographed and taught for Vancouver’s Journey Theater Arts Group summer programs and multiple main stage productions. Liz has choreographed for the VSAA Spring Choir Concerts and also taught at the 2011 Summer Dance Intensive at The College of William & Mary. She has been a teaching artist and choreographer with the Vancouver, Camas and Evergreen School Districts, and from 2010-2015, produced the studio-based performance "An Afternoon Of Dance" at Columbia Dance Center. Liz opened her eponymous studio in 2015, and, in 2016, started a children’s dance company, MOTUS. As a member of NDEO and DEAW, she continues to dedicate herself to the advancement and promotion of high quality education in the art of dance. 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: @cnawahi 🔥 Ciara McCormack Greenwalt grew up dancing in Burlington, Vermont and small-town Nebraska. She studied ballet intensively for many years before expanding into everything from Humprey-Weidman to Kabuki, and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stephens College with a BFA in Dance, where she performed works by Martha Graham, August Bournonville, and Charles Weidman. Since graduation, she has performed with numerous companies across the country. In 2012, she worked with Daniel Kubert and OmniArts Nebraska to originate the title role in Kubert’s ballet the Red Balloon. In Seattle, she has worked with Umami Performance, Amy Johnson, Ashleigh Miller, Collective Sigh Dance, the Gifts of War project, and 127th St. Dance Company. She currently performs with Intrepidus Dance. Ciara owns and directs Moving Minds Dance, a curriculum-integrated dance program offering classes throughout Seattle, and teaches for the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Community Education department and Evergreen City Ballet. Her continuing education includes the Summer Dance Institute for Teachers at the Creative Dance Center, the annual Creative Advantage Institute, and the 2015 Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab. She is a member of the National Dance Educators Organization and is honored to serve as Vice President for the Dance Educators Association of Washington. Ciara’s passion as an educator is to support student’s growth, encourage their sense of joy and wonder, and facilitate their understanding of their world through creative explorations for mind and body. 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
DANCE EDUCATORS IN PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: @gabbymcneillie 🔥 Gabrielle McNeillie, originally from Rochester, New York, received her early training at Brockport School of Dance and Performing Arts and the Rochester City Ballet. She graduated cum laude from The University of Akron with a BFA in Dance Performance. After working for almost a decade as a Dancer and Dance Captain for Carnival Cruise Lines Entertainment, Gabrielle earned her MFA in Dance/Choreography from The University of Arizona. As an Assistant Professor in the Dance Program at Central Washington University she teaches a wide variety of technique and theory courses to Dance Majors and Minors. Prior to moving to Ellensburg, WA she taught at private studios in New York, Washington, Ohio, and Arizona, and has set work and been an instructor at The University of Arizona, Pima Community College, and Pacific Lutheran University. Her research has been presented as part of various conferences including; the National Dance Education Organization, the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science, and the Dance Science and Somatics Educators conference. Most recently Gabrielle co-founded Ellensburg Dance Collective with Michael Blue. Their work will be seen in May 2019 at the Converge Dance Festival. 🔥 DON’T MISS IT. July 13, 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets coming soon.
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National Dance Education Organization