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.

Announcing our 2018 Conference! 

Dance Saves Lives: Awakening Radical Joy through Movement

September 29-30
Delridge Community Center, Seattle

Member: $35/Sat, $50/Sun, $80/ Full
Non-Member: $45/ Sat, $75/ Sun, $115/ Full
*Prices include catered lunch

Financial assistance is available through the Anne Green Gilbert Scholarship Fund and our new work-trade program.
You can apply for a scholarship here by Sept. 15, or email us anytime if you are interested in a work-trade position.  

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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 will be honored at the 2018 DEAW Conference.

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

HAVE YOU APPLIED YET? Applications for our new conference director are due today! Link in bio. 🙌
HAVE YOU APPLIED YET? • Applications for DEAW’s new Conference Director are due on December 7th! Link in bio. Please reach out if you have any questions! • #seattledance #washingtondance #danceeducation #deaw
Had to share these beautiful body maps from @uw.dance! How do you engage with anatomy in your dance classes? • #Repost @uw.dance with @get_repost ・・・ 1, 2, or 3? Body Maps from our Anatomy for Dance Class.
#Repost @movingmindsdance with @get_repost ・・・ A few weeks ago, Ciara had the honor of sharing her knowledge and experience teaching preschoolers with other dance educators at the annual Dance Educators Association of Washington, while wearing her favorite #movingmindsdance t-shirt of course. This photo is shared courtesy of @deawash, with credit to Nico Tower Studios (@nico_tower).
Did you know that NDEO does online courses for dance educators? Check it out! • #Repost @ndeodance with @get_repost ・・・ ATTENTION DANCE TEACHERS: Do you want to better understand the values, ideas, social events, and cultural influences inspiring today’s concert dance choreographers? Do you want to integrate your work in dance with other disciplines such as literature, visual art, theatre, music, history, women’s studies, and African and Asian studies? ' Do you want to inspire your students with new ideas for dance projects? Registration for one of our most popular online courses now at ndeo.org/opdispring2019
IT’S #GIVINGTUESDAY ! • This day is so very important to keep small arts organizations ALIVE. Please consider giving to a local dance artist if you have the means! Please reach out if you are looking for someone to give to. There are lots of options! • #artmatters #artseducation #danceeducation
We are looking for our next Conference Director and it could be you! Are you interested in being a part of the team? Applications are due December 7. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions! • Link to application in bio.
Did you know that Oregon Dance Education Organizing is holding their first annual conference this year?! Check out their FB page for information about how to get involved.
Friends in Seattle! Check out Kaleidoscope Dance Company’s concert on Sunday, December 2! Kaleidoscope is a youth dance company from the Creative Dance Center. Lovely lovely dancers and a beautiful show. ✨ • Check out the FB event page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/251574765537189/?ti=ia
DEAW is looking for a new Conference Director for 2019! • The Conference Director works with the Vice President and support of the board to produce the annual DEAW Professional Development Conference. The Conference Director manages and oversees the organization and execution of the event. Duties shared with the Vice President include: choosing the location and theme, curating workshops and vetting presenters, creating an even agenda, organizing clock hours, tracking registration and payment, managing scholarship and work-trade applications, arranging lunch catering, and general event planning and coordination. As a member of the DEAW board, this position will hold voting rights for board decisions and potential additional assignments in support of the organization. • We are looking for applications and nominations for this position. If you know someone or if you're interested, check out the application! Link in bio. • Applications must be submitted via email to deawboard@gmail.com by December 7th. Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions!
Now that you've had a couple weeks to digest the magic of our fall conference, we would love to hear what you learned! • What challenged you? What inspired you? What are you implementing? What are you processing? Are you already seeing changes happening in your classrooms? What are you taking with you into the future? • For those of you who attended the NDEO National Conference, please share that with us as well! • Feel free to comment here or PM us. We will be sharing some responses on social media and in our next newsletter. If you would like to keep your responses private or anonymous, just let us know! In any case, we would love to hear from you. • [ pictured: @marmalade23 photo: @nico_tower ]
DEAW adventures at the NDEO national conference continue! President @mayasoto22 and VP @cnawahi with DEAW members at the Grand Opening Dinner and our DEAW social!
DEAW board President Maya Soto is topping off our DEAW conference last weekend with NDEO’s conference happening now! Will be keeping you posted on her conference fun. #Repost @mayasoto22 with @get_repost ・・・ Getting some good new reflection questions and brushing up on the power of assessment...pre/post/baseline/summative/formative/reflective/data. @ndeodance @deawash
2018 CONFERENCE COMPLETE. We are thankful filled exhausted joyful inspired ready to get to work. • So many thanks to the amazing presenters, the attendees, the current board, the past boards, and everyone else who made this happen! More to come in the coming weeks! Until then, goodnight.
DAY ONE of our conference has come to a close and WOAH. What a rich experience sharing and moving with everyone! There is so much we could share with you but for now, here are some answers from our STUDENT PANEL where dance students told us educators what they wished we knew. Spoiler alert: the future is bright, strong, and has a VOICE.
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DEAW is a

proud affiliate of the

National Dance Education Organization