NDI Teaching Artist Training
SUMMER SESSION:
Jun 17 - 28, 2012
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Location: New York City
Fee: $1000
NDI Teaching Artist Training is a two-week immersion in National Dance Institute’s renowned teaching techniques. Led by Associate Artistic Director Tracy Straus and a team of NDI Master Teachers, the training takes place in residence at one of NDI’s partner schools. Participants gain practical experience teaching New York City public school children. Each year, professional artists and educators from around the globe participate in the training and emerge from this transformative experience with an advanced set of teaching tools and a deepened understanding of the power of the arts in education.
NDI Teaching Artist Training includes daily teaching assignments, choreography workshops, stimulating group discussions, and presentations from leaders in education.
Successful completion of NDI Teaching Artist Training is a prerequisite for employment with National Dance Institute.
*Limited scholarships for Teaching Artist Training will be offered through audition. Free Audition Class Monday, February 13. Registration required. For more information, or to register for the Free Audition Class, contact Aileen Barry, abarry@nationaldance.org, or (212) 226-0083.
For more information, or to request a printed application,
contact Aileen Barry, Program Director
(212) 226-0083 or abarry@nationaldance.org
Teaching Special Populations
Spring session: March 16-18, 2012
Location: New York City
Fee: $200*
(*$150 for participants of NDI Teacher Training Workshop)
This intensive workshop introduces participants to NDI’s successful methods for teaching dance to special learners. Led by NDI Master Teacher and clinical psychologist Dr. Jenny Seham, the workshop explores NDI’s unique strategies for teaching students who are blind and visually-impaired, deaf and hard-of-hearing, and orthopedically, emotionally, or cognitively challenged. Participants will put NDI’s methods into practice working with dancers at NDI partner school Lighthouse International. All will emerge from this experience with powerful tools to discover the strengths and meet the needs of special learners in diverse settings.
Teaching Special Populations may be taken alone or as an extension of the two-week NDI Teaching Artist Training.
For more information on NDI Teacher Training Programs, contact
Aileen Barry, Program Director, (212) 226-0083,
or e-mail: abarry@nationaldance.org
Video: NDI Teacher Training Workshop: a trainee's perspective
"I found the mutual respect, commitment and level of expectation during the workshop amazing, poignant, and inspirational. The whole experience helped me to define why I love dance and why I love teaching dance so much."
Video: Special Forces
NDI's work with special needs populations.