Healthy Versus Harmful Dance Environments: Stopping Harm and Supporting Joy Through Effective Challenges
How can we ensure as teachers that we create healthy environments for young dancers who want to dance as a professional career? I believe that all of us who are working with dancers have a responsibility to create environments that will not only protect them from harm but will also give them the best chance […]
Taking Child Safety Centre Stage: A Call to Transform Dance Education in Australia
Childhood is intended to be a period of curiosity, play, and paced growth – yet for many youth today, that season is narrowing. For those of us entrusted with the care and guidance of children, the urgent question is: how do we preserve their right to childhood in 2025? And for dance educators, more pertinently: […]
Atkinson Dance Academy
One of the goals of the DA:NCE is to highlight organizations we feel embody healthy dance. DA:NCE is pleased to highlight our featured Healthy Dance Studio Atkinson Dance Academy. They are located in Atkinson, Nebraska and opened their doors to dancers ages 3 and up in May 2017. Atkinson Dance Academy teaches recreational dance in […]
Who’s Protecting Our Kids in Dance?
Who’s Protecting Our Kids in Dance?Raising the Standard: Safe Dance for Every Child Introduction Unlike industries such as film, sports, and early education — each of which holds child safety as a regulated priority — dance education remains largely unregulated. This lack of oversight leaves a vulnerable population without the same protections afforded elsewhere. There […]