The Healthy DA:NCE Directory gets the Spotlight
via GIPHY Woo-hoo! It’s time to turn a spotlight on news that will spark cultural change. If you took dance classes as a child, If you have a child or grandchild who is in dance
DA:NCE Newsletter – May 2024
DA:NCE Newsletter - May 2024 Nominations Now Open – Healthy DA:NCE DirectoryDo you know a dance studio or dance organization that is steadfast in their commitment to use age-appropriate choreography, costumes and music in children’s
Dance and Body Perception
As prior generations have come and gone, the ideal body has evolved. Ever-changing body perceptions also relate to external cultural definitions of beauty, perfection and sex appeal. This evolving landscape influences the way young people
Nurturing the Innocence: A Father and Addiction Counselor’s Perspective on the Hypersexualization of Children’s Dance
Introduction: As a father and a counselor, I have noted that the world of children's dance has become a disconcerting arena where innocence often collides with adult themes—things like costumes, choreography, and music. For years
A Call to Create Beauty
Standing backstage, I hear the murmuring voices of the audience as they settle into their seats. My costume is on, my make-up and hair are glistening and I wait for the opening notes of the
Dancing for a Difference
One of the goals of the DA:NCE is to highlight organizations we feel embody healthy dance. DA:NCE would like to present Dancing for a Difference as our Healthy Dance Studio for May 2024. Dancing for
SHAPE: Dance is Good Medicine
As DA:NCE traveled to Ohio to exhibit for the 2024 National SHAPE(Society of Health and Physical Educators) Conference, I was reminded of researcher Gail Dines who has coined the phrase ‘pornified culture’ to
DA:NCE into Moving Conversations: NRB 2024
The DA:NCE Team arrived at the NRB Conference in Nashville Tennessee and we DA:NCED into movement conversations with a lot of people. I attended the event accompanied by my husband Richard along with DA:NCE Development
DA:NCE Connects with KOSA
Did you watch the U.S. Congressional Hearings in Washington on January 31, 2024 concerning the lack of safety mechanisms on social media platforms for children? CEOs of Meta (notably Mark Zuckerberg), TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, X
DA:NCE Newsletter – January 2024
DA:NCE Newsletter - January 2024 What if our collective voices could flip the switch for a dance teacher who hadn’t truly thought about how the sexy dance moves she was teaching her young students would
Keep on Dancing
My dance journey started at the early age of three at a parks and recreation mommy & me ballet class. It was affordable and I loved it! I continued to take tap and ballet classes
A Counselor’s Perspective on Confronting Hypersexualization: Raising Awareness and Fostering Change
Introduction In our hyperconnected world, where information is just a click away, people have become increasingly desensitized to an issue that permeates modern society. With the advent of the internet and the proliferation of smartphones,