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
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 January 2024. Dancing with
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,
Confronting the Comparison Game and Porn Culture in Children’s Dance
The enchanting world of dance: It's where kids get to express themselves, communicate feelings, and celebrate their journey of growth. Watching little dancers move is like witnessing pure magic. But you know what’s not so
Add Your Voice to ‘My DA:NCE Why’
If you’re reading this article, you already know that there’s been a radical change from healthy educational dance to harmful hypersexualized children’s dance in adult costumes, choreography and music. Sociologist Dr. Gail Dines calls it
2023: ‘A Very Good Year’ for DA:NCE
At DA:NCE, 2023 was a very good year. That line was made famous in a song sung by Frank Sinatra. It resonates with me. https://open.spotify.com/track/2ID3rNM3hFBjqrLcV0Wr0y?autoplay=true Now let’s look at how the song repeated 'It Was
‘She Loves to Move’ and move and move
It's time for healthy dance to get the spotlight with ‘She Loves to Move.’ It’s been a very special yearlong celebration…and we’ve found out what we already knew: a child really does love to
DA:NCE Newsletter – September 2023
DA:NCE Newsletter - September 2023 Announcing our $5,000 She Loves to Move Winner!Months of hard work, dedication and celebration of healthy, age-appropriate children’s dance have led us to this moment: the announcement of our $5,000