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How Upholding and Teaching a Comprehensive Understanding of Consent Protects Our Children from Coercion and Exploitation

“It changed; this is what you are wearing now” the assistant said… “It was me, by myself. I had no

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Beneath the Surface of Hyper-sexualized Dance in Children

Growing up, I learned to split the light and dark sides of life. My conscious self lived in the light,

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From “Pretty in Pink” to Provocative Posing: Looking at Sexualization of Young Dancers from Multiple Perspectives

I started dancing at the age of four in the 1970s and I have been a dance educator since 1991.

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The Danger of “Stranger Danger” – How to Holistically Protect Your Kids Online

My first in-depth experience with the internet began at 13 years old. For years I would watch my friends play

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I was Broken by John-Michael Lander

As a producer for the Miss Ohio Outstanding Teen Program and judge for other child pageants and dance contests, I

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A Personal Story of Hypersexualized Dance and Self-Objectification by Jaime Logan

This article is dedicated to the girls who haven’t had a chance to know better.  “My job required one thing

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Purpose Driven Dance

From my earliest memories, dance has been a source of great joy and delight for me.  My parents enjoyed ballroom

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Unregulated VS Educated

Training dancers is a responsibility and a privilege. Our industry is an unregulated one at the moment, but that doesn’t

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Introducing ‘She Loves to Move’ an Original Song for DA:NCE by Steve Siler

One of my favorite pictures of my daughter was taken at a dance studio when she was four years old.

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From Tap Dance to Lap Dance – My Story of Exploitative Dance

From a very young age, I wanted to be a performer – a singer, a ballerina, a dancer, a star.

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