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Interview Videos for Share Your DA:NCE Story
What Do The Experts Say? – Full Video
Trailers
Harmful Dance and Culture
Internet Sense First: Online Protection for Dance Students
Expert research shows that dance is a wonderful activity for children when:
1. Children are enrolled in a healthy dance studio (see danceawareness.com) in age-appropriate costumes, choreography and music;
2. Parents supervise the online digital activities of their children to ensure communications are safe and appropriate.
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Short Story Clips
Healthy Vs. Harmful Dance
About DA:NCE
Media Interviews and Conference Videos
2021 NCOSE Conference Talk
Freedom Fighters: Code Gray Rogers TV, January 11, 2021; Canada
Presentation for Texas Governor’s Office: September 10, 2020
Intro to DA:NCE (NRB Convention 2019)
Recent Articles & Events
- April, 2024 – RHMedia Canada — Uncovering the Disturbing Trend of Child Grooming in the Dance Industry
- March, 2024 – Covenant Eyes Podcast — Protecting Children in Dance: Mary Bawden on Combatting Hypersexualization
- December 19th, 2023 – Defend Young Minds Article — Sexy Moves and Costumes in Children’s Dance–How to Protect Your Little Ones by Mary Bawden
- Presentation for DA:NCE : October 2023 — Wholesome to Hypersexualized: What Happened to Children’s Dance? by Mary Bawden
- May 3rd, 2023 – Interview with Music for the Soul podcast: Episode 26th — Music for the Soul podcast
- Presentation for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Conference [sponsored by the National Center of Sexual Exploitation]: November 2022 — 2022 NCOSE Panel: What Happened to Children’s Dance?
- Interview with Lynn’s Warriors: August 10th, 2022 — Mary Bawden, Founder of DA:NCE Awareness Discusses Healthy vs. Harmful
- Presentation for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Conference [sponsored by the National Center of Sexual Exploitation]: July 21, 2021 — DA:NCE Healthy or Harmful, National Experts Talk About Children’s Dance, a presentation by Mary Bawden
- Interview on The Hard Question: April 26th, 2021 — The Hard Question interview with Mary Bawden
- Video Course with Charlene Doak-Gebauer, April 5th, 2021* — Internet Sense First: Online Protection for Dance Students
- Interview with Dawn Sessler, Spotlight: March 2nd, 2021 — Spotlight on “kids’ sexual unawareness” with Mary Bawden
- Presentation for Rogers TV — Freedom Fighters: Code Gray by Mary Bawden
- Presentation for Texas Governor’s Office: September 10, 2020 — Heathy or Harmful: National Experts talk about Children’s Dance By Mary Bawden
- Published: September 22, 2020 — Cuties Is Not Cute: DA:NCE Says Children Are Not Mini-Adults By Mary Bawden
- Published: January 21, 2020 — Featured on Protect Young Minds, January 2020. Booty Shaking & Sexy Costumes in Children’s Dance: How to Find Healthy Studios That Won’t Objectify Your Kid, By Mary Bawden
- Published: August 16, 2019 — Featured on Redlands Community News, August 2019. Stop Children’s Dance From Becoming Hypersexualized, By Mary Bawden
- Published: November 25, 2019 — Healthy or Harmful Dance: What do the Experts Say?, By Mary Bawden
*Expert research shows that dance is a wonderful activity for children when:
1. Children are enrolled in a healthy dance studio (see danceawareness.com) in age-appropriate costumes, choreography and music;
2. Parents supervise the online digital activities of their children to ensure communications are safe and appropriate.