Events
Upcoming
October
October 11-15, 2024
Seven Core Lessons in Somatic Kinesiology Workshop
with Sondra Fraliegh, Amy Bush, and Michelle Ikle
I am now level five of seven levels of certification in Shin Somatics
October—November 2024
LOVE, MOVE, PLAY with Luna Dance
Berkeley CA, (virtual)
A workshop in developmental dance pedagogy for the early childhood classroom. I'm learning more about integrating dance education into the early childhood classroom. Based on my doctoral research, I plan to offer workshops for ECE - early childhood educators - on the use of somatic movement education pedagogy soon.
Announcements
I've got a new title! AOL Arts Office Lead Teacher
In collaboration with dance educator Megan Minturn, we work to build community and support the dance educators working in the public schools in the Brooklyn North districts
I've got a new dissertation advisor!
Dr. Lauren Vogelstein is the new visiting professor in the Dance Education program at Teachers College. I am in the analysis phase, and things are going well. I plan to take the year to write and submit for defense in Fall 2025!
I’ve officially completed my coursework at Teachers College in the EdD Dance Education program and have moved on to the dissertation phase!
Alongside my Doctoral work this spring and summer I am looking forward to participating in and presenting at a host of conferences and gatherings both here and abroad with a focus on Somatic Movement Education and Early Childhood Dance Education.
Recent
2024
April
April 13
The International Symposium on Embodied Cognition
Hosted by the Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health
May
May 6–11
Ecosomatics workshop and a one-day conference in St. George, Utah
I will be presenting on the life and work of Nancy Topf and participating in the workshop.
June
June 22-23
Children and Youth Performance Conference in Toronto, Canada
I will be presenting as part of the ‘case studies’ portion of the conference
July
July 5–12
DaCi International in Ljubljana Slovenia
I will be presenting my research in somatic pedagogy for early childhood and participating in the larger conference.
July–August
Creative dance classes with a focus on somatics for the nursery school children at 92NY’s summer camp K’Ton Ton.
2023
May
Successfully proposed my Dissertation research
The possibilities of a somatic movement education pedagogy for the early childhood dance education class—an inclusion of ‘personal literacy’ through dance education
Teachers College, Columbia University, EdD Dance Education Program
June
Celebrated the one year anniversary of the Publication of
A guide to a somatic movement practice
The Anatomy of Center
by Nancy Topf with Hetty King, University Press Of Florida 2022
July
July 6–8
Presented “The life and work of Nancy Topf” at the SOMATIC DANCE CONFERENCE Tensegrity: connection and resilience, Geneva, N.Y.
July 10–13
Taught creative dance, 5-7 & 9-11 at the 92Y Summer Dance Program
July 21–23
Presented “Somatic movement education for early childhood”
at Bill Evans 9th annual Somatic Dance Conference, Port Townsend, WA
July 26–30
Attended and participated in ANCHORED IN HOPE: EXPANDING HORIZONS, daCi USA National Gathering, Hope College, Holland Michigan
August
New Listing on the Thinking Body Institute website education page as part of the Third Generation of contributors to the Mabel Todd legacy.