Saludos Alliance Members, Please enjoy our 8th Publicación with many Alliance shoutouts and features! Don't forget to keep sending us your accomplishments so that we can celebrate them en comunidad. |
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We are beyond excited to share that LXDEA is now 40 Alliance members strong! Please join us in a warm bienvenida for our two newest members Rubén Graciani y Johsian Martinez! |
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| | Rubén Graciani is an LGBTQ+ Puerto-Rican American multi-hyphenated dancer, choreographer, educator, and arts administrator. | | |
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| | Johsian Martinez - “I want to be for other students what I never had, diverse representation and compassion.” | | |
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We want to feature your writing! |
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I was there también... is a blog imagined by Michelle Manzanales, a platform for the Latinx community to share their viewpoints on all things dance and further visibilize our voces in the field. | | |
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Countdown to THIS Sunday, May 22 at 7:30pm ET! |
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SAVE THE DATE & RSVP TODAY for the next Plática with LXDEA hosted by Alliance members Gregory Youdan and Andrea Rivera Maza on missing representation, what that has meant for us as Latinx dance educators, how it has affected our personal lived experiences, and in turn, our professional practices. |
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Felicidades to our Alliance Members! |
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Bravo to Yebel Gallegos who performed his choreography, Solace in Tension, at Bard College April 28-30! Photography by Marissa Mooney @mmooneyimages |
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Sandra Rivera continues her celebration of Spanish dance in her new piece, Sustenance, commissioned by Dances for a Variable Population for their upcoming REVIVAL 6 performances. Explored is the generative power of a steady beat as reflected in the iconic Ravel's Bolero of which the dance is set to. Merde, maestra! |
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Gregory Youdan will be the Dance Anatomy Teaching Fellow at Juilliard for the 2022-2023 academic calendar year assisting the one and only Irene Dowd and will be joining the review board for the Journal of Dance Education. Wishing him muchos éxitos! |
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Chell Parkins' film WanderlustDance: Puerto Rico was selected for the Manhattan Film Festival. WanderlustDance: Puerto Rico is a documentary inspired by aging dancer Chell Parkins’ mother, Nilda Parkins Garcia, and her mother’s homeland, Puerto Rico. In twelve days, Chell travels across the archipelago, interviewing family, friends of friends, and strangers to learn more about the US territory’s complicated history while reflecting on her bicultural identity through dance. Voiceovers share memories and stories about Puerto Rico, the oldest remaining colony in the world, set against dancing on some of the archipelago’s most picturesque and historical sites. The film explores the culture, politics, and people of post-Maria Puerto Rico, celebrating the resilience and compassion of the Puerto Rican people. WanderlustDance: Puerto Rico will premier at the Cinema Village on June 12 at 3PM as part of the Manhattan Film Festival. More Information, click here Brava Chell! |
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Michelle Manzanales' new work for Oregon Ballet Theater entitled Mirror, Mirror will premiere June 3, 2022 at their Americans Take Two Concert in Portland, OR. Also in the program are Darrell Grand Moultrie’s whimsical Fluidity of Steel and Ashley Roland and Jamey Hampton’s Big Shoes. Brava, Michelle! |
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Kiri Avelar and Franchesca M. Cabrera’s work Solidarities of the Marginalized as Anti-racist Dance Pedagogy: Reflections on Collaborative Advocacy from Dance Educators with Connective Marginalities, with co-authors Dr. Alfdaniels Mabingo and Dr. Ruohan Chen, is a featured article in the Journal of Dance Education. Way to go, mujeres! |
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Joshua Winzeler led the first-ever Pa’lante Scholars Spring Concert at Ballet Hispánico in NYC this month, directing the production in tandem with Program Director, Rodney Hamilton and School Director Michelle Manzanales. Bravo to Josh, forging the way for future generations at Ballet Hispánico! |
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Join in Virtually June 2nd-5th! LXDEA Alliance member, Alexia Buono, and colleague Rebekah Chappell, will be presenting an interactive workshop at the ARTs + Change Virtual Conference through the University of Rochester, entitled Practicing somatic social justice together: Slowtime and spaciousness. Also presenting at this conference will be Chell Parkins, Yebel Gallegos, Mari Vasconez, Kiri Avelar, and Michelle Manzanales’, sharing their collaborative work, Actuating Relationships through Convivencia to Promote Learning Gains in Dance Education. |
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June 11th-June 12th
Join LXDEA Alliance Member Gregory Youdan on June 11-12 as he presents at the Dance Therapy Advocates Summit!
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LXDEA FIELD TRIP Michelle Manzanales’s new choreography for the Paul Taylor Dance Company premieres at the Joyce during their season June 14-19, 2022. Join us in support of Michelle for a LXDEA Field Trip Thursday June 16th at 8pm. If you want to join us, email latinxdanceeducatorsalliance@gmail.com for details. Use code PTDCMM for 20% off tickets priced at $75 & $55. |
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Don't miss this opportunity! |
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July 11th-July 15th Sign-up for Ballet Hispanico’s Professional Development for Dance Teachers “Best Practices: We Support Learning!” (both in-person and virtual participation options available) Special 25% off discount for LXDEA members with discount code: PDAMIGX LXDEA Alliance Members Elisa De La Rosa, Yebel Gallegos, Michelle Manzanales, Natalia Mesa, Mariana Ranz, Kiri Avelar, Gregory Youdan, and Victoria Vargas will be amongst the roster of guest presenters Professional Development | Ballet Hispánico Photo Credit: Rachel Neville |
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A Year in Reflection - Celebrating Laura de la Garza Noble! |
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We’re thrilled to hear what LXDEA Alliance member Laura de la Garza Noble has been up to this past year. Read Laura’s reflection on some of her awesome endeavors: “Since graduating one year ago from a Master's Program in Education, I was hired by the Bogota Board of Education to create a dance program from 6 - 12 from scratch, giving access to an entire population to Dance Education when they did not have it. During my time at Bogota, I have created a brand new curriculum which has opened a lot of students' minds to what Dance can be for them. I have had various students speak to me about their want to pursue their dance education further because of the program I have established. In addition to the curricular program in both the Middle School and the High School, I have become the coach of the Dance team and I have established the BMS Dance Company of which I am artistic Director. Said dance company has been asked to perform for a couple of elementary schools and is working towards performing in a state-wide convention. All in the span of less than a year. Additionally, I have begun working for the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance as their Hip Hop teacher for students aging from 8 to 18. We are currently preparing our end of the year recital after much progress throughout the school-year. I am currently a private dance teacher for a couple of students in New Jersey as well. I have also recently been hired to work for Rutgers Community Arts as both a hip hop teacher and a Latin Dance teacher in their efforts to expand the genres of dance they provide for their students. In addition to my work in education, I continue to be a performer, collaborator, and teaching artist for OCA dance company as well as a freelance choreographer and performer. Presently, as a choreographer, I am working on a dance film highlighting the violence against women in my native Mexico as a call to action and means to inform. Additionally, I have been working on a solo choreographed and performed by myself that addresses the chaotic relationship humans have with water. As both performer and choreographer there are other projects in the works that I am unable to divulge at this moment, but that I believe will be an exciting new voice for this community specifically. Finally, I have completed my second fitness certification, looking into beginning a third, and currently work as an instructor for two different fitness studios in Hoboken and Weehawken, one of which is looking to expand during the summer. I utilize my knowledge in dance and fitness as practices that inform and strengthen one another, which is something I emphasize for my students as well. For my future plans, I am interested in going into dance movement therapy, and I believe that my knowledge in other physical practices will be a great asset in that moment.” - Laura de la Garza Noble |
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Streaming now! Join the Limón Dance Company’s Artistic Director, Dante Puleio, and Choreographer Raúl Tamez in conversation with Kiri Avelar, as they discuss the company’s 75th anniversary season at the Joyce Theater: Digital Curtain Chat: Limón Dance Company | The Joyce Theater
Pictured is choreographer Raúl Tamez’s Migrant Mother, which premiered at the company’s NY season last month.
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How can we celebrate YOU?! Share what you’re up to so we can highlight you in the upcoming publicación, all information is due on the 10th of the month! |
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