ANNOUNCEMENT
Student Representative Appointed to the NDS BOD

The NDS Board of Directors (BOD) proudly announces the appointment of the first Delta Eta Pi (DEPi) member to its board. Mya Pepito,  a junior at Texas A&M University, was approved at the September 13, 2020, BOD meeting. Mya currently serves her A&M DEPi chapter as secretary and has served on multiple chapter committees. Mya, who is from San Antonio, Texas, is a dance science major. Her career plans after graduation are to teach dance at the secondary level and later at the college level.

The National Dance Society was formed  to provide leadership in the delivery of dance and dance education, and  to further dance as an art form, as a support for academic success, and as a process for improving individuals’ health and wellness.  Our motto of Dance For All is founded in the belief that dance is an inclusive, health lifelong activity, that should be available to everyone.

Statement Of Solidarity

 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.” This quote from a sermon on courage delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr.  55 years ago, still resonates with urgency today. We at the National Dance Society stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers of color. We understand that dance is a powerful medium through which we can showcase all the human emotions and the toll exacted by injustice, fear, degradation, and disrespect. Our motto of Dance For All is founded in the belief that dance is an inclusive, healthy, lifelong activity, that should be available to everyone. We are committed to giving everyone a voice and encourage creative expression to help bring about the necessary changes that must occur in our society. Our annual conference, entitled Dance in Broad Perspectives is a forum in which to engage in diverse applications within the field of dance. We are committed to continually offering avenues of inclusion in all aspects of our artform. We affirm the value of dance, and the arts as a whole, to the communal enhancement of a cohesive society, and strive to promote unity. We must do this together.  Black Lives Matter.

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Noteworthy!!!

• Manuscript submissions are currently being accepted for the 2021 National Dance Society Journal, a national peer-reviewed scholarly publication.  Submission Date is: January 28, 2021.  Learn more!
  

• On November 14, 2020, the National Dance Society's Dance Education Council is hosting a virtual conference entitled Teaching Dance Virtually:  Re-envisioning Connections and Building Relationships.  The focus of this conference is to address and focus our attention to the current state of teaching, performing, and working in a “COVID world.”

 

• NDS collaborates with Educational Dance Advisory in response to COVID-19: "Considerations for the Reopening of Educational Dance Programs"

 

• NDS endorses the "Arts Educations Is Essential Statement."

• Learn about starting a chapter of Delta Eta Pi, NDS's dance honor society.  Read more.

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