Congratulations To Our 2019 National Dance Society Award Recipients!
Be it pedagogy, advocacy, or promotion of dance, NDS members make important contributions to the discipline. NDS is pleased to recognize the following individuals for their contributions to the field of dance.
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Dance Honor Award
The 2019 Dance Honor Award honoree is Dr. Mary Ann Laverty. This award recognizes dance educators who demonstrate distinguished service to dance, dance education, and NDS. The service may be in teaching, administration, leadership, research, pedagogy publications, choreography/creative activities, professional presentations, or mentoring. Read more about Mary Ann Laverty.
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College/University Master Educator Award
The 2019 College/University Master Educator Award honoree is Dr. Lisa O’Dear Lewis. This Award recognizes excellence of dance professionals who are employed at a college or university. The nominee may demonstrate distinction in curriculum design, teaching methodology, choreography, understanding cultural heritage, role modeling, student dance appreciation, student performance, or professional leadership. Read more about Lisa O’Dear Lewis.
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P-12 Master Dance Educator Award
The 2019 P-12 Master Dance Educator of the Year Award honoree is Ms. Rebecca Clark. This award recognizes excellence in dance education of dance professionals who are employed full time at a school or in a school district and who devotes minimally 50% of his or her teaching time to dance education. Read more about Rebecca Clark.
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P-12 Master Dance Educator in Physical
Education Award The 2019 P-12 Master Dance Educator in Physical Education honoree is Ms. Bonnie Baker Richardson. This award recognizes excellence of professionals who teach dance within a comprehensive physical education curriculum. The teachers are employed full time at a school or in a school district. Teachers may have responsibility for teaching grades that cross different instructional levels. The teacher must use recommended guidelines for infusing dance instruction in to the annual physical education curriculum. Read more about Bonnie Baker Richardson.
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Dance Promotion in the Community Award
The 2019 Dance Promotion in the Community Award honorees are Ms. Teresa Osborn and Ms. Cheryl Stafford. This award recognizes dance educators who have made outstanding contributions to dance outside of the P-12 schools or college/university settings at the local, state, or national levels. The contributions may be in some of the following categories: dance promotion; teaching excellence; choreography; performance; or leadership in establishing, maintaining, or managing dance projects, events, and programs. The nominee may be recognized for work accomplished through a variety of settings, such as studios, leisure and recreation programs, faith-based environments, or specific culturally-based programs. Read more about Teresa Osborn and Cheryl Stafford.
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Dance Advocate Award
The 2019 Dance Advocate Award honoree are Ms. Jill Cook and Dr. Kelly Hedrick. This award provides a way to recognize individuals who are not members of NDS but who, through his or her work, have contributed significantly to the general purposes of the organization. The award recipient shall have made important contributions to dance, dance education, and NDS from his or her profession (through, for example: the arts, business, general education, government, medicine, or public health). Read more about Jill Cook and Kelly Hedrick.
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Undergraduate Dance Excellence Award
The Undergraduate Dance Excellence Awards honorees are Ms. Caroline Cox and Ms. Allison Wilkins. This award recognizes a dance student at the undergraduate level majoring or minoring in dance or an arts-related field who displays leadership, scholarship, creative activities, or service during his or her college career. Read More about Caroline Cox and Allison Wilkins.
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