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NEW MASTERS PROGRAM

Yesterday, I received an email from New York University announcing a very exciting new postgraduate study opportunity. The State of New York very recently approved a new curriculum in dance education, allowing NYU and ABT this new opportunity for partnership and collaboration:

Together, the two organizations are offering the first ever graduate program in Dance Education with a concentration in Ballet Pedagogy. Students taking part in this programme will have the opportunity to take courses on teaching methods and dance composition from NYU and ABT’s esteemed faculty, including:

• Dr. Susan Koff (the program’s director), a Fulbright Scholar and author of numerous publications who has presented at national and international conferences and organizations, including Dance and the Child International;
• Barbara Bashaw, MA, CMA, founder of the dance program at the Studio School for Arts & Culture and recipient of the first National Dance Education Organization Emerging Visionary Award;
• Franco De Vita, Principal of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre;
• Kirk Peterson, Artistic Director of the ABT Studio Company; and
• Raymond Lukens, faculty at ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.

What an awesome opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s finest!