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CDEA NEWS ><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->< CDEA 2009 NorCal and SoCal Conferences ><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-> CDEA 2009 Conferences Northern Cal: Saturday, FEBRUARY 7
Southern Cal: Saturday, FEBRUARY 28 ** TOPICS AND PRESENTERS TO BE ANNOUNCED **
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CDEA is one of the partners of the California Dance Network, an online resource for dancers, companies and teacher. The purpose of the CADN website is to strengthen, connect, unify and promote our state’s thriving dance field.
The website empowers the It is vital that you your dance voice be counted and heard. You can easily create a dance profile. Just click on the link below. www.californiadancenetwork.org/intro ><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><
California Department of Education
Visual and Performing Arts Report November, 2008 Submitted by Nancy Carr VAPA Literature List - the committee work has concluded and the list is in the edit process. Once that work is concluded the 2008 LIterature List will be posted to the CDE website, available for public access. Arts Work Toolkit - The hard copy or electronic copy of the toolkit, for the purpose of district evaluation of arts education program, continues to be available to districts. It is available in hard copy through CDE Press and electronically through MAP collaboration work. Please go to www.artsedcalifornia.com for further information. New website for your use, in its infancy, much more to come within the next two months. artsedcalifornia.com. It replaces TeachingArts.org. National Arts Assessment Conference - Held October 21-22, 2008 in Los Angeles, hosted by California Department of Education was a sold out event, a conference geared to administrators and arts education leaders. James Popham, Margaret Heritage, Phil Martin, Scott Shuler and seven states contributed around arts assessment work and around the four art disciplines. The keynote speaker and the two panels have been videoed and will soon be available on the SCASS/Arts website for public access. Eighth Grade Arts Mastery Test: Music - this test will be available for districts to utilize in time for end-of-year assessing spring 2009. If a district would wish to "pilot" the test, please contact Armalyn De La O at adelao@csusb.edu. The visual arts, theatre and dance tests will be available for the 2009-2010 school year. For further questions regarding this test, please contact Two separate postings are available at the CDEA website, one about 2007-2008 funding and the required reports, another about 2008-2009 funding. Questions – contact Nancy Carr at ncarr@cde.ca.govTo read Nancy Carr's Fiscal Year 2008 Report
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Yard, an artists’ colony on Please pass this information on to any artists, educators, or arts administrators you think might be interested. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at (508) 645-9662 or admin@dancetheyard.org. Lise Brody ><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->< January Workshop Announcements![]() from the California Institute for Dance Learning (a project of Luna Kids Dance)
CREATE, PERFORM, RESPOND: PROMOTING
CREATIVITY THROUGH DANCE Jan. 24, 2009 | 9:30am - 12:30pm, Berkeley Identify goals for learning in your teaching situation, investigate the elements of dance, and explore teaching ideas. For dancers, teachers, parents, administrators, ECE caregivers, social service workers. No pre-requisites. FEE: $90 DANCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD Jan. 24, 2009 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm in Berkeley OR Feb. 21, 2009 | 9:30am - 12:30pm at Counterpulse, San Francisco Explore children's natural ability to learn through movement. Learn to use dance activities to further the creative social, language and cognitive capacities of the young child, age 2-5. For dancers, teachers, parents, administrators, ECE caregivers, social service workers. No prerequisite. FEE: $90 TEACHING PARENT CHILD DANCE CLASSES Feb. 21, 2009 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm at Counterpulse, San Francisco Investigate how dance can support the parent-child relationship; learn to design and teach relationship-based dance curricula. For dance teaching artists, classroom teachers, supervisors and administrators. Prerequisite: Any prior LKD workshop. FEE: $90 (15% Discount for CDEA members) JUMP! SKIP! TWIRL! LEAP! Saturday, January 10 @ 10:30am - 1:30pm during WINTER OPEN HOUSE Come celebrate creative dance, improvisation, and choreography with Luna Kids Dance. Free classes for families, children and teens plus refreshments, prizes, and discounts! Visit the Luna website, www.lunakidsdance.org for open house schedule. DANCE EDUCATION FORUM March 7, 2009, 1:30pm - 4:30pm | East Bay Location -- TBA The CIDL hosts an invigorating afternoon of reflection and discourse on dance education. Join dance teaching artists, educators, arts administrators and policymakers at this FREE event which examines the critical role dance educators play in the lives of all Californians. DANCE TEACHERS' MONTHLY FREE CONSULTATIONS Jan. 13, Feb. 10, 4:30pm - 6:30pm | at CIDL, 2138 Cedar Street, Berkeley The California for Dance Learning offers Dance Teachers¹ Monthly FREE Consultations. Visit the CIDL the second Tuesday of each month to use our resource library to help support your work as a dance teacher or artist! CALL FOR DANCE TEACHING ARTIST Luna Kids Dance seeks Spanish/English bilingual teacher to work on contract basis 10-15 hours per week. Duties include planning, promoting, teaching and interpreting parent/child dance classes in East Bay. Classes are co-taught and teachers receive free professional development. Contact vroehl@lunakidsdance.org You can find registration forms on line at http://www.lunakidsdance.org LunaTeacherEd.html or receive more information by calling, 510-644-3629. ><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->< Don't miss: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen at Moving on Center in January! MOVING ON CENTER IMPROVISATIONAL MIND AND PERFORMANCE FACULTY This intensive focuses on the interdisciplinary practices and research of improvisation, exploring the concerns of contemporary performance and culture. The program offers participants diverse improvisational skills, weaving principles of Body-Mind Centering®, Action Theatre, Contact Improvisation, Voice, and Performance into a training that invokes curiosity, resilience, and dynamic presence. Individual workshops that can be taken as part of this module include: TUITION: ************************************************************** WORKSHOPS in January as part of Module 3: Improvisational Mind & Performance * Discounted tuition given if a non-refundable deposit of $50 is received at least ************************************************************** REGISTRATION:
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CDEA E-BLAST DELIVERY AND SUBMISSION DEADLINES
CDEA's E-Blast appears in your INBOX the ONCE A MONTH; usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month E-mail your announcements to: info@CDEAdance.org (Please, no text attachments; pictures accepted; we reserve the right to refuse a submission) NEXT EBLAST SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Jan. 2nd, 2009 ><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->< VIEW THE LATEST NDEO Newsletter, E-Communicator, (formerly NDEO E-Newsletter) at NDEO.org
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