DEL Culturally Responsive Dance-Making and Pedagogy ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

In this course, participants delve into the key components of cultivating culturally responsive dance-making and pedagogy in dance education based on the work of Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown. Videos and additional resources guide dance educators through a process of self-examination and teacher reflection while providing culturally responsive teaching tools. Participants will examine how culture, identity, and race show up in their dance-making and teaching practice and will reflect on how race and other marginalizing stereotypes operate in their learning environments. In addition, participants will be given building blocks of culturally responsive anti-racist teaching strategies to de-center Whiteness in the dance classroom. Students interested in our partnership program with the 92nd Street Y Dance Education Laboratory must contact Cindy Bates ([email protected]) for permission to enroll in this course. Students will also be expected to register at and pay a separate fee to DEL (Dance Education Laboratory).