Topic Workshops

Using deep listening to respond to concerns of practitioners in the field, Luna offers topic workshops taught by our faculty or guest experts.

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  • Past Topic Workshops

    FREE

    These topic workshops have been offered in the past by Luna and guest faculty.

    • Action Research and the Dance Practitioner
    • American Sign Language & Dance (guest facilitator)
    • Attachment Theory (guest facilitators)
    • Authentic Assessment
    • Bloom’s Taxonomy
    • Critical Pedagogy and Dance
    • Dance & the Common Core
    • Dance as Arts Integration
    • Exploring the element of Time through “The Break”
    • Motif Notation
    • Proposal Writing
    • Strategic Planning for Dance Education
    • Teaching Community through Improvisation
    • The Relationship between Technique and Creative Dance
  • Early Childhood Family Dance – December 7, 2024

    $195.00
    Social justice workers, early education teachers, dance artists, therapists, and parents learn to engage families in relationship-enhancing dance experiences. Parent-child dance classes provide families with a safe, comfortable environment to play and dance together and have proven to help strengthen the family bond and help parents gain confidence in their ability to interact physically with their children. In this introductory workshop, participants will investigate how attachment and play theories interact with neurological patterning, and learn to create meaningful and fun dance curricula for diverse, intergenerational families. 

     

    Saturday, December 7, 2024
    1:30-4:30pm Pacific

    via Zoom
    $195

     

    Free for MCOE early childhood teachers.
    Limited tuition assistance available for independent dance teaching artists or educators those whose employers do not provide PD funding. Email PL@lunadancecreativity.org for more information or for registration questions.

    Please read our Terms & Conditions.

  • Early Childhood Dance & Math – February 22, 2025

    $195.00

    How does a child’s kinesphere and relationship to self and others relate to Geometry and Measurement? What do Number Sense and Pre-Algebra look like through the embodied movement of the young child? This interactive workshop explores play-based dance activities that support sorting, classifying, adding together/taking away, patterning and spatial awareness through the lens of culturally relevant teaching practice. For all who teach young children ages 0-8.

    Saturday, February 22, 2025
    9:30am-12:30pm Pacific

    via Zoom
    $195

     

    Free for MCOE early childhood teachers.
    Limited tuition assistance available for independent dance teaching artists or educators those whose employers do not provide PD funding. Email PL@lunadancecreativity.org for more information or for registration questions.

    Please read our Terms & Conditions.

     

  • Early Childhood Dance & Social Emotional – December 7, 2024

    $195.00
    How does dance intersect with children’s sense of self, and their connection with others? Discover dance activities that support young children’s exploration of self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, interactions and relationships. Taught through a culturally responsive lens, this interactive workshop centers around cultivating belonging, inclusion and community through creative dance play.

    Saturday, December 7, 2024
    9:30am-12:30pm Pacific

    via Zoom
    $195

     

    Free for MCOE early childhood teachers.
    Limited tuition assistance available for independent dance teaching artists or educators those whose employers do not provide PD funding. Email PL@lunadancecreativity.org for more information or for registration questions.

    Please read our Terms & Conditions.

  • Practitioner Exchanges – monthly

    From: $15.00

    Practitioner Exchanges create time and space for peer educators to explore issues of practice. Get inspired! Try out new ideas or perspectives! Ask for help with your challenges, and collectively generate new ideas and solution. Each Exchange centers on a different topic. This year, Practitioner Exchanges are held online via Zoom, and will investigate different questions in regards to teaching dance from a distance. Practitioner Exchanges are facilitated by Summer Institute alumni. Come to ONE, come to ALL. No prerequisite.

    Practitioner Exchanges are included in the cost of workshops as follow-up discussions. When taken in conjunction with a half-day workshop, PD hours total 4.5-7. Explore descriptions here.

     

    Topics (more to be posted as new inquiry emerges):

     

    Performance/Informance
    October 24, 2024
    5-6:30pm Pacific
    via Zoom

     

    Family Dance
    November 14, 2024
    4:30-6pm Pacific
    via Zoom

    $15-40 sliding scale each.
    OR pay $30 (the Professional Learning fee) and come to as many as you like for a year.
    Paid the $30? Email PL@lunadancecreativity.org to let us know which ones you’ll attend.

    No one turned away for lack of funds – reach out to PL@lunadancecreativity.org.

     

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    Radical Research Panel – June 24, 2023

    FREE

    Luna invests in dance research as a way to advance our field. We also investigate what dance research can be, who shares it, who has access to it, and how it can be presented. Our Radical Research panel seeks to amplify the reflective rigor and depth of discourse of BIPOC dance researchers, whose perspectives are often overlooked. Come hear how four dance artist scholars are actively shaping the field of research.

    Accessibility: ASL interpretation, audio description, captioning and transcription services will be provided.

    We encourage you to register by 9am Pacific June 24th to ensure you receive the  Zoom details in a timely manner.

    Saturday, June 24
    5pm Pacific
    via Zoom
    Free

    Questions or trouble registering/connecting? Email Elise at elogan@lunadanceinstitute.org

    Zooming in from a different time zone? This event takes place at

    2pm June 24 in Hawaii

    7pm June 24 in Minnesota

    8pm June 24 in New York

    12am June 25 in Senegal

    1am June 25 in London

    8am June 25 in Taipei

    10 am June 25 in Australia