Dance Teacher magazine has made of ¶¶Ņõapp faculty member Barbara Bashaw the cover story of its March/April issue.
Bashaw (Ed.D. ā11, M.A. ā96) is the Collegeās Arnhold Professor of Practice in Dance Education, director of its dance education doctoral program, and executive director of its newly launched Arnhold Institute for Dance Education Research, Policy & Leadership. The story, by Kathryn Holmes, describes her as āa pioneerā in dance education and āan inspiring force in teacher trainingā who uses her past experience as a public school teacher as āa touchstone.ā
In the story, Bashaw articulates her vision for building āan international community with a shared interest in dance teaching and learningā ā a goal, she says, that will require ādeveloping researchers and championing research that will push public policy.ā
Barbara always says, āChildren are not waiting to be artists. They are artists.ā
āJody Gottfried Arnhold
The piece also quotes New York City dance teacher, advocate and benefactor Jody Gottfried Arnhold (M.A. ā73), who with her husband, John, funded creation of TCās doctoral program and dance institute with gifts totaling nearly $11 million.
āBarbara always says, āChildren are not waiting to be artists. They are artists,āā says Arnhold, who receives a separate shout-out in the editorās note that opens the magazineās March/April issue. āBut she also sees how dance education nurtures children as learners, as human beings and as citizens.ā
[Click to read Dance Teacherās profile of Barbara Bashaw. On TCās website, read stories about the doctoral program in dance education and the Arnhold Institute.]