This Summer offered a variety of stamina building and endurance training. While the heat was a bummer to most Ohioans…the dancers can stretch farther and train better in the heat. This was something I looked forward to each day.
MOVING TO MATH WORKBOOK DRAFTED:
In the beginning of the summer I met up with Lighthouse Ministries in S.E. Canton to launch their staff with MOVING TO MATH curricula and training. 
This went well. Best part – I have a full draft completed for my Math workbook. Now, to get good photos this year! 
I hope to begin training teachers at the end of this school year. That would be May 2013. The fitness element is the most exiting part to me. The results from last year’s students math proficiency and fitness assessments were good. You can look forward to a full post on that soon.
CHOREOGRAPHED MAGICAL THEATRE KID CAMP:
This choreography experience is one that I’ve come to love. It’s all out live musical theatre. The kids learn to work hard from 9am-4pm. We enjoy their company from 8-5pm. Then, in a short 2 weeks time they learn an entire musical review.
This year it was themed: RADIO. The time – tune – travelers pop in and out of radio decades to bring audience members along. Everything from Jenny’s 867-5309 to War of the Worlds. All kids. Voguing and Kung Fu Fighting.
CAMP NEOSA ARTS CONSERVATORY
Immediately following KID camp – I drove down through the beautiful landscape of Atwood Lake Region in Ohio to Camp Neosa. It is so very beautiful. 
There, I met 12 art conservation dance students. The instructor Jackie Hemming has been faithfully teaching them and boy, could they groove. They have strong ideas about dance – which I LOVE. The technique class was a challenge, as always, for expressive dancers. But, I saw my favorite action. I love that moment when the dancer discovers that the study of technique is created for them to reach their vision. I look forward to an exciting future for these students.
FIRST FRIENDS DANCE CAMP
This year instead of PRINCESS CAMP…I chose to launch the summer dance camp. It’s not that I got tired of pink…but I believed it was time. 
The students ranged from age 3-15. Classes in technique were given and also Hip-Hop. Students learned about DIRECTIONAL DANCES. There is actually a movement scale designed by Rudolf Laban. Similarly to DO, RAE, ME, FA, SO, LA, TE, DO…Up, Down, Side,Side, Front, Back, and Diagonal.
What’s NEXT??
It is that time again! Time to gear up for the school year to begin. My plans are to continue at Akron Public Schools with the after-school Hip-Hop Dance Classes. I expect great things from myself this Fall as a teaching artist. It is time to book your classroom!!!
Thanks for reading! Have a great time with Back To School!
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