The 92Y Dance Education Library (DEL) released Dance Maker, a free iOS app with activities and resources geared toward helping anyone who wishes to teach, learn, or generally enjoy the art of dance. Here we speak with DEL Director John-Mario Sevilla about this innovative new creation and how it will empower the dance community.
How did Dance Maker come to be? What was the inspiration behind it?We are always trying to innovate and create new tools for teachers and students to become dance educators of the 21st century. We like to experiment with different kinds of formats, and we recognized that teachers often need support in providing or creating lessons and learning activities for their students. We thought, Let’s give them this tool that helps them to break down a composition course or dance-making class with students. We thought an app would definitely be useful and something everyone could have access to. At some point we also thought that children and young dancers, because they’re so inclined these days, would have access to this material as well. But ideally the initiative was just for teachers, to help to support them.
What are you hoping to see Dance Maker achieve?We hope that this will support
The 92Y Dance Education Library (DEL) released Dance Maker, a free iOS app with activities and resources geared toward helping anyone who wishes to teach, learn, or generally enjoy the art of dance. Here we speak with DEL Director John-Mario Sevilla about this innovative new creation and how it will empower the dance community.
How did Dance Maker come to be? What was the inspiration behind it?We are always trying to innovate and create new tools for teachers and students to become dance educators of the 21st century. We like to experiment with different kinds of formats, and we recognized that teachers often need support in providing or creating lessons and learning activities for their students. We thought, Let’s give them this tool that helps them to break down a composition course or dance-making class with students. We thought an app would definitely be useful and something everyone could have access to. At some point we also thought that children and young dancers, because they’re so inclined these days, would have access to this material as well. But ideally the initiative was just for teachers, to help to support them.
What are you hoping to see Dance Maker achieve?We hope that this will support
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