Dance creates and retains a wholeness of body, mind and spirit. Dance allows the learner to explore their world as a place of infinite possibility. This creative dance emerges from the child as an experiential process of development, which embraces a natural curiosity connecting motion and emotion through invention, empathic response, and imagination.
About
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Catherine's over 20 years of work with a diverse body of students in public education brings a special balance of theory and practice to her workshops for teachers, artists and educators from all content areas.
Ms. Gallant's focus is primarily on building a dance curriculum which values process over product and inquiry as a guiding force for student centered learning in dance. The role of dance technique, cultural dance, dance history and improvisation are addressed in ways that support the variety of dance expressions within the US and globally. Catherine Gallant's teaching methods and approach were featured in the Emmy nominated documentary, PS DANCE! |
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Catherine Gallant
Catherine Gallant has been dancing, choreographing and teaching for more than 30 years, in both traditional and alternative venues. Catherine is now a full-time NYCDOE dance educator at PS 89 in Manhattan where she explores dance through the lense of Laban Movement Analysis with connections to history, culture and classroom curricula. She and her students were featured in the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary, PS DANCE! Ms. Gallant served on the writing committee for NYC Blueprint for the Arts in DANCE and is on the faculty of the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL).
She facilitates workshops for NDEO and NYCDOE and has recently taught in Copenhagen, San Francisco and Boston. Ms. Gallant is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and holds an MFA in Dance from Temple University. She has taught college dance courses at the Boston Conservatory, Curry College and MIT. She has been creating new works as Catherine Gallant/DANCE since 1999. Catherine is also the director and co-founder (with Patricia Adams in 1989) of Dances by Isadora which performs, teaches and collaborates with Duncan dancers throughout the world. She began her study of the technique of Isadora Duncan with Julia Levien, (a student of Anna and Irma Duncan) in 1982. She is currently on the Duncan Archive Committee and is a regular contributor to the duncanarchive.org
She facilitates workshops for NDEO and NYCDOE and has recently taught in Copenhagen, San Francisco and Boston. Ms. Gallant is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and holds an MFA in Dance from Temple University. She has taught college dance courses at the Boston Conservatory, Curry College and MIT. She has been creating new works as Catherine Gallant/DANCE since 1999. Catherine is also the director and co-founder (with Patricia Adams in 1989) of Dances by Isadora which performs, teaches and collaborates with Duncan dancers throughout the world. She began her study of the technique of Isadora Duncan with Julia Levien, (a student of Anna and Irma Duncan) in 1982. She is currently on the Duncan Archive Committee and is a regular contributor to the duncanarchive.org
Events & Workshops
Catherine has been leading workshops for dancers, choreographers, dance teachers, classroom teachers, college university dance educators, parents and administrators since 1999. She has worked across the US and internationally to share best practices and the growth of new ideas in dance education.
Catherine holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory and a MFA from Temple University.
Catherine holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory and a MFA from Temple University.
Teaching experience includes:
Public SchoolDance Educator in NYC public school (1996 to present)
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Dance Education LaboratoryFaculty
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Catherine Gallant/DanceFounder & Choreographer
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Co-Founder
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Contact
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Based in NYC, teaching all over.
New York City, USA
catherinegallantdance@gmail.com (917) 673-3132 |
