Dance connects body, mind and spirit. Dance allows us to explore the world with a sense of infinite possibility. Creative dance emerges from each of us as an experiential process. This ongoing development engages a natural curiosity, connecting motion and emotion through analysis, invention, empathic response, and imagination.
About
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Catherine's over 25 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! Dance Teacher Magazine article, December 2022 |
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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 a NYCDOE dance educator at PS 89 in Manhattan where she explores dance through the lens 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) and Hunter College. She has taught college dance courses at the Boston Conservatory, Curry College and MIT. She facilitates workshops for NDEO and NYCDOE and has taught throughout the US and Europe. Ms. Gallant is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and holds an MFA in Dance from Temple University. 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. Catherine is the US performer in Jerome Bel's new work Isadora Duncan. 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 has received funding for her work from the Harkness Foundation for Dance, Arnhold Foundation, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council the Bossak Heilbron Foundation, NYFA , City Parks Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and Dance/NYC.
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.
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Dance Educator in NYC public schools
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Dance Education LaboratoryFaculty
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Arnhold Dance Education Program Hunter College CUNY
Adjunct Faculty |
Catherine Gallant/DanceFounder & Choreographer
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Co-Founder
(1989 to present) |
Contact
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Based in NYC, teaching all over.
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