Why should you support NDEO through our online auction this year? It's simple: We're here when the field needs us most, making a difference in the lives of dance teachers and their students nationwide. We offer professional development scholarships that help dance educators advance their careers and impact their students, as well as free resources for teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic - and your help makes it all possible!

From the onset of the Covid-19 crisis in the United States, NDEO has been there for dance educators, helping them find innovative ways to bring dance to their students during shelter-in-place orders, quarantine, social distancing, and hybrid-learning formats. Our Covid-19 webinar series featured over 25 webinars on teaching dance online, which are available free of charge to members and non-members. Our ongoing series of virtual Special Interest Group meetings allow NDEO members to connect with other teachers working in similar environments or with similar populations to help them share ideas, develop new practices, and strategize for the future. In June 2020, NDEO published Teaching Dance in Fall 2020, an extensive document available to the entire field that summarizes the questions and potential practices raised by NDEO members and panelists during two of our online events.

Our efforts have created real change in the field of dance education, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ensuring that access to dance education continues throughout the pandemic has been of primary importance to NDEO. We know that a quality dance education can be transformative, especially in trying times. Research suggests that dance can be critical to students’ physical, social, emotional, and psychological health. Through dance, students learn skills that benefit them during stressful or trying times. According to research, students who study dance are: self-motivated, disciplined and focused in their everyday lives; expressive in their communication of emotions, thoughts and feelings; creative and imaginative; and able to critically analyze themselves and others.

In order to continue these crucial efforts to advocate for dance education for all and support the educators who are making a transformative impact for their students during trying times, we need your help.

How Can You Support The Online Auction?

NDEO is hosting an Online Auction to help support our ability to provide support that our members and the field of dance education rely on, especially in this Covid-19 era. This year, with over 91 auction items available, there is truly something for everyone! Bidding on items in the Online Auction is easy and fun, and you can feel great about your bid knowing that the proceeds from the auction will allow NDEO to provide professional development scholarships to dance educators nationwide, and to continue offering free online resources such as webinars and special interest group virtual meetings to build knowledge and enhance collaborative opportunities among dance educators.

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There are items for dance professionals, dance aficionados and enthusiasts, and general audiences as well! Items include dance books, memberships, coaching packages, dancewear, accessories, equipment, and gift certificates for massage, costumes, classes, photo shoots, and more. Get your holiday shopping done while supporting a great cause. Here are just a few of the items up for bidding:

One year membership in the Studio Partnership Program from CLI Studios, enabling your students to take online classes from 300+ world-renowned choreographers, including tWitch from The Ellen Show, Tiler Peck of the New York City Ballet, Broadway performers, and more. You'll get access to a library of 800+ instructional on-demand classes in every style and level - with new classes added weekly! You can also enjoy our live-streaming dance events every month which include online intensives, workshops, performances, and seasonal programs. Valued at $1200.

Freestanding and wall mount ballet barres from En Pointe Enterprises, for use at home or in the studio. Several options are available, value varies.

Gift certificate redeemable for tuition to the 5-day Functional Awareness Summer Study. The intensive will run August 2nd-August 6th, 2021. The FA Summer Study for Dance Educators integrates the principles of Functional Awareness Anatomy in Action with the study of yoga and dance techniques. Valued at $450.

Online Ultra Barre Instructor Training Program Package. The winner will receive access to asynchronous videos breaking down all of the foundational Ultra Barre exercises, eight full class digital downloads, and live Q&A sessions with the founder and dance biomechanist, Teal Darkenwald, to further teach the movement method. Provided all modules are passed, the recipient will be certified in Ultra Barre. Valued at $750.

Set of 5 dance books including “Writing and the Body in Motion: Awakening Voice through Somatic Practice” by Cheryl Pallant, “Ballet Matters: A Cultural Memoir of Dance Dreams and Empowering Realities” by Jennifer Fisher, “On Stage at the Ballet: My Life as a Dancer and Artistic Director” by Robert Barnett, “Tappin' at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper” by Cheryl M. Willis, and “Daniel Lewis: A Life in Choreography and the Art of Dance” by Donna H Krasnow and Daniel E Lewis. Valued at $150.

Dance Ed Tip’s Back-to-School Kit, which contains all of our latest resources to make online and in-person dance teaching fun and engaging! These kits are really all about inspiring your teaching -- keeping you up-to-date with all the latest and giving you tons of ideas to keep things fresh and exciting. You will find HUNDREDS of ways to use these materials for years to come.

Master Classes in Indian Dance Technique by Aavegh Dance Troupe, Traditional Haitian Folkloric Dance by Tradisyon Lakou Lakay Inc/TLL Dance Ensemble, Panamanian Salsa by Movement Exchange's Panama County Director, Violeta Martinez, Scottish Dance with Dr. Kathryn Austin,

Whether you are a dance professional, a dance mom or dad, a former dancer, or just someone who enjoys the beautiful art of dance and wants to support the next generation of dancers, we encourage you to participate in our Online Auction this year. Your support will truly make a difference for NDEO, and for dance educators and students, this year.

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