Read Jessie Levey’s newly published article she wrote in collaboration with her colleague, Donna Davenport.
We're in it Together: Dance 2050 Unites Independent Studios and College Programs.
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Barefoot Dance Center is a mission-aligned dance and yoga center that places education at the center of our programs. Our teaching practice is guided by our developmental curriculum and the individual needs and desires of our students. We treat all Barefoot students as artists and guide them to become empowered movers with abilities to focus and delve deeply into expressing themselves and their ideas through dance, yoga, and choreography.
Read Jessie Levey’s article, “Resisting the Sexualization of Girls in Dance Education: An Alternative Curriculum For Private Studios.”
This article was published in "Dance Education in Practice," (a journal put out by the National Dance Education Organization) in March, 2021.
More InfoRead Jessie Levey and Anna Mansbridge’s article, “Common Ground,” about their teen companies collaborating on a dance film from across the United States.
This article was published in "Dance Education in Practice," (a journal put out by the National Dance Education Organization) in December, 2021.
More InfoWatch the dance film, “Common Ground,” featuring Barefoot Dance Company and Kaleidoscope Dance Company.
A collaborative choreography project between two teen dance companies across the U.S.A. during the pandemic.
More InfoDancing Together Apart – Pivoting from in-person to virtual learning.
Jessie Levey leads a professional development workshop on transitioning to teaching dance online during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown (through New York State Association of Independent Schools, May, 2021)
More InfoEmpowering Girls Through the Platform of Dance!
Listen to Jessie Levey on NPR's 51% (episode #1456) discuss how dance may be used to empower girls.
More InfoHow dance develops creativity in young children.
After visiting one of our creative dance classes, Julie A. Riess, Ph.D., director of Wimpfheimer Nursery School at Vassar College, writes about the connection between dance and creativity in early childhood education (published in the Poughkeepsie Journal).
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