Summer Dance Institute for Teachers - IN-PERSON
Workshop | Available
The In-Person SDIT Course, taught in our beautiful Seattle studio, is an immersive 5-day experience designed to provide participants with the tools needed to create meaningful, engaging, and developmentally appropriate dance curricula for all ages and abilities. This course offers an environment of collegial support for returning and experienced participants as well as those new to BCDE. This opportunity to study with CDC Founder Anne Green Gilbert and her long-time SDIT teaching partner Dionne Kamara is not to be missed.
Dates:
July 14-18, 2025
Monday through Friday
9:00am to 5:00pm each day
Attendance is required on all 5 days.
Tuition:
Register by May 31 for Early Bird pricing: $625
Late registration – after May 31: $695
- Participants will experience 5-part conceptual dance lesson plans for infants through adults, learn the science behind the BrainDance, as well as many BrainDance variations, and develop choreographic skills. Course will include dance and curriculum integration, West African dance, and inclusive teaching methods for all abilities/disabilities.
You may have the opportunity to observe CDC classes during SDIT week, offering the chance to witness BCDE and BrainDance in action! You are also welcome to participate in any Adult class the week of SDIT for free.
*If you have commitments that may impact full participation and you are still interested in attending the In-Person Course, please email CDC Director Terry Goetz at terry@creativedance.org with the specifics of your situation.
Early Bird pricing ends on May 31.
Financial aid is available on a first come, first served basis. Email darrah@creativedance.org to apply.
Required Text:
Brain-Compatible Dance Education 2nd edition by Anne Green Gilbert is required for the course and available at bit.ly/BCDEBook
Residents of Canada have the option of purchasing the book directly from Human Kinetics Canada at bit.ly/BCDE-Canada
Anne Green Gilbert
Anne Green Gilbert (she/her), MAT, is Founding Director of the Creative Dance Center (CDC), Kaleidoscope Dance Company, and Summer Dance Institute for Teachers in Seattle. Anne is a master teacher, choreographer, and author. She presented hundreds of workshops for children and adults across the USA and abroad, conducted professional development courses through Lesley University, University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University, and taught classes for all ages at CDC for over thirty years. She is the author of 5 dance textbooks, 2 instructional DVDs, and numerous published articles. Anne was first Chair of dance and the Child USA and Dance Educators Association of Washington. Her awards include the 2005 National Dance Association Scholar/Artist Award, 2011 National Dance Education Organization Lifetime Achievement Award, Lawrence Tenney Stevens American Dance Award in 2014 for her work with boys and men in dance, and American Dance Festival Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching in 2016.
Dionne Kamara
Dionne Kamara (she/her), a former member of Urban Bush Women performance company, is currently a resident teaching artist in New York City. Dionne teaches creative dance integrating academic curriculum to children in public schools, enabling them to express their thoughts and ideas through the art of dance. She has taught creative and traditional West African dance in schools, community centers and cultural institutions in the New York metropolitan area for many years and also teaches creative dance to infants through adults in several NYC studios. Dionne has been an SDIT faculty member since 2003.