Associate professor Lynne Kurdziel Formato taught master classes in theatre dance for the Dance Masters of America National Teachers Training School held July 25-29 at the University at Buffalo. Teachers from across the United States and Canada come together each year to participate in this unique program
Dance Masters of America established the TTS program at the turn of the century desiring to present the best possible education and teaching philosophies for its members and future members. Each season the TTS program grows and improves, always setting higher standards and keeping up with new trends.
Although the Dance Masters of America has always included a program for the training of dance educators into their curriculum, it wasn’t until 1970, when it was moved to Kent State University, that it evolved into the program we know as the Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School. Master teachers instruct classes in teaching techniques for all disciplines of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, lyrical and theatre dance. Specialty classes are offered in acrobatics, children’s work, folk dance, ballroom, interpretive, music theory, dance notation, nutrition, alignment, dance history, kinesiology, choreography, studio business, costume design and lighting, in addition to classes in teaching children, rap and study sessions.