Dear Dance Educators & Advocates,

There is still time to make your voice heard.

The FY 2026 Federal Budget has not been fully voted on, and it is not yet "the law." There is still time to send a message to your federally elected officials about preserving funding for arts and education in the federal budget. The chart below shows what is being proposed.

You can take action TODAY! Join NDEO and the Arts Education Alliance by participating in our Advocacy campaign on the Quorum platform. This system allows you to send a pre-written message to your federally elected officials about protecting arts and education funding in the FY 2026 Budget. It only takes a few minutes. Send Your Message Here

Regards,



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Call for Nominations

Nominate Yourself or Someone Else for the NDEO Board of Directors or Advisory Council! 

Apply by June 25, 2025

Participate in Focus Group

NDEO is seeking Members, who are current dance teachers, to participate in the NDEO Virtual Focus Group Project for Summer 2025. Share you successes and challenges. Apply by July 6, 2025.

Visit our Online Store

Order logo gear like a sweatshirt or a T-shirt. We also have NDEO logo stickers, several books, socks, and more!

Check it out.

Early Bird Deadline June 30

This virtual summit from NDEO and Danscend on August 2 will equip teachers with knowledge, tools, and resources to support dancers’ mental health, resilience, and overall well-being in studios and classrooms.

Early Bird Deadline is June 30, 2025

NDEO 2025 National Conference - Oct. 4 - 6, 2025

Held every fall, the NDEO National Conference is the premier professional development event for dance educators. Over three vibrant days, you'll have access to 220+ workshops, master classes, panel discussions, paper presentations, social events, and captivating performances. Kick off your experience with a full day of pre-conference intensives before the official start.

Explore Add-On Pre-Conference Intensives

On Oct. 3, the day before the official start of National Conference, NDEO is offering 17 intensives from the Dance Informance: An Alternative to Recitals to Mindful Methods for Inversions, to the ever popular, K-12 School Bus Tour of Detroit Public School Dance Programs.

Announcing our NEW Conference Sponsorship Opportunities Interested in a more exclusive opportunity to enhance your NDEO National Conference vendor experience? Check out our 2025 Sponsorship Options and reach out to kschultz@ndeo.org for more information. 

Deadline to Apply is July 1, 2025

Susan McGreevy-Nichols

Mark Your Calendars, Submit your Photos, Share your Memories

NDEO's Executive Director, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, is retiring on June 30th. We will celebrate with her at the Grand Closing party at our National Conference in Detroit on Monday evening, Oct. 6, 2025. Please join us.

Submit by Aug. 1, 2025

Seeking Mentors & Mentees!

This program serves as a support system for dance studio teachers and dance studio owners with fewer than five years of experience (mentees) in the field. The program also provides those with five or more years of experience in the field (mentors) an opportunity to share their experience and lend guidance to these emerging dance teachers.

Apply by June 30, 2025

A Student’s Perspective on What True Dance Education Teaches Students

"Lately, I am approached with short clips of my friends trying a TikTok dance. Often, after dance practice, I’ll walk into a classroom and find a group gathered around a phone, laughing as they attempt to learn the latest viral routine."

When the Rhythm Hits: Teaching Calypso and Feeling the Pocket

"In every classroom I enter—whether in the U.S. or back home in Trinidad—I bring rhythm with me. It’s not something I add to the dance. It is the dance. Rhythm is the structure, the entry point, the thing that tells you not just when to move, but why to move."

Feeling First: Embodied Feedback as Anti-Oppressive Artistic Practice

"As dance educators, we regularly offer feedback. It’s in our syllabi, built into our assessments, and embedded in our studio culture. But most of us were never taught how to give feedback—only how to survive it."

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