BODY AND SOUL: Maxine Montilus: To teach is to learn

Maxine Montilus (photo: ShocPhoto LLC)

 

A black woman with long dreadlocks is wearing a black sleeveless dress.  She is suspended in the air in a double attitude jump, with her left and right arms placed in fourth position with palms facing outward.  The background is blurred with shades of green and white colors.

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Maxine Montilus has served many roles in dance--performer, choreographer, administrator, writer, and educator. I asked her to focus this podcast episode on her experience and ideas as a passionate and imaginative dance teacher across ages and levels. It was a delight to listen to her, and I hope you will enjoy this, too!

Listen to her segment on Body and Soul podcast here.

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Read below to learn more about Maxine.

Eva Yaa Asantewaa

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BIO: Maxine Montilus is a dance artist from Brooklyn, New York. As an educator, Maxine is currently a Visiting Professor in the Theatre and Dance department at Indiana University. She is also a principal facilitator and teaching artist with Camille A. Brown & Dancers’ EVERY BODY MOVE Community Engagement platform, and was recently an adjunct dance professor at both Hunter College and SUNY Old Wetsbury. She has also served as a teaching artist for Haiti Cultural Exchange, Caribbean Cultural Center Africa Diaspora Institute, and Opus Dance Theatre. From 2015-2018, she was a full-time dance teacher for the New York City Department of Education. Maxine has also served as an arts administrator in arts education, coordinating programs for public schools, studios and healthcare facilities at The Juilliard School, Marquis Studios and Dancewave. www.maxinemontilus.com/

Responding to Austin, dance artist Edwards calls for r/evolution

A Call for R/evolution
by Jennifer Edwards, Dance/USA From The Green Room, March 10, 2015

in response to:

Is American Modern Dance a Pyramid Scheme?
by Sarah Anne Austin, Dance/USA From The Green Room, March 2, 2015

What's to become of American dance? Sarah Anne Austin's analysis

A New York Observer article about Gibney Dance closes with its founder, Gina Gibney, asking a community forum, “How are we going to build a new audience?” She continued, “It’s not enough to say what artists need in a performance venue — you also have to ask what audiences need.” 

No one had an answer to her question, because no one was educated on it before. Dance in higher education is about your body, about your work, about your thoughts about the field, not figuring out how to get other people to see what you make.

--Sarah Anne Austin

Read more in:

Is American Modern Dance a Pyramid Scheme?
by Sarah Anne Austin, Dance/USA From The Green Room, March 2, 2015

Bel Kaufman, 103

Bel Kaufman, Who Told What School Was Really Like, Dies at 103
by Margalit Fox, The New York Times, July 25, 2014

Dancer (etc.) Shawn Renee Lent never gives up

Am I A Dancer Who Gave Up?
by Shawn Renee Lent, Shawn Renee Lent, July 30, 2013

Dance for autistic youth

Examining Dance Classes For Teens On The Autism Spectrum
by Lydia Hance, Dance Advantage, April 28, 2011

MCNY job opening: management instructor

An opening for an instructor is now available for the following course section, in Metropolitan College of New York's MBA-Media Management program. The section will meet on Saturdays from 9am to 10:40am.

E-mail DHahn@METROPOLITAN.EDU with your qualifications immediately if you are interested in teaching this course, and bring this opportunity to the attention of qualified individuals in your professional and social networks.

Theatre and Performing Arts Industries (THE 530 SY2) (2 credits)

An overview of commercial & community theatre management structure and practice; dance company management; touring company management; mixed-media; and special events management.

David A. Hahn

Executive Academic Administrator for Dean Humphrey A. Crookendale

Metropolitan College of New York

431 Canal St Fl 11 Rm 41

New York, NY 10013-1919 U.S.A.

Work: 212-343-1234 X2602

Fax: 212-343-8476

Email: DHahn@METROPOLITAN.EDU

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