1st Edition
Humanizing Ballet Pedagogies Philosophies, Perspectives, and Praxis for Teaching Ballet
Part 1 Philosophies 1. Ideal-Driven Pedagogies 2. Student-Driven Pedagogies Part 2 Perspectives 3. Teacher Presence and Behavior 4. Student Voices Part 3 Praxis 5. Student Agency and Autonomy 6. Evaluation and (Un)Grading 7. Reflective Practices
Biography
Jessica Zeller, PhD, MFA, is an Associate Professor of Dance in the TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance, USA, where she teaches courses across the ballet curriculum and in dance histories, theories, and pedagogies. Her first book, Shapes of American Ballet: Teachers and Training before Balanchine (2016), unearths the teachings of lesser-known European and Russian ballet pedagogues and situates them in the context of early twentieth-century American Capitalism, and her research on ballet pedagogies appears in (Re:) Claiming Ballet (2021), Dance on Its Own Terms: Histories and Methodologies (2013), Dance Chronicle, and the Journal of Dance Education. Zeller is a past president of CORPS de Ballet, International.
"Humanizing Ballet Pedagogies is ultimately a clarion call for dance teachers to think critically about why they teach ballet in specific ways and to get to know the people in the room."
Steven Ha, Dance Chronicle, USA
