nankleav

Executive Director of Dancing Classrooms NYC. Mom. Dan admirer. Queens lover. Mandy walker. Not in that order.

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Heading home today after an inspiring two days with the Dance/USA community who hit it out of the park with their 2023 conference. Brava for hosting such a fierce and caring convening, Kellee Edusei and team! So grateful to connect and learn from new coll…https://t.co/VlshLOf8yw

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So exciting! https://t.co/VEWzG4bmpC

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I’m #hiring. We are looking for two creative, collaborative, passionate fundraisers to join our Dancing Classrooms New York City team -- a director and manager -- as we grow in the coming years. Please share widely and send your best people our way! #fun…https://t.co/bWYwOJsY7j

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This. My team and I are noticing all the ways this manifests in the classroom and how we as youth workers who are not with the students day in and out need to double down with our flexibility and compassion to meet them all where we are now. Not get stres…https://t.co/CBamroPEB2

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A meaningful conversation with Dr. Becky K., Dr. Dave Anderson and Ali Wentqorth about scaffolding the young people in our lives who are caught in the midst of a mental health crisis like we’ve never known. Great event, Child Mind Institute. I’m blown awa…https://t.co/hUh9d3d1lc

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So super psyched to have the jubilant @TravelBareFeet and Dwayne Beach co-host our upcoming #MadHotBall2023 this Wednesday! https://t.co/nIlpZkcHnW

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What a pleasure and privilege to get to speak with Natalia Vilela
about Dancing Classrooms New York City in the inaugural National Guild for Community Arts Education's Spotlight.

Our work goes so far beyond what you may know from…https://t.co/t5lZUJCfzh https://t.co/kAaQ7TC9F7

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What a pleasure and privilege to get to speak with Natalia Vilela
about Dancing Classrooms New York City in the inaugural National Guild for Community Arts Education's Spotlight.

Our work goes so far beyond w"Mad Hot Ballroom." C…https://t.co/MBNG2gnVBs https://t.co/kAaQ7TC9F7

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I love the distinction of "awe inspiring" art! https://t.co/MaqICWmt36

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OK...so many gems in here. Everybody -- go make some music, dance or poetry. And pass it on to others so they can benefit. Especially the young'ins. Please! https://t.co/IPAnACUtrF

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It's that time of year again. Time to celebrate spring, youth, joy, connection, and @dancingclassroomsnyc at #MadHotBall23.

HAPPY. FOCUS. FREE. WINNING. Sadly, these are not words often uttered by kids about school. But we hear them all the time during…https://t.co/bjGvGbeo6I

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It was such a delight to be invited to Dancing Classrooms New York City Board Member Magdalena Melendez's store Shall We Dance Designs last weekend for a Sip n' Shop featuring students from our Sarah Gilmore Academy partnership in Union City, NJ. Amazing,…https://t.co/m3Y3mo4DqB

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I keep coming back to this New Yorker Radio Hour interview with the choreographer and dancer Akram Khan who reimagined the ballet Giselle, relying on his gut and personal experience to reinterpret the narrative so that he is not pe…https://t.co/TYiQ7pCBbW https://t.co/ZE8MrZI70f

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Nothing excites me more than seeing a new program take flight! This one, in particular, moves me deeply. Our amazing team at Dancing Classrooms New York City has developed "Dancing With Rhythms and Stories" for K-2 graders, the kiddos who started school d…https://t.co/dxLDPtKqQF

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So many gems in this piece by @robfields. I’ll be thinking about the power in “shrinking gaps” all day. https://t.co/0MRABWSySb

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It’s #WinterWarmup time at Dancing Classrooms New York City and being with our incredible teaching staff yesterday was all the inspiration I needed to get through the February and March doldrums. Our organization reflects the beautiful diversity we celebr…https://t.co/u8oFnlQfT5

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I've been an admirer of Chalkbeat's work covering education news for many years and was excited to see the launch of their new parent org Civic News Company with an urgent mission to "help people understand how America works so the…https://t.co/LxaniDdL2w https://t.co/hN2uembNa4

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I am getting verklempt hearing about the successes our Dancing Classrooms New York City Network Affiliates are having in their communities after such a tough few years. This group of arts #community #network leaders have been meeting to support one anothe…https://t.co/qy574gkWgs

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It's hard to believe that we are still needing to make this case. Good grief. But, for those folks out there, especially for our stressed out, over stretched and underpaid educational partners, who need more data to embolden and defend their decisions to…https://t.co/3gh00Osk2Y

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Joyful and inspiring night celebrating that, for the first time, the NYC Council is majority women and a majority women of color. Congratulations, The New Majority NYC (fka “21 in ‘21”)! I’ve been a member since the beginning and we need you to join us. A…https://t.co/j5cZAHyf7Q