Artwork by Laura SanBoef

Welcome!

The Office of Dance is in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Special Programs, along with the Offices of Health and Physical Education.

The Office of Dance is responsible for designing and maintaining the fine arts dance education curriculum,  related assessments, and identifying appropriate resources for dance education to support the curriculum and fine arts dance programs.   In addition, the Office of Dance serves K-12 Physical Education by providing in-direct and direct services for the Rhythms and Dance Units in physical education curriculum.

Additionally, the Office of Dance:

• Provides professional development to dance teachers.
• Supplies instructional resources to support the curriculum.
• Cooperates with other curriculum content offices to provide cross-curricular connections.
• Administers grant programs, as available, to enhance the dance education program.
• Collaborates with other county offices and outside community agencies to support the dance education program.

The Office of Dance provides you with:

• Information about Dance Education Curriculum/Programs
• Dance News
• Dance Meetings and Events Calendars
• Dance Links of Interest

Sudbrook Arts Centre has offered an exciting opportunity for our boys and young men interested in a free dance education. Through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sudbrook Arts is able to offer 20 boys/young men, a scholarship to attend ballet training at the center for the school year of 2011-12. No previous experience is required. For further information, see attached flyer. Contact Laura Dolid, as indicated on the flyer, directly.
Ballet for Boys Flyer

Sudbrook Magnet Middle School receives national award!

Baltimore County Public Schools celebrate their 15th Annual County-wide Dance Festival

Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Dance will co-sponsor the 6th Annual Dance Educator's Training Institute with ClancyWorks Dance Company again this summer.  Dance teachers and teaching artists are invited to join their colleagues from around Maryland in an exciting and rejuvenating week intensive of master classes, hot topics, somatics, and current trends in dance education.  See attached flyer.

Dance Educator's Training Institute 2012
BCPS Office of Dance will once again partner with ClancyWorks Dance Company for the 6th annual Dance Educator's Training Institute.

This year's weeklong intensive will be held at UMBC, hosted by the dance department.  Master classes, hot topics in dance education, somatics, Curriculum Assessment and Design and historical dance forms will run as tracks throughout the week.  The institute will be held Monday, July 30 through August 3 daily.  Dance teachers and teaching artists are encouraged to attend, rejuvenate, and network with colleagues from around the state and the U.S.   for more information and registration guidelines contact www.clancyworks.org

Nine Baltimore County Public School dance students selected for All-State Dance 2012. 

January 3, 2012, one hundred and ten students auditioned from around the state for All-State Dance 2012.  Twenty five dancers were selected by a team of professional dancers and dance teachers.  The Office of Dance is proud to announce that nine dancers from Baltimore County were chosen for the 2012 All-State Dance.  These dancers will be performing April 19, 2012 for the Fine Arts Briefing held by the Maryland State Department of Education at Howard County Arts Center.  The performance is not open to the public.  See attached.

Sonia Synkowski Resource Teacher Office of Dance ssynkowski@bcps.org Phone: 410-887-4014 FAX: 410-887-4038

Kathleen McMahon ESS Bldg. 410-887-4196 kmcmahon@bcps.org

Beverly Capistrano Administrative Secretary Offices of Health, Physical Education, and Dance bcapistrano@bcps.org

Sally Nazelrod Coordinator of Health, Physical Education, and Dance ESS Bldg. snazelrod@bcps.org