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BELOVED BOOKS ABOUT DANCE FOR YOUNG READERS

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Getting young dancers to read is just as important as getting them moving at a young age. This prompts an active lifestyle with an energized mind. So why not combine these two great activities with some literature in dance?! Below are some of my favorite children’s books on dance for young readers, that I think will inspire your dancers and take them on a journey as they leap into their next class!

Teachers and studio owners, these are also wonderful additions to your studio or class library as well!

*photos courtesy of amazon.com

1. GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE

2.TALLULAH’S NUTCRACKER

3.ANGELINA BALLERINA: A DANCE OF FRIENDSHIP

4.FLAMENCO FANTASY

5. ELLA BELLA BALLERINA & CINDERELLA

6. DANCING IN THE WINGS

7. DEGAS AND THE LITTLE DANCER

8. FRANK WAS A MONSTER WHO WANTED TO DANCE

9. VAMPIRINA BALLERINA

10. SUGAR PLUM BALLERINAS

11. SHOES OFF, MOMMY?

12. MISTY COPELAND, LIFE IN MOTION (YOUNG READER EDITION)

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Author

Jessica Rizzo Stafford

Jessica Rizzo Stafford

Jessica Rizzo Stafford is a native New Yorker and graduate of NYU Steinhardt's Dance Education Master’s Program; with a PK-12 New York State Teaching Certification. Her double-concentration Master’s Degree includes PK-12 pedagogy and dance education within the higher-education discipline. She also holds a BFA in dance performance from the UMASS Amherst 5 College Dance Program where she was a Chancellor's Talent Award recipient. Jess now works extensively with children, adolescents and professionals as choreographer and teacher and conducts national and international master-classes specializing in the genres of modern, contemporary, musical theatre and choreography-composition. Jess’ national and international performance career includes works such as: The National Tour of Guys & Dolls, The European Tour of Grease, West Side Story, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, Salute to Dudley Moore at Carnegie Hall, guest-dancer with the World Famous Pontani Sisters and IMPULSE Modern Dance Company. Jess has been a faculty member for the Perichild Program & Peridance Youth Ensemble & taught contemporary and jazz at the historic New Dance Group and 92nd Street Y in NYC. She was Company Director at the historic Steffi Nossen School of Dance/Dance in Education Fund and in 2008 traveled to Uganda where she taught creative-movement to misplaced children. The experience culminated with Jess being selected as a featured instructor at the Queen's Kampala Ballet & Modern Dance School. She has conducted workshops for the cast of LA REVE at the Wynn, Las Vegas and recently taught at the 2011 IDS International Dance Teacher Conference at The Royal Ballet in London, UK. She is also on faculty for the annual Dance Teacher Web Conferences in Las Vegas, NV. Currently, Jess is a faculty member at the D'Valda & Sirico Dance & Music Centre and master teacher & adjudicator for various national and international dance competitions. Recently, she has finished her NYU Master’s thesis research on the choreographic process of technically advanced adolescent dancers and is the creator of “PROJECT C;” a choreography-composition curriculum for the private studio sector. Jess is also faculty member, contributing writer and presenter in the choreography and “how to” teaching segments on the celebrated danceteacherweb.com. For more info, visit her website at www.jrizzo.net.

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