Luna Dance Institute

My daughter attended the summer mini camp (for 5 – 7 year olds), and had an amazing time. She enjoyed immensely learning new ways to think about movement and space, and trying out her own interpretations of movement concepts. The instructors seemed very attentive and skilled at working with young kids. My daughter felt instantly comfortable at Luna and so excited about each day’s new experiences. She’s looking forward to beginning weekly classes there in the fall.

I am a dance educator in NYC. I heard about the Luna Institute through a friend, and decided to attend their Summer Workshop. I have taken many courses at the Dance Education Laboratory at the 92^nd St. Y in NYC and am pursuing my Masters in dance education. These experiences provided me with a good understanding of Dance Education, but I feel that dance ed. really came to life for me at Luna. Dancing all of the lessons and being able to practice teaching and get feedback was invaluable. The master teachers at Luna are able to support emerging dance teachers and challenge seasoned ones. Luna’s educational values are soundly based in child development — a piece of the puzzle I was missing before the Luna Summer Institute. I came away feeling inspired, supported and full of enthusiasm. I highly recommend Luna Dance Institute to classroom teachers, dance teachers and families looking for dance classes. This is the kind of dance education that should be offered in classrooms and studios everywhere…

Luna Dance workshop provides an excellent training for professionals working with children and families. The information provided about both brain development and child development in connection to dance combine with hands on experience is superb. I highly reccomend training from this organization!

Simply the best all-​around dance education organization on the West Coast. Because of their value for artistic risk-​taking, rigorous instruction and relationship-​based dance, their programs exceed the standard approach to arts education.

As a dance educator in the field for over 10 years, I wish that I had experienced Luna Dance Institute at the beginning of my teaching. They deeply value creatitivity and have found a beautiful way in effectively targetting and developing a student’s creative expression. Luna Dance Institute’s training gave me deep insight into lesson plan making, human developmental stages, and encouragement and feedback to individual teaching. Thank you Luna for continuing to foster dance in our lives!

As a dance educator, I found Luna Dance Institute’s workshops to be extremely resourceful. Many of the activities learned at these workshops are fun, and work for students of all ages. Prior to attending these workshops, I had no idea what exactly «Creative dance» was or how to apply it in a classroom. I found their Creative Dance workshops to be a very valuable resource especially for dance educators who teach dance in academic settings. These resources were practical and easy for even the non-​dance teacher to teach.
Overall, Luna Dance Institute provided support, encouragement, and expanded my dance education. We need more organizations like this for artists, and art educators. Thank you.

My experience with Luna Dance has been with 3 and 4-​year old parent/​child classes and at a one-​day teacher workshop. All were excellent and fun to participate in. Childrens classes empowered my preschool son to be a confident mover, aware of his body and enjoying the experience of moving it through space with intention. It is so satisfying to witness, and play alongside, children designing their own movements based on thoughtful teacher directions, and not merely copying steps. The teaching is so respectful of childrens’ intelligence and innate creativity. Really encourages exploration and self-​leadership. As a parent, I really appreciate the depth of child development knowledge behind the dance education that’s delivered. These classes are unlike anything else out there.