Welcome to Dance Education in Practice (DEiP). This journal provides a rich resource for dance educators. Each issue includes articles from teachers about what they do in the studio and classroom, which we hope will inspire you in your own practice. We cover the vast breadth of the field from private schools of dance, to K-12 classrooms, to college and universities, to community centers, to professional companies and more. Columns on resources for dance teaching, coverage of current trends in the field, and viewpoints from dance educators and students enhance the feature articles. A stimulating read from cover to cover, Dance Education in Practice embodies the voice of the practitioner.

Special Issue - Dance in the Independent Sector

Every area of the dance field has unique practices, approaches and concerns. This special issue of Dance Education in Practice seeks articles pertaining to the independent sector of dance, formerly referred to as the private sector in some contexts.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Facilitating change and sustaining growth in the studio environment
• Successful studio business practices post COVID
• The competition world in the 21st century
• Jazz dance and its history and connection to studio dance
• Aging out of studio dance...what happens next and transitioning to post-secondary education
• Hiring qualified teachers
• Choreography for recitals
• Range of dance forms and practices offered
• Senior dance in the private sector
• Non-profit versus for-profit studio models
• Internships and pre-service teaching: connections with post secondary institutions
• Challenges and successes of rural dance studio settings

We encourage authors with independent sector practices to share their experiences with our readers. You do not need to be an experienced writer to submit—we mentor authors!

Deadline for Submitting: May 2nd, 2023

Read full call and instructions for submitting here!

To learn more about submitting an article to DEiP, please click here.

Subscription Information

An online subscription (including access to back issues) of DEiP is included with Professional, Young Professional, PhD/EdD Candidate, Institutional, Undergraduate and Graduate Student memberships. Retirees can purchase DEiP for an additional $10.

Online Access

Effective with Volume 20(2) - June 2020 - The Journal of Dance Education and Dance Education in Practice went fully online. This change impacts all future issues and volumes. We look forward to providing you with the same great content in a convenient online format, while reducing our environmental impact and ensuring the financial health of the organization. NDEO will no longer mail print copies of its two journals.

If you have questions about a missing volume or if you want to order an extra copy of a particular volume, please contact Taylor & Francis at 215-625-8900 x 771 or at customerservice@taylorandfrancis.com