NDEO would like to extend a congratulations to one of our members, Jody Gottfried Arnhold of the Arnhold Foundation, on receiving the Chairman's Award at the Dance Magazine Awards in December 2023. 

NDEO Executive Director/CEO, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and Managing Director, Melissa Greenblatt (both pictured right with Jody), were in attendance to help honor Jody.  Jody is a fierce advocate for dance education, and our organization is proud to have her in our corner.  As Jody said in her award acceptance speech, "There is no dance without dance education," and as we say at NDEO, "It all starts with a dance teacher!"

Jody's award was presented by Frederic Seegal and was preceded with a performance by 92NY School of Dance student Mikaylah Arce, with accompaniment by bassist Eduardo Bello.  To read more about the 2023 Dance Magazine Awards and the other awardees, please click here.  To read Jody's acceptance speech, please click here. Congratulations, Jody!

Photo by Christopher Duggan