Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) produced two feature-length documentaries
about dance education in public schools:
- PS DANCE!
Step inside the halls of five NYC public schools and celebrate dance! Hosted by veteran TV journalist Paula Zahn, the NY Emmy-nominated film captures what happens when students have dance in their curriculum. - PS DANCE! THE NEXT GENERATION
What happens with the students become the teachers? High school and middle school dance students are immersed in DEL’s teaching methods and emerge inspired and empowered.
Resources for participating CPS Classroom Teachers:
- Registration & Information for Classroom Teachers interested in Dance in the Schools
- DTA Connection
- NDEO Evidence Report: A Report on the Impact of Dance in the K-12 Setting
- Rainbow Dance 2025 video demo
- March Things To Know – CT
- Evaluation Form for Classroom Teachers
- Media Upload Form
Resources for the Dance Teaching Artist TEAM
- DTA Survey Form
- DTA Schedule Confirmation
- CORI Form with Instructions 2025
- DTA Connection
- NDEO Standards for Learning and Teaching Dance in the Arts
- The DEL Dance and Literacy Curriculum Project, “We are thrilled to share this series of curriculum and resources to support YOU in fostering students’ language and literacy skills through dance learning
- Discipline Guidelines for Dance, guidelines specific to dance educators as they re-enter the physical or virtual classroom
- Welcome to the City of Cambridge
- Sustainable Transportation
- Park a Car in Cambridge If you need to park a car in Cambridge this page provides information about the different types of parking available. [2025]
- Cambridge Snow Center keeps the public informed of winter storm service impacts, parking ban information & general storm information.
- Apply for a Non-Resident Parking Permit
- Tips for Teaching Dance Remotely
- Easily available props and materials for at-home dance/creative movement
- Mini-Mindful Moments With Eve Costarelli, videos for families and schools to share their relaxing and mindful techniques with children and themselves.
- Media Upload Form
- Evaluation Form for Dance Teaching Artist
Resources for Students and Families
- Brain Compatible Dance Education
A method and a resource list for parents and educators including Brain Dance –
A brain-body warm-up for home, school, anywhere & everyone. Creative Dance Center.
- Go Noodle
A fun, easy to use website that “engages and inspires millions of kids every month to channel their boundless energy–getting them up, moving and becoming more mindful.”
- Arts Are Education
Arts Are Education is a national campaign in support of arts education for all students.
- Square Dance on Vimeo – Jan Edward Vogels Watch this delightful video with dancing shapes, patterns, space and color!
- Mini-Mindful Moments With Eve Costarelli, videos for families and schools to share their relaxing and mindful techniques with children and themselves.
- Rainbow Dance 2025 video demo
- Bolero Juilliard | April 2020 Listen and watch Juilliard’s Bolero, arranged by Juilliard. For all Grade Levels.
General resources
Resources for teachers interested in how dance-based learning can improve their classroom environment and benefit their students:
- National Dance Education Organization
- NDEO Evidence Report: A Report on the Impact of Dance in the K-12 Setting
- NDEO Professional Teaching Standards for Teaching Dance Arts
- NDEO Standards for Dance in Early Childhood
- NDEO Philosophy Underlying the Standards for Dance in Early Childhood
- New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance
“The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance: PreK-12 provides teachers a path to follow for developing a curriculum with dance, and benchmarks for what children should understand, and be able to do in dance at critical junctures in their intellectual, physical, and emotional development.” - Rainbow Dance 2025 video demo
