NDEO and Teacher Evaluations

It's been awhile since I have posted anything here. So just some thoughts on what has been going on the past two months.

First of all, the NDEO conference in Miami was amazing. lots of very interesting and high quality presentations and the panel I moderated on Men in Dance Education was very well attended and incredibly successful. Many of the workshops that I went to specifically addressing men and boy's issues in dance were very informative.

I also got to connect with many friends, colleagues, dance teachers, and dancing partners that I haven't seen in awhile. I took two movement classes. One on African Dance, which was exhilarating and humbling at the same time and one with the incredible dancer and teacher Lori Bellilove.

I didn't get to see much of Miami other that the downtown area, the bay, and Little Haiti but that is fine with me. I did get to see some of the Ironman competition which was going on just a few blocks from the hotel.

After an exhilarating and informative weekend I came back to teaching and Department of Education bureaucracy that includes the Common Core and the new Danielson Protocols for teacher evaluations. What a mess and how frustrating. The whole thing is just being rolled out in such a manner that it has everyone on edge. From teaching to the new standardized tests to being evaluated on the look of your classroom and the quality of your bulletin boards. Now I know these might be important but how about the "quality" of your teaching and not in 15 minute snippets or even one full period classroom observation, but your overall impact on the students and the school environment. It is just all so frustrating and seems to keep us doing tons of paper work that has little to do with the education of children.

More on these topics as the year unfolds and we get closer to our quality review. In the meantime here is a picture of many of the men who were in attendance this year at the NDEO conference.

NDEO Conference 2013

The NDEO conference in Miami is just two weeks away. I will be there as both a participant and presenter. I am moderating a panel on Men in Dance Education. The panel consists of Barry Blumenfeld, Stafford C. Berry, Jr., William (Bill) Evans, John-Mario Sevilla, and Benny Simon, a current current graduate student in Dance Education at Steinhardt, NYU.

Men make up 52.9% of the workforce (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010 American Community Survey) and 26.8% of the workers in education, training, and library occupations (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey) At this conference men will make up approximately 4% of attendees. Though it is considerable that fewer men in the field of dance education join the organization, the number is far below the national average for educational fields. We feel that we can safely infer that men are simply a small minority in dance education. Why is this when men make up a much larger percentage of professional dance companies? Where are the men going after they perform? Why do so few go into the field of dance education? What keeps those who pursue a dance education career in the field? How can we draw more men in to the field, and perhaps keep more boys dancing as well? 

The members of this panel comprise a diverse, multi-generational group of men in dance that offer insights into these questions and more. By drawing on their own experience as dancers, choreographers, and educators they provide a backdrop for a myriad of topics concerning men in dance and what the future may hold for this persistent and irrepressible minority within the world of dance education.

Check out the "Thumbs Up" about me and the NDEO panel in the NYSDEA newsletter. Go to this link and scroll down to the "Thumbs Up" section. http://www.nysdea.org

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Come to one of these upcoming performances 

at the CoolNY Festival in Dumbo, Brooklyn

I will be performing my solo "Whisper" 

and a new duet with Lauren Naslund 

"For Kiki: An Artist's Life Remembered"

Check below for dates and times

Hope you can make it to one of the performances 

They are a lot of fun and have a fascinating variety 

of choreographers and performers  on every program.

See you there!!

Company Videos Andrew Jannetti & Dancers (playlist)

As the year comes to and end I wanted to share this compilation video that I made of my work over the past 30 years. If you haven't seen this yet, enjoy!

Happy New Year!!

Andrew

Got back from NDEO just in time for Hurricane "Sandy"

Five days in darkness and no hot water.
Had a blackout at school on Wednesday, had to drive home through a snowstorm and tomorrow it is supposed to be 65 according to the weather stations. Go figure.

For the most part things are back to normal for me but not for many people. Many of my friends are still without power, going on 12 days now. I am hoping that relief will come soon and I feel for all who lost everything as a result of Sandy. One welcome relief from all this stress was the reelection of Barak Obama. Yeah!!

Please check out the new info on the Cultural Diversity page of my blog. Lesson plans and links  to other informative websites are available for your perusal.

All the best,

Andrew

"Moods Swing" Jessica Lewis and Andrew Jannetti (Jessica Lewis Arts/Andr...

For those of you who missed it, here is the video of our performance last week at WAXworks in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Enjoy

New Year New Potential

I am featured along with three other colleagues in an article is in this month's Dance Teacher Magazine.
Check it out here or go to this link: http://www.dance-teacher.com/content/new-year-new-potential

I was recently interviewed for an article in Dance Teacher magazine on Older Adults and exercise. Here is a link to the article.  It is a very informative article on Seniors, dance and exercise. Take a look.

http://www.dance-teacher.com/content/senior-moves

After 34 years of living together, Andrew & Ken got married in NYC on March 26, 2012 in the West Chapel at the City Clerk's Building accompanied by an entourage of family and friends. An historic moment for all and a true testament to enduring love, long-lasting friendships, close family bonds and an inclusive, accepting community. It truly takes a village and the act of matrimony adds to and strengthens both the individual and the entire community. Plus it was a lot of fun!!!
This is a record of the ceremony and a picture montage of some of the highlights of their life together.

Ken and Andrew's Marriage Ceremony