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Educator Moves: Shifts in the Dance Education Landscape From Winter 2024–25

From director shifts to faculty appointments and beyond, here are the major dance educator moves you should know about from winter 2024–25.

Nicole Haskins was named artistic director of San Jose Dance Theatre.

Dexandro Montalvo stepped down from his post as ODC Dance Jam’s co-artistic director at the end of 2024. Douglas Gillespie joined as associate director in February.

Elizabeth Honer succeeded Tim Arthur as CEO of the Royal Academy of Dance on January 21.

Dan Galpern was named CEO of DanceOne.

Troy Anthony was named National Dance Institute’s Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence for 2024–25.

Heidi Cruz-Austin, director of dance at Muhlenberg College, has been promoted to associate professor of dance and awarded tenure.

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Tapas Das: Tapas Das, a young entrepreneur of our times started TWIST N TURNS in 2005. A person who is kind, generous, creative and down to earth wanted to start his own one of a kind dance academy. According to him, Dance is a language of movements that involves space, time and the human body. He was born and grew up in Kolkata, the cultural hub of India. Being appreciated in the field of dance all his life, he is extremely talented. He has been dancing since the age of four. Once he finished his high school, he learned jazz/modern and contemporary dance. His horizons were broadened even more when he started dancing Bollywood with Beat Busters for 4 years, which then was the most upcoming dance crew in Kolkata. After that exposure, he studied how to be a dance teacher, which later started helping him impart his knowledge about dance. Thus, in 2005, with the help of family and friends, he started TWIST N TURNS. Starting with a mere number of 40 students, today TWIST N TURNS currently has over 500 students. Over the time Tapas has taught and performed all over the country. He has performed in cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Jhansi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Udaipur etc. He has been an active participant in the Salsa India Congress in the cities of Bangalore and Bombay, and he has also visited various International Salsa Congresses in Europe, namely in Berlin ,Singapore, Hong Kong,Dubai. He is been also trained recently at Broadway Dance Center (New York), Alvin Alley (New York) and Steps on Broadway (New York). He is not only a dancer or teacher. He is a successful choreographer and has coordinated various shows without difficulty in our country. His leadership skills are exceptional, thus he is where he stands today. His aim in life would be to become a dance educator. He wants to share his tremendous knowledge in the right way to the right people. He is also, simultaneously running other brands like Zumba Kolkata, Bollywood Studio ArtistWala.com and India International Dance Institute.