New York State Dance Education Awards
Congratulations to 2019 NYSDEA Award Recipients

- Joy Guarino - Outstanding Dance Educator (Post-Secondary)
This award acknowledges a stellar dance educator from the Post-Secondary sector of the membership. The recipient of this award will have an established record of teaching dance in a post-secondary setting.

- Laila Sales - Outstanding Leadership
This award is given to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in creating ideas for programs, curriculums, and/or projects that have had a significant impact on the field of dance education and who has demonstrated leadership on a national level. Additionally, the recipient of this award inspires and cultivates vision and leadership in others.

Bridget Bell - Diana Domoracki Kisto Award:
In honor and memory of former board member and inspirational Dance Educator, Diana Domoracki-Kisto, the NYSDEA board has established a grant to annually fund a Pre-K-12 Dance Educator toward the cost of attending the NDEO conference. Any NYSDEA PreK-12 Dance Educator may apply.
In honor and memory of former board member and inspirational Dance Educator, Diana Domoracki-Kisto, the NYSDEA board has established a grant to annually fund a Pre-K-12 Dance Educator toward the cost of attending the NDEO conference. Any NYSDEA PreK-12 Dance Educator may apply.

- Amber Richetelli (Undergraduate Student, Hofstra University) and Nyasia Fraser (Graduate Student, Steinhardt NYU) - NYSDEA Student Scholarships
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NYSDEA wishes to recognize and encourage student participation in the dance education community by supporting undergraduate and graduate students at the 2019 NYSDEA Conference.