Joy Guarino
Outstanding Dance Educator: Post-Secondary Award
This award acknowledges a stellar dance educator from the Post-Secondary sector of the membership. The recipient of this award has an established record of teaching dance in a post-secondary setting.
Laila Sales
Outstanding Leadership Award
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.
Amber Richetelli
NYSDEA Undergraduate Award, Hofstra University
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Nyasia Fraser
NYSDEA Graduate Award, Steinhardt NYU
NYSDEA wishes to recognize and encourage student participation in the dance education community by supporting undergraduate and graduate students at the 2019 NYSDEA Conference.
