What is it about?
Impacting dance education in a unique and innovative way, through tap dance. Tap To Togetherness reaches across populations to deliver tap dance education in an impactful way, using the foundation of dance education standards to support the participants.
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Why is it important?
Our research has shown that experience with Tap To Togetherness has decreased the about of screen time that adults engage in. Since the program has begun there has been a nearly 110 percent reduction in telephone use during the Tap To Togetherness sessions. The impact of undergraduate students who are involved in the Tap To Togetherness program has enhanced the student engaged involvement in community connections, students stating that serving in community engagement is truly rewarding to them.
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My ongoing research and delivery of the Tap To Togetherness program is truly a one of a kind experience. I am able to use my professional experience as a dance educator and professional tap dance performer, to make a difference in others. Across populations, Tap To Togetherness is engaging in many populations that include children and families, Parkinson's patients, long term care patients, elementary school children, and the home school network of students of all ages. I hope that you find this article inspiring and that you will in turn use your strength to make a difference, promoting kindness to all.
Julie L Pentz
Kansas State University
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This page is a summary of: Global dance education connecting communities in Accra, Ghana and Kuwait City, Kuwait: tap(ing) to togetherness through a community collaborative program, Arts Education Policy Review, August 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/10632913.2019.1660747.
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