Movement Breaks: Incorporating Movement into Your Classes for Focus In-Person / Online
Incorporating movement breaks into your class can help refocus, reenergize, and re-engage your students (and yourself). Join Christina Paolucci, Adjunct/Admissions Coordinator for the Department of Theatre and Dance, to learn some brief, easy moves you can use in class, even in classrooms with limited space. No dance experience necessary!
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 15, 2022
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Sprague Library Faculty and Graduate Student Commons
Originally from Boston, MA and trained at Boston Ballet School, Christina performed with Boston Ballet while still in high school. After graduating from Juilliard with a BFA in dance, she joined New York Theatre Ballet, performing principal roles in the company’s repertory. She was Artistic Associate of The Tallahassee Ballet and Executive Director/Associate Artistic Director of New York Theatre Ballet. Christina staged ballets, commissioned new choreography, and provided successful artistic and fundraising consultation to emerging dancers, dance companies and aspiring choreographers. As an educator, she held a long-standing senior faculty position at Ballet School NY. Currently, Christina is an adjunct instructor of ballet at Montclair State University, and Co-coordinator of Admissions for the Dance Division.
Catherine Keohane is Associate Director for Teaching and Learning for the Office for Faculty Excellence. Catherine has a Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University. She has designed and taught upper- and lower-division literature, humanities, and composition courses, and has experience teaching in multiple modalities. She has presented on student engagement at MLA, and has begun to develop open-educational resources that work to mitigate financial barriers to students’ success while also serving students' sense of belongingness.