CNADM Member News - December 2020

Oh, What A Year It Has Been!

With the start of this new year in the coming days, first let me commend you for your strength and resilience this past year. 2020 has certainly been a challenge. We have all been impacted, whether as a studio owner, teacher, assistant, dancer, or organization. We have all felt the ramifications on both personal and professional levels. Whatever the coming months bring, I know dance teachers and studio owners are strong and versatile beings! We’ve been able to think outside of the box and keep our dancers moving in whatever platform it takes, and for that, your staff, students, and parents are eternally grateful.

I am proud to share that with the hard work of the board and support from members like YOU, CNADM held its first successful virtual dance workshop in November. Studio owners and teachers attended business sessions and dance classes, and also offered fun dance classes for their students. Student Honors testing was offered virtually and opened up opportunities for students usually unable to attend in-person. We hope you enjoyed it all as much as we did!

Looking ahead to 2021, we are hopeful that we will get to gather in-person for the Summer Dance Workshop in July. I am blessed to be in your company as a fellow CNADM member. The CNADM family is unlike any other. Here’s to a better year ahead!

Wishing you Prosperity and Peace in the New Year!

Sandra Black

CNADM President

2020 Honorary CNADM Members

The CNADM Board of Directors has awarded Honorary CNADM Memberships to four faculty favorites this year. This honorarium has been used very rarely and is granted to an individual who has significantly contributed to advance dance, dance education or the related arts. We think they all fit that description perfectly!

2020 Virtual Fall Dance Workshop

CNADM expanded its dance education curriculum in 2020 by hosting the Fall Dance Workshop as a virtual offering. A single studio registration allowed multiple teachers and students to participate online for one fee. The event was a great success, with 87 teachers and 331 students from 42 different studios participating.

Six master teachers worked with teachers in one room and students in another, and teachers had an additional opportunity to work with four of the industry’s best business experts to help streamline studio operations and discuss new ideas for marketing.

Once complete, participating studios could access the session recordings for follow up and review. Watch for new virtual offerings in the days to come!

Thanks To All Participating Studios For Your Support

Student Honors Awarded Virtually

The CNADM Student Honors Program honors students with a special lapel pin for each discipline in each level in which they successfully tested.

Participating studios: Columbia Dance Academy, Footworks Dance Company, Miss Dar's School of Dance, and RLAPD Performing Arts.

Nineteen students participated in the virtual testing this fall. Congratulations to them and their CNADM Member teachers who encourage participation in this important program!

Extra round of applause to our Student Honors Emeritus, Aubree Leitermann, Footworks Dance Company, for successful completion of all disciplines at every level.

Fall 2020 Student Honors Recognition

Fall Workshop Scholarship Recipients

Congrats to the winners! Each dancer receives a free Student Session registration to attend the 2021 CNADM Summer Dance Workshop in July in Oak Brook, IL.

It's Not Too Late

Are you suffering from FOMO? If you missed the live workshop and wish you could have attended, there is still time! Contact the office today to pay the $149 registration fee and receive access to the recording links for all nine classes.

Ann Reinking 1949-2020

CNADM’s 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

This month, the dance world mourns the loss of Broadway legend Ann Reinking.

Ann Reinking was the recipient of the 2014 CNADM Lifetime Achievement Award!

She joined an elite list of only four individuals who have received this honor: Gerald Arpino, Maria Tallchief, Edward Villella and Arthur Duncan.

Watch Your Mailbox

2021 CNADM membership renewal invoices and music licensing forms will be arriving in early January. If you need to update your contact information, please send to Michele StClair at dance@cnadm.com or call 815-397-6282.

CNADM, 220 E. State St., Ste. G, Rockford, IL 61104

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