Announcing our 2023 Summer Institute cohort & NEA award

The NEA supports Luna's Professional Learning

through $20,000 Art Works grant

Luna Dance Institute has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support our Dance Teaching & Learning Studies through Professional Learning. This project is among 1,130 projects across America totaling more than $31 million that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2023 funding.

“The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to support a wide range of projects, including Luna Dance’s Teaching & Learning Studies, demonstrating the many ways the arts enrich our lives and contribute to healthy and thriving communities,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “These organizations play an important role in advancing the creative vitality of our nation and helping to ensure that all people can benefit from arts, culture, and design.”

Along with Luna's calendar of Professional Learning opportunities, this grant supports Luna's Summer Institute 2023 and ongoing mentorship and leadership development of our 240 Summer Institute alumni.

Congratulations to our

2023-24 Summer Institute Cohort

SI participants are selected through a competitive application process and commit to a year of intensive professional development. “This reflective and committed cohort includes classroom teachers, teaching artists, and veteran classroom educators transitioning to new roles as dance teaching artists,” shares Director of Programs Jochelle Pereña. “They are rededicating themselves to championing dance and creativity as a pathway towards systemic change, and their perseverance gives me hope for the future.”

Luna proudly welcomes the following 12 educators to our 22nd Summer Institute: