Five College Dance Department : Peggy Schwartz

Peggy Schwartz

Peggy Schwartz is a Professor at the University of Massachusettes Dance Department. She teaches Dance Education, Improvisation and Composition and Yoga. B.A., University of Rochester; M.S., SUNY/Buffalo; M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University. Founding Chair, Dance Department, Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts. Publishes, lectures, conducts workshops and consults in dance education, curriculum design, national standards in arts education, and the work of Pearl Primus. Has presented regularly at conferences of the Congress on Research in Dance, Dance and the Child International, National Dance Association, National Association of Schools of Dance, National Dance Education Organization. Formerly, Associate Editor, Journal of Dance Education, Board member of the NDEO and National Representative, Dance and the Child International. Massachusetts Dance Educator of the Year, 1994. Presidential Citation, National Dance Association, 1995. Guest artist, Rubin Academy for Music and Dance (Israel), Scripps College, New York State Summer School of the Arts, Pomona College. Consultant to American Dance Legacy Institute on the work of Dr. Pearl Primus. Former Five College Dance Department faculty appointment at Hampshire College. She is on sabbatical 2007-2008. She is the Principal Investigator on a three year grant (2007-2010) from the President's Office of the University of Massachusetts system. The project is
called UMass Amherst African Roots in American Dance.
(Appointed HC: l983: UM: 1992)

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Peggy dancing in the village of Beringding in the Gambia. She was part of a celebration dedicating a school.	Peggy Schwartz Peggy Schwartz is a Professor at the University of Massachusettes Dance Department. She teaches Dance Education, Improvisation and Composition and Yoga. B.A., University of Rochester; M.S., SUNY/Buffalo; M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University. Founding Chair, Dance Department, Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts. Publishes, lectures, conducts workshops and consults in dance education, curriculum design, national standards in arts education, and the work of Pearl Primus. Has presented regularly at conferences of the Congress on Research in Dance, Dance and the Child International, National Dance Association, National Association of Schools of Dance, National Dance Education Organization. Formerly, Associate Editor, Journal of Dance Education, Board member of the NDEO and National Representative, Dance and the Child International. Massachusetts Dance Educator of the Year, 1994. Presidential Citation, National Dance Association, 1995. Guest artist, Rubin Academy for Music and Dance (Israel), Scripps College, New York State Summer School of the Arts, Pomona College. Consultant to American Dance Legacy Institute on the work of Dr. Pearl Primus. Former Five College Dance Department faculty appointment at Hampshire College. She is on sabbatical 2007-2008. She is the Principal Investigator on a three year grant (2007-2010) from the President's Office of the University of Massachusetts system. The project is called UMass Amherst African Roots in American Dance. (Appointed HC: l983: UM: 1992)