Advancing Dance Education Research

Since the inception of our organization, the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) has been committed to supporting research in the field of dance education. Our primary objectives have been to identify research priorities and disseminate research through our scholarly journals, reports, conferences proceedings, and other avenues. We see research as integral to our mission to advance dance education for all, as it can help promote better pedagogical practices and raise awareness of issues related to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Jane Bonbright, NDEO Founding Executive Director, highlights the importance of research for advancing the field: “My research was and is directed to providing direction to a field searching to establish dance as an art form in education at the turn of the century forward. Dance education research gave us data upon which to build our identity and provide directions to a new field– exactly why dance education research was imperative and mattered.”