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Personal best: at the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, students measure growth in more than technique.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Personal best: at the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, students measure growth in more than technique.(2006 summer study guide)

Article Excerpt
Twenty-eight years ago, Lara Branen and Michael Geiger, both students at University of Colorado, had a plan: to start a workshop that used jazz dance as a vehicle for personal growth. They would combine transpersonal psychology (the psychology of health and human potential), which was an influence on Geiger, with dance. What that really meant, when they put their plan into practice, was they wanted young men and women (16 and older) not only to learn to dance but also to be in an environment that nurtured and encouraged them as individuals. The workshop they created became known as the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop (BJDW). Eventually, Geiger...

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