Dedicated dance educator of over 30 years, Michelle Manzanales, is a co-founder of the Latinx Dance Educators Alliance and former Director of Ballet Hispánico’s School of Dance in New York City. Ms. Manzanales is committed to creating an environment where all students are inspired to explore movement, feel supported in their individual dance journeys, and draw meaningful connections between dance and their lives. 

 

Manzanales has co-presented for the New York State Dance Educators Association, ARTs + Change, and the National Dance Education Organization conferences, Questioning TODO: A Latinx Inquiry of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, a direct response to the historical and continued exclusion of Latinx contributions and experiences in the dance field.

 

She has served on the faculty of or been a guest artist for various universities, schools, and other dance organizations including: 

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Artisan School of Dance (Tomball, TX)

Baltimore School of the Arts (Baltimore, MD)

Becky’s Academy of Dance (Katy, TX)

Bellaire High School (Bellaire, TX)

Bonnie Siscoe School of Dance (Friendswood, TX)

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts (Dallas, TX)

Chicago Academy for the Arts (Chicago, IL)

City Center Ballet (Lebanon, NH)

Connolly Dance Arts (Houston, TX)

Dance Expressions (Friendswood, TX)

Dance Masters of America STADT Chapter 3 

Dance Moves (Seabrook, TX)

El Paso Conservatory of Dance (El Paso, TX)

Episcopal High School (Bellaire, TX)

Festival de Danza Cordoba Youth Grand Prix-Mexico (Cordoba, Mexico)

Garfield High School (East Los Angeles, CA)

Generation Dance Festival Houston (Houston, TX)

Houston Met Dance (Houston, TX)

Jerusalem Academy of Dance (Jerusalem, Israel)

Johnston Middle School (Houston, TX)

Joyce Master Class Series at Gibney (New York, NY)

Kinder High School for the Performing & Visual Arts (Houston, TX)

Kirkwood Dance Studio (Houston, TX)

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | LACHSA (Los Angeles, CA)

Lou Conte Dance Studio (Chicago, IL)

Lorna Badon School of Dance (Orange, TX)

Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)

New Orleans Ballet Association (New Orleans, LA)

New World School of the Arts (Miami, FL)

On Your Toes (St. Louis, MO)

Owens Performing Arts Center (Sugarland, TX)

Puerto Rico Classical Dance Competition (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Regional Dance America

Renee’s School of Dance (St. Louis, MO)

Rice University (Houston, TX)

Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)

Ruth Page Center for the Arts (Chicago, IL)

Sam Rayburn High School (Pasadena, TX)

San Jacinto College South (Houston, TX)

STEPS on Broadway Professional Work Sessions (New York, NY)

St. John's School (Houston, TX)

Talent Forum (Libertyville, IL)

Taylor High School (Katy, TX)

Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

The Ballet Hispánico School (New York, NY)

The Taylor School (New York, NY)

Twin Arts Dance Studio (Pasadena, TX)

University of Houston (Houston, TX)

University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)