Since 1976, Joy of Motion Dance Center as been a leader in dance education in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Consistent with JOMDC's commitment to quality dance education, two classes have been selected to serve as a pilot project.  These classes are taught by Rima Faber,  founding President and Executive Director, and currently the Program Director, of the National Dance Education Organization.  The classes will consist of age-appropriate movement and lessons, and will serve as an opportunity for dance teachers to observe and learn Rima's teaching techniques. 

The classes are:  Creative Movement (3 year olds), Sunday, 11:00 -11:45 a.m., Bethesda
                                  Dance Basics (4 year olds), Sunday, 11:45 a.m., Bethesda

Students will receive their full class each week as in any "regular" class.  The same overall content of class material, the dress code, and general policies of these pilot project classes are same as the "regular" classes.  There will be additional instructors in the classroom, unlike other "regular" classes.  Most importantly, students will take class from Rima Faber, one the most highly regarded dance educators in the United States.

JOMDC is proud to be a part of this pilot project and its contribution to higher quality dance education and instruction.

To register for one of these classes, click here.

Who is Rima Faber?

Rima Faber, PhD (American University, 1997), MA (American University, 1994), and BA (Bennington College, 1965) returned to academia after a full career as performer, choreographer, and director of several performing companies, and founder and director of the Primary Movers Dance School and Company (1979-2000). As a performer in the Washington , D.C. , area she danced with Liz Lerman (1978-1980) and as a soloist for Pola Nirenska (1980-1992). Rima has taught in the D.C. Public Schools since 1980 with a prime focus on cognitive development and kinesthetic learning. She taught academic curricula through dance as well as dance as an art form. In the mid-and late 1990s, Rima worked with the National Assessment of Educational Progress on developing, facilitating, and implementing the national assessments in arts education. Rima is the founding president and executive director of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), where she currently serves as program director. At NDEO she chaired task forces to develop standards for dance in early childhood and new standards for dance education in the arts. She serves as research director in NDEO's research initiative Research in Dance Education and as co-editor for Priorities for Research in Dance Education: A Report to the Nation.  Rima currently serves as the dance education representative on Joy of Motion Dance Center's Board of Directors.