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From Judith Lynne Hanna, dance researcher and author

I have been invited to contribute the article "Children and Dance" to Oxford Bibliographies in Childhood Studies. Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies combines the features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.

So that I don't miss important research on children and dance, I would appreciate your suggestions for books and articles to include. Thanks.

Please contact me at jlhanna@hotmail.com.

From Mary Bawden, dance educator and founder of DA:NCE (dance awareness: no child exploited), danceawareness.com.

I'd like to share a new 6-minute trailer that DA:NCE (dance awareness: no child exploited) released in June 2021 titled "Wholesome to Hypersexualized: What Happened to Children's Dance?"

It explains the cultural shift from educational, wholesome children's dance to harmful, hypersexualized children's dance. It's a wonderful resource for dance educators to share with parents so that we protect children from unhealthy cultural patterns."