Your concerns are legit.

But don't let them paralyze you.

The Roots, Rhythm, Race & Dance program is here to help you to

avoid the "missteps",

get the knowledge you need, get the tools and support you need...

...and then get to work. 

By the end of the "R3 Dance" program you will:

• GAIN confidence, strategies and skills that you will use for tackling challenging topics in your teaching career and beyond
• SOLIDIFY a broad vision for the direction of your dance history lessons
• DEVELOP incremental, age-appropriate lesson plans that will meet your vision 
• CONNECT with dance educators around the world from different teaching settings and dance styles
• STRENGTHEN your ability to field questions with poise and confidence
• DISCOVER my best and most successful strategies for teaching race and dance history in a variety of educational settings
• SHARPEN your skills and your ability to seamlessly integrate history lessons in a variety of time increments  
• ALIGN your pedagogy with the dance form's cultural origins
• ENSURE that all students feel empowered and valued

Six Weeks of

Professional Development Training

"This program truly rotated the way I consider race, history, and it's intersection with dance. When I signed up, I was entering from a space of wanting to show up for myself and learn, and to practice what I preach when it comes to constantly learning and growing.

What I got passed that by miles.

This program gave me vocabulary, resources, confidence, and a soft place to land while I had the chance to learn about the complex story of Black history in America.

Not only did R3 Dance offer that to me while I learned, it offered me tangible opportunities to place stakes in the ground as I worked to plan my lesson plans for the year for my students (and peers!).

This program truly left me with so much information and empowerment to move forward in my spaces, with the power to drop my ego, de-center myself and my own beliefs, and be the best educator for all of my students."

— Julie J., Tap Dance Educator

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"I cannot recommend this course highly enough.

Karida is a brilliant teacher, and her material, perspectives, and insights are not to be missed.

This course is great for teachers and organizers of ANY level/experience.

While it is especially useful for teachers in Black American dance forms, I believe it is valuable for any and all dance teachers because the Black diaspora has influenced pretty much every widely practiced dance form in existence. I’ve been working on including Black history and cultural context in my teaching for a while, and this course gave me SO MUCH - new knowledge, fresh ideas, big picture perspectives, powerful anecdotes, boosted confidence, specific feedback on my work, and more. 

The balance of having pre-recorded videos plus live Q&A/discussion sessions was perfect for me.

I can watch and rewatch the videos whenever I have time, and the live sessions added more personal connection and deepened my engagement with the material.

Don't miss out on this - register now! It is worth way more than she's charging."

— Mike S., Swing Dance Educator

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"This program was so rich with history! I learned so much about the ROOTS of various dance forms.

I learned how race played a major role in how dance was perceived and how that perception changed through appropriation over many years until the ROOTS were seemingly lost in translation.

This program has taught me how to look at the big picture, AND how to dissect that big picture into relatable, relevant, and enlightening chunks of information based in fact in order to bring those lessons straight into the Creative Movement classroom.

Our weekly discussion sessions hosted by Karida were so insightful and extremely helpful for working through some of the difficulties teaching the subject of race seems to bring up for districts as well as studios or dance companies.

This program gave me the skills to work past any pressures put on by others to speak the truth of the art form and to empower every member of the class with the knowledge to go out and speak the truth from their heart to their friends and family.

The community of people taking this course are amazing people with a lot of ideas and desire to create positive change and start important conversations.

Karida is an AMAZING teacher. She gives incredible examples of lesson ideas and tactics for initiating conversation with students as well as potentially with other adults.

This course comes HIGHLY recommended.

I also LOVE that the material is still accessible for me to reference back to because I already have, and I will continue to do so!

Thank you Karida, SO MUCH, for offering this course and teaching it with love and understanding and pushing us to do best by our students and stand by the history of our art form.

I can't recommend this course enough!

Even if you are not a dance teacher, this course provides historical insight and conversational skills around race and culture that anyone would find value in."

— Kathleen V., Public School Creative Movement Educator

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"Karida Griffith’s Rhythm, Race, and Dance course has been inspirational, thought-provoking, but most of all, empowering.

Prior to this class, I was unsure of how to responsibly teach about race in the classroom. In addition, I was also uncomfortable speaking about a culture that was not my own.

As a result of this course, I have learned about the Black experience in America, its relationship to dance, and the specific ways in which we can honor Black culture that are empowering, rather than disempowering .

Karida’s lessons are informative and engaging. Each lesson is organized and well planned. Whether the lesson was about kindergarten students or adult students, teachers will walk away with strategies, concepts, and ideas to make discussions over race respectful and safe for their students.

Karida is a kind, thoughtful, and knowledgeable teacher. I walked away from group discussions feeling both empowered and humble.

This course has given me the courage to realize that the work I do must be directed toward giving back and honoring those who came before us.

This is a class for all those who wish to be more knowledgeable about Black culture in America and the ways in which we can responsibly teach, share, and celebrate this culture."

— Grady R. High School Educator & Swing Dancer

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"This was an eye-opening course. Through the six weeks I have learned a lot about best teaching practices and ideas on how to implement a dance history course.

It is the best investment I have made in my own education towards decolonizing my dance classroom and syllabi!" 

— Jimena B., University Dance Professor

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"I cannot recommend R3 enough to dance educators.

Karida's program provides the tools needed to work with students of all ages.

She shares from her incredible background as a professional and educator to create a well rounded experience.

Karida generously connected with each of us in the follow up Zoom's to keep us inspired, accountable, and connected.

I especially enjoyed and benefitted from the emphasis on history, and the backdrop metaphor of all of us standing in from on the same historical curtain.

Karida's honesty, patience, and confidence while sharing complex issues was the perfect example of how to move forward in our own classrooms.

Thank you, Karida, for investing in us and in the future generations of dancers/artists/educators."

— Melinda S., Performer, Choreographer & Tap Dance Educator