A Rationale for Offering Ethnic Folk Dance Programs in the School Curriculum Pathways to Health, Teamwork and Multi-Cultural Understanding Programs for Grades 5 through 12 – 2009 Paul Collins Ethnic Dance Connection (Dancing As a Second Language) Mobile: (847)-846-8139 – Office: (773) 463-2288
[email protected] - www.ethnicdance.org Ethnic Dance Connection – All Rights Reserved – v21 - 1991-2009 Page 1 Photo Gallery - 1 Catholic Central High School (Burlington, WI) – 12th Graders at Diversity Day Ethnic Dance Connection – All Rights Reserved – v21 - 1991-2009 Page 2 Photo Gallery - 2 Spring Hill Middle School (Wisconsin Dells, WI) – 8th Graders at International Festival Ethnic Dance Connection – All Rights Reserved – v21 - 1991-2009 Page 3 About Paul Collins Paul Collins is a management consultant, providing high performance techniques and technologies that support collaborative problem solving and decision-making in web-based meetings. His clients, generally Fortune 1000 Companies and Government Agencies, have included, NASA, the US EPA, BP/Amoco and Motorola. He is currently a part-time student in Northwestern University’s Leadership and Organization Behavior program. Paul has had a passion for dance since he started dancing at the age of eight and called his first Square Dance at the age of twelve. He has taught ethnic dance programs at the Old Town School of Folk Music, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been a popular instructor in downtown dance programs at SummerDance in Grant Park, Millennium Park and the Cultural Center, and has taught dance workshops throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. In 1989, Paul founded Ethnic Dance Chicago which now meets weekly at the Chicago Latvian Cultural Center and the S.P.A.C.E.