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PHILANTHROPIST and education specialist Howard Gardner will address members of the National Dance Association when the organization convenes for "A Moving Landscape: Dance Pedagogy for the 21st Century," January 16-19, 2004 in Dallas, Texas. Gardner, known for his theory of multiple intelligences, will talk about the role of arts education in an environment of standardization.

Janice LaPointe-Crump of Texas Woman's University conceived the conference as a forum to consider how dance education can evolve to keep pace with rapid change in the world.

"Commitment to change is difficult without a sense of shared experience in a collegial environment that allows for diverse ideas, for the excitement of shared work, and for new directions to be inaugurated," she says. She hopes the conference will seed cooperative networks among artists, studios, teachers, and schools. "The many different constituencies that make up dance need to converse," she says.

The conference, held at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and nearby Dallas cultural institutions, includes dance workshops, master classes, performances, panel discussions, and presentation of papers. Highlights include a workshop with choreographer Adrienne Clancy, former member of Bella Lewitzky Dance Company and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange; Horton technique for teachers with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre; and a performance by Daystar (Rosalie Jones, pictured), former Performing Arts department chair at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Dance Council presents a pre-conference workshop, "Advancing Dance: Dancing with Disabilities. www.aahperd/nda/