Preserving our legacy for future generations of educators: personal accounts, photographs, and recordings enrich the history of dance.(The Voice of Dance Education--Past, Present, and Future) From: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation &Dance | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Hearn, Colleen Porter; Crabtree, Kacy E. | COPYRIGHT 2008 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The original objectives and accomplishments of education leaders in the past can inspire us to further enrich our disciplines of health, physical education, recreation, and dance. Interviews with these mentors, as well as other research on their lives and work, can motivate us to continue striving for our goals. We therefore need to fill our archives with compelling stories and develop tools for adding interviews to dance history classes. To do this, it is important that National D...