Educational Presentations
How is our pornified culture distorting children’s dance and consequently, harming both children and dance? These presentations and supporting videos will educate you and anyone you share them with about the dangers of hypersexualized children’s dance.
2024 NDEO Healthy or Harmful Children's Dance: Solutions
Presentation for the National Dance Education Organization
2022 NCOSE Panel: What Happened to Children’s Dance?
Presentation for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Conference [sponsored by the National Center of Sexual Exploitation]
DA:NCE Healthy or Harmful, National Experts Talk About Children’s Dance, a presentation by Mary Bawden
Presentation for the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Conference [sponsored by the National Center of Sexual Exploitation]
Wholesome to Hypersexualized: What Happened to Children’s Dance?
A Public Health Issue: How a Pornified Culture is Distorting Dance
Due to the sensitive nature of this material, you can choose from two different versions to watch. The R rated version is an in-depth look at the problem with explicit examples. Since this may be triggering and uncomfortable for some people, we’ve also provided a PG rated version.
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