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Dance with purpose: getting the community moving with service-learning

March 10, 2025 by Charles Whitaker

One of Azaria Baggett's students leads kids at Reed Academy through a dance lesson.

Azaria Baggett has always wanted her dancing to mean something. “If you’re making a dance piece, you’re usually doing it because you have something to say and want people to see it,” said Baggett. Since she was five years old, Baggett has been dancing formally. Her background includes an MFA and graduate assistantship from Texas […]

Filed Under: Educators, Story Tagged With: art, community, dance, service-learning

CREATE collaborative: combining opera, dance, and community engagement

March 4, 2025 by Charles Whitaker

Established in 2021, CREATE is a service-learning collaborative of faculty projects that connect Missouri State’s campus with the community to tackle red flag issues in arts and culture. Arts and culture are essential to every community, particularly in underfunded areas, the struggle to provide access to theatre, dance, and visual arts for children and youth […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: dance, opera, performance arts, Springfield Public Schools

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