Statement of Belief

• People of all ages can learn and express themselves through movement and dance concepts.

• The unique creativity and imagination of each person must be valued and developed.

• Dance encourages compassionate citizens who make the world a better place.

• Brain-based learning, fundamental movement patterns, and teaching the whole person helps students enhance technical, improvisational, choreographic, and LIFE skills.

• THE JOY OF DANCE IS FOR EVERYONE!

Crelata® | On-Demand Dance Classes for K - 12

• Rosewood is the Founder and CEO of Crelata®, a social impact venture that produces professional quality online arts education content for students while providing easy-to-use resources for teachers.

• We believe that dance should be accessible to every child in every school.
  

• Crelata® will be your new favorite online teaching resource:

  • Diverse dance styles filmed strategically for ease of understanding

  • Easily click and play a lesson – no planning required

  • Embedded assessments and checks for understanding

  • Peer modeling and encouragement

  • Students make creative choices alongside the artists on the screen

  • Accessible – closed captioning in English & Spanish plus ASL translations

  • Supplemental materials for teachers (lesson plans, extension activities, choreography tasks, exit tickets, etc.)

School Teaching

• Ms. Rosewood is a full time dance teacher at a middle school in New York City.

• She built the 6th-8th grade dance program from scratch with over 300 students per year.

• She helped revise the arts standards for New York City.

• She directs her students in 8+ themed performances per year including a Hispanic Heritage Celebration, the Nutcracker, a Black History Celebration, a Spring Dance Concert, two talent shows, the NYC Dance Parade, Borough Arts Festivals, Community Performances inside and outdoors, and more.

• She collaborates with teachers to create interdisciplinary curriculum, engage with the community, teach parent and staff workshops, run an after school dance company, and fundraise.

• She wrote and was awarded a $500,000 grant to updated the school theater, a $1,000,000 grant to renovate the dance studio, and three $15,000 grants to bring dance to students with disabilities and students that are English language learners through the Center for Arts Education and Ballet Hispanico.

• She regularly brings in guest artists from Movement Research, Dance Parade, and more.

• Her students LOVE to dance!

Seminal Solos Education Opportunities

Rosewood is actively preserving historic solo dances for performance and educational purposes and has works by seminal artists Jane Dudley, Doris Humphrey, Louise Kloepper, Katherine Litz, Sybil Shearer, Anna Sokolow, Helen Tamiris, and Hortense Lieberthal Zera in her repertoire.

• Formal stage performances of selected works with discussion and Q&A.

• Interactive performance workshops that include an informal performance of one or two solos, discussion, and physical learning activities.

• Panel discussions in libraries, museums, etc.

• Masterclasses and residences for students of all ages and abilities including:

  • Technique, improvisation, and composition classes taught in the styles of selected choreographers.

  • Dance history lectures and discussions framing selected pieces.

  • Screendance workshops highlighting the “Ideas of An Acrobat” film based on Anna Sokolow’s 1970 solo.

College Workshops Offered in Addition to the Above

Classes can be conducted via Zoom!

• Senior Seminar

  • How to survive a move to NYC

  • Budgeting 101

  • Fundraising & grant writing

  • Fiscal sponsorship

  • Contracts

  • Marketing oneself: resume writing, website building, networking, etc.

• Screendance

• Dance Education

  • Methods (lesson and curriculum development, backwards design, culturally relevant education, social emotional learning, strategies for diverse learners, classroom management, educational philosophy, teaching models, standards alignment)

  • Physical training

  • Dance forms

  • Dance history

  • Assessment

  • Child and adolescent development

  • Maintenance of the dancers instruemnt

  • Performance and presentation

  • Aesthetics

  • Brain compatable learning

  • Guest lesson demonstration for any age group

Studio Teaching

• Rosewood teaches dance classes ages 2-Adult around the NYC Metro Area. To find classes near you, please use the contact page.

• Offerings include: Modern Dance, Improvisation, Composition, Classical Ballet Technique (including Pointe), Creative Movement, Mommy/Daddy and Me, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Folk Dances from Around the World, Ballroom, and more.

• Rosewood is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.

• Coaching for high school dance auditions is available.

• Private and semi-private coaching is available.

“Ella has that special gift of unique artistry, the kind that turns heads, makes you stop and look while demonstrating inspiring creativity.”  
-Charmaine Ristow, Master Teacher and founder of Ballet University

“Thank you so much for your dedication, discipline and fun spirit. My daughter LOVES Miss Ella and we do too.”  

Wedding Choreography

Ella Rosewood Dance has made tons of wedding dreams come true!

• You pick the song/s and we choreograph the moves!

• No two dances are alike.

• A minimum of five lessons are recommended.

• Lesson are also available for your wedding party and family members (ex: mother son, father daughter, bridal party).

• No experience required!

• We can also come to your wedding or event to lead dances and help your guests cut a rug on the dance floor!

"The dance (and wedding!) was GREAT!  So many people came up to us afterwards and said it was the most amazing first dance they had ever seen!  We could not have done it without your awesome instruction."