Education and Outreach
Educational programs offered by Felice Lesser Dance Theater at various educational institutions and organizations throughout the country.
UCONN Stamford Dance Appreciation
Dance appreciation taught at UNCONN’s Stamford campus.
Lifetime Learners Institute
at Norwalk Community College | 2021 (ONLINE, DUE TO COVID-19)
Lifetime Learners Institute at Norwalk Community College is a non-profit organization that reaches adults over age 50, interested in lifelong learning. After an introductory online lecture in 2020, we offered a seven-week online Dance History course there during the 2021 Spring Semester.
Arts in Education Programs
States of Idaho & Nevada
Felice Lesser is on the Artist Rosters for the States of Idaho and Nevada, and she presents residencies in schools there. These residencies feature our programs "Dancing on the Keyboard," "Dance Sampler," "Performance Project for Students," & "Dance Around the World." In conjunction with these residencies various outreach events are scheduled such as our popular folk dance evenings (seen in photos below), which bring parents and members of the community into our work. (Dalton Elementary School, Coeur d'Alene, ID).
Norwalk Community College
Norwalk, Connecticut
"The Creative Voice" is a course at Norwalk Community College that deals with various art forms (music, literature, fine art, film, theater, and dance) seen from the creator's perspective. Felice Lesser has been invited to NCC for many years to teach classes on dance and choreography for Professors Carol Solon, Janie Burkhardt, and Hannah Moeckel-Rieke's sections of the course. Below students work on dance composition exercises in Dr. Solon's class (11/10/09), Prof. Burkhardt's class (02/25/10, 03/05/12), and Prof. Moeckel-Rieke's class (10/19/11, 10/25/12, 10/28/13, 10/23/17, 10/30/19).
