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'''Pierre Dulaine''' (born 23 April 1944)<ref name="BBC_RYG"/> is a well-known ballroom dancer and dance instructor. He invented the Dulaine method of teaching dance. He founded Dancing Classrooms, the social and emotional development program for 5th grade children that uses ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of the children and their families. '''Pierre Dulaine''' (born 23 April 1944)<ref name="BBC_RYG">{{cite web|title=Pierre Dulaine, dance instructor|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/dedication/lessonsfromthelegends/pages/pierre_dulaine.shtml|publisher=BBC|accessdate=28 April 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102021359/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/dedication/lessonsfromthelegends/pages/pierre_dulaine.shtml|url-status=live|archivedate=2010-11-02}}</ref> is a dance instructor and dancer. He invented the Dulaine method of teaching dance. He also founded Dancing Classrooms, a social and emotional development program for 5th grade children that uses ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of the children and their families.


Notably, his early works with children was fictionalised in the film '']'', starring ] as Pierre Dulaine. Notably, his early works with children was fictionalized in the film '']'', starring ] as Pierre Dulaine.

The documentary film '']'' follows a Ballroom Dancing with Dancing Classrooms competition.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==


Pierre Dulaine was born in ], Palestine (at the time) in 1944. His Irish father was serving with the ] stationed in Palestine; his mother is part Palestinian and part ]. In 1948 his parents left Palestine. After eight months of wandering around first in ], then in ] and ], Pierre's family settled in ], ]. Growing up in Amman, Pierre learned to speak ] at school, ] on the street and ] at home. In 1956, because of the problems in ] and the ] (see ]), Pierre's parents had to flee yet again, leaving everything behind. With a stop in ] the family resettled in ], England, where one year later at age 14, Pierre began his dancing career. Pierre Dulaine was born in ], ] in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pierre |first=Dulaine |title=About Us |url=http://www.dancingclassrooms.org/About/OurPeople/ |publisher=Pierre Dulaine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502074945/http://dancingclassrooms.org/About/OurPeople/ |archivedate=2014-05-02 }}</ref> His Irish father was serving with the ] stationed in British Mandate Palestine; his mother is Palestinian. In 1948 his parents fled Israel. After eight months of moving several times, first in ], then in ] and ], Dulaine's family settled in ], ]. In 1956, the ] forced Dulaine's parents to flee the area, eventually resettling in ], England.


==Career==
By the time Dulaine was 18, he took his ] as a professional dancer. And at 21, he took his three majors exams in ], ] and Olde Tyme (dances that fall under the Sequence Faculty of the ISTD, generally dances that pre-date WWI) all in one day, a feat that had not been accomplished before{{citation needed|date=May 2009}} Not only did Pierre pass the exams, but he passed with Highly Commended{{Clarify|date=May 2009}} and became a full member of the ].
Dulaine began his dancing career at the age of 14, and took his ] as a professional dancer when he was 18. He took three further majors exams aged 21 and became a full member of the ].


With this early success under his belt, Dulaine soon went on to twice win the "Duel of the Giants" at the ] in London and captured the "All England Professional Latin American Championship". In 1971 he worked as a solo dancer at the famous ] in London's ], as well as at a late, late Night Club called L'Hirondelle where he made friends with many interesting 'artistes'. Pierre next went to ], ] and worked in Cabaret with the world renowned Bluebell Troupe from Paris at the Nairobi Casino for a year. Finally, Pierre signed on as a ] on a ship sailing out of ] to the ]. In 1972, "I got off of the cruise ship thinking I would be in New York City for a two-week holiday but I got a job at an ] dance studio and I have been in New York ever since." In 1971 he worked as a solo dancer at the ], as well as working at a ] called L'Hirondelle. Dulaine moved to ], ] and worked for a year at the Nairobi Casino in cabaret with the Bluebell Troupe from Paris. After this, he became cruise director for a ship sailing from New York City to the Caribbean Islands. He then got a job at an ] dance studio.


In January 1976, Dulaine became dance partners with ], who had arrived at the dance studio in 1973. The pair studied in England with ], and won several awards. In 1984, they co-founded the ] with Otto Cappel. The Company debuted at the Dance Theatre Workshop in October 1984, and toured widely in the late 1980s. From July 1989 to 1990, the pair appeared in ]'s ] show ], finishing with a five-month run in the West End.
In 1973, with a background in ballet, ] came into Arthur Murray's for a teacher's job and in January 1976 Pierre and Yvonne became dance partners. They went to England to study for three months with ] and emerged as a dance team that won numerous awards and accolades, including the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1982 British Exhibition Championships, ]'s award for excellence, the ] award, the ] Award, and the ] "Arts in Education" 2005 award.
In 1984, Pierre and Yvonne started the ]. They made their company debut at the Dance Theatre Workshop in October 1984 and in March 1986 did a two-week engagement at the ]. After that start, their company traveled all over the US, Europe and the Far East. In July 1989 Pierre and Yvonne joined the workshop for ]'s ] show ] and danced on Broadway for 2½ years, finishing with a five month run in London's West End.
In 1994 He founded DANCING CLASSROOMS, the social and emotional development program for 5th grade children that uses ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of the children and their families. He invented the DULAINE METHOD:-
• Respect & Compassion
• Being Present
• Creating a Safe Place
• Command & Control
• Language: Body & Verbal
• Humor & Joy
RESPECT & COMPASSION Respect and compassion are the foundational elements of the Dulaine Method. Unfortunately, very few adults know how to genuinely treat children with respect. And even fewer adults seem to remember what it was like being a child.
BEING PRESENT Probably the most difficult skill for any teacher to learn is the ability to be completely in the moment when they are teaching. Children in particular are extremely aware when an adult in charge (parent, teacher, coach) is not really there; and when a child senses that distance, woe be unto that adult.
CREATING A SAFE PLACE Asking children to take the extraordinary risk of embarrassing themselves in front of their peers is precisely what Dancing Classrooms does. It is a place in which everyone is equal: the students, the Teaching Artist, and the elementary school staff that are participating. In modern jargon we call this creating a therapeutic milieu, an environment so different from these children’s normal daily environment that simply being in that room and being a part of that collective group experience changes that child.
COMMAND AND CONTROL Clearly if one is to move 25/30 children through 45 minute classes and have them successfully learn the dances, you need order and discipline. One needs to be in command of the class from the start until the children leave the room. When teachers are being taught how to work with children their training is invariably focused on individual child development. Rarely, if ever, are student teachers taught about Group dynamics and how to manage a group of children. An innate understanding of how to use the Group to help the individual is the glue that holds the class together. The ability to remain in absolute control of the Group while nurturing the children is the greatest skill to have.
LANGUAGE: BODY AND VERBAL Language, both body and verbal, are the great connectors of Dancing Classrooms. The teacher’s entire physical affect should be one of openness, warmth, and genuine affection for the children. The verbal repertoire should be a consistent barrage of positive comments. The children simply cannot resist such a combined force.
HUMOR AND JOY Last, but by no means least, humor and joy must be brought to the teaching experience. Humor is perhaps the most difficult, yet a powerful teaching tool for a teacher to master. Gentle humor can help a shy child become less self-conscious; humor with that same child handled poorly can make him/her retreat and never come back out. One’s inner child must be allowed to emerge when teaching. When being playful and present, the children can sense the teacher is just plain happy to be with them.
Being in such a safe place, where the boundaries are clear, the teacher is fully present, where respect and compassion reign – these are the elements that bring joy into the lives of the Dancing Classrooms children.
Pierre has been called a "Dancer and Teacher extraordinaire" by the '']'' and (with Yvonne) has received the Astaire Award for "Best Dancing on Broadway" in Grand Hotel. He has been a faculty member of the ], ], and the ].


In 1994 Dulaine founded the Dancing Classrooms program for the ]. He also invented the "Dulaine Method" to encourage children to dance together.<ref> Interview of Pierre Dulaine</ref> He later travelled to Northern Ireland to teach the same program. In 2011 Dulaine travelled to Jaffa, the city of his birth to teach the method and make the 2013 film ''Dancing in Jaffa''.
In recognition of his achievements, Dulaine received the ] in May 2011.


==See also== ==See also==
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Pierre Dulaine
Dulaine in 2014
BornPeter Gordon Heney
(1944-04-23) April 23, 1944 (age 80)
Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine
Known forDancing Classrooms
Websitedancingclassrooms.org

Pierre Dulaine (born 23 April 1944) is a dance instructor and dancer. He invented the Dulaine method of teaching dance. He also founded Dancing Classrooms, a social and emotional development program for 5th grade children that uses ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of the children and their families.

Notably, his early works with children was fictionalized in the film Take the Lead, starring Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulaine.

The documentary film Mad Hot Ballroom follows a Ballroom Dancing with Dancing Classrooms competition.

Early life and education

Pierre Dulaine was born in Jaffa, British Mandate of Palestine in 1944. His Irish father was serving with the British Army stationed in British Mandate Palestine; his mother is Palestinian. In 1948 his parents fled Israel. After eight months of moving several times, first in Cyprus, then in England and Ireland, Dulaine's family settled in Amman, Jordan. In 1956, the Suez Crisis forced Dulaine's parents to flee the area, eventually resettling in Birmingham, England.

Career

Dulaine began his dancing career at the age of 14, and took his Associate Degree as a professional dancer when he was 18. He took three further majors exams aged 21 and became a full member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.

In 1971 he worked as a solo dancer at the London Hippodrome, as well as working at a nightclub called L'Hirondelle. Dulaine moved to Nairobi, Kenya and worked for a year at the Nairobi Casino in cabaret with the Bluebell Troupe from Paris. After this, he became cruise director for a ship sailing from New York City to the Caribbean Islands. He then got a job at an Arthur Murray dance studio.

In January 1976, Dulaine became dance partners with Yvonne Marceau, who had arrived at the dance studio in 1973. The pair studied in England with John DelRoy, and won several awards. In 1984, they co-founded the American Ballroom Theater Company with Otto Cappel. The Company debuted at the Dance Theatre Workshop in October 1984, and toured widely in the late 1980s. From July 1989 to 1990, the pair appeared in Tommy Tune's Broadway show Grand Hotel, finishing with a five-month run in the West End.

In 1994 Dulaine founded the Dancing Classrooms program for the New York City Department of Education. He also invented the "Dulaine Method" to encourage children to dance together. He later travelled to Northern Ireland to teach the same program. In 2011 Dulaine travelled to Jaffa, the city of his birth to teach the method and make the 2013 film Dancing in Jaffa.

See also

References

  1. "About Pierre".
  2. "Pierre Dulaine, dance instructor". BBC. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. Pierre, Dulaine. "About Us". Pierre Dulaine. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
  4. Talk.dance Season 2020 Episode 11 Interview of Pierre Dulaine

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