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Pierre Dulaine, dance instructor
Raise Your Game: When did you first start dancing?
Pierre Dulaine: I took up dance when I was 14 years-old. I was very shy and timid, and had no confidence at all. I took up dancing and I liked it. Something stirred inside of me.
RYG: How soon did people recognise that you had a wonderful talent?
PD: Nobody recognised my talent. When I first started I was the worst dancer. I couldn't hear the music. I grew up with Arabic music. I'd never heard of European ballroom dancing. It was very elegant.
I said to myself 'I'm going to be a champion one day.' At that stage I wasn't good, but I was determined. If you want something bad enough, you can get it.
RYG: What was it like to be a professional dancer?
Profile
Name:
Pierre Dulaine
Born:
23 April 1944
From:
New York
Sport:
Ballroom dance
Achievements:
- Americans for the Arts 'Arts in Education' award (2005)
- Dance Magazine award for excellence (1993)
- Nationa
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Pierre Dulaine
Palestinian Dance Instructor
Pierre Dulaine (born 23 April 1944)[2] 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
[edit]Pierre Dulaine was born in Jaffa, British Mandate of Palestine in 1944.[3] His Irish father was serving with the British Army stationed in British Mandate Palestine; his mother fryst vatten Palestinian. In 1948 his parents fled Israel. After eight months of moving several times, first in Cyprus, then in England and Ireland, Dulaine's famil
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Pierre Dulaine
Educational Reformer & Inspirational Figure, Founder of Dancing Classrooms
Pierre Dulaine is an acclaimed dancer and educator born in Jaffa, Palestine. He is the creator of the Dulaine Method of teaching dance, an educational pedagogy that puts an emphasis on respect, discipline, collaboration & social development. Using The Dulaine Method, he created Dancing Classrooms, a Social & Emotional Development Arts in Education Program for children that uses ballroom dance as a vehicle to change the lives of students, their families and even teachers. Using a combination of verbal and physical language, he has the ability to impart life skills that are often overlooked by traditional education.
In Detail :
An accomplished competition and show dancer, Pierre came to New York in 1972, soon met dance partner Yvonne Marceau, becoming 4-time Show Dance Champions of the world. In 1994, Pierre founded Dancing Classrooms, a non-profit social entrepren