Ricka Glucksman Kelsch

Ricka Glucksman Kelsch has over thirty years experience teaching dance from K-Higher Education. She created the dance program at Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles where she taught for almost 20 years. She co-taught the Musical Theater Workshop at UCLA with John Hall, and was the Middle School Dance Company Director and teacher for twenty two years at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, California, where she received the Bravo Award for excellence in teaching the arts. Ricka has an extensive choreography resume, which includes stage, film and commercials. Her recent endeavors have lead her to train in Autism Movement therapy, PEERS Social skills programs, Council though the Ojai Foundation, and Social Emotional Healing through UCLArts& Healing program. In 2013 Ricka created her non-profit organization, Dance and Dialogue, which to date has served over 22,000 teens and youth throughout the city of Los Angeles and beyond. https:// www.danceanddialogue.org. Founded on the principles of equity and equality for all, Dance and Dialogues mission is to promote cultural understanding through connecting people through the arts in combination with mindfulness practices, social skills and Joy! Dance and Dialogue has been recognized by the Violence Prevention Coalition of Los Angeles and Mayor Garcetti for our leadership and dedication to serving the youth of LA. Ricka has also been the recipient of the Lester Horton Award by the Dance Resource Center L.A. for outstanding leadership in the community.
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