Founded by legendary dance educator Martha Hill in 1932, the program in Dance Education at New York University is one of the oldest and most prestigious in North America. Its goal is to facilitate the development of creative and critical thinking abilities, thereby increasing knowledge and expertise in dance and dance education. Its approach integrates the developing mind and body in the context of cultural practices. Fieldwork is integral to learning in many courses, which affords students the opportunity to analyze educational models, exercise researcher skills, develop professional networks, and awaken to the “realistic idealism” that propels the future of arts education. The M.A. program in Teaching Dance, All Grades, prepares teachers who are eligible for New York State initial (40 points) or professional (34 points) teacher certification as a teacher of dance for grades kindergarten through 12. The 36-point M.A. program in Teaching Dance in Higher Education and the Professions is for those who wish to teach dance in colleges, universities, or professional studios or to prepare for doctoral study. This program also offers a unique concentration, in collaboration with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), in ABT Ballet Pedagogy. Students enrolled in the 16-month full-time only ABT Ballet Pedagogy concentration study with ABT faculty at their New York City studios in lower Manhattan, in addition to course work with NYU dance education faculty. The program’s full- and part-time faculty include Susan R. Koff (director), Mariam Roskin Berger, Renata Celichowska, Patricia Cohen, Frederick Curry, Deborah Damast, Diane Duggan, Douglas Dunn, Andrea Markus, Lynn Martin, Lars Rosager, and Carolyn Webb. The program offers many opportunities each year to perform, choreograph, produce, and direct dance concerts for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary audiences. The program also offers a summer study abroad program in Uganda.