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DLTV proudly presents a 4-Part Miniseries, Bill Evans: Seven Decades of Dance, Episode #1: Celebrating a Lifelong Passion. Bill Evans’ 31st annual birthday concert on April 10 and 11, 2010, marked his seventh decade; he dedicated the concert to the two most important women in his life, his mother and his “dance mom,” both now deceased. He also talks about his lifelong interest in dance, his father’s fear that his son would be ridiculed at school if he took dance lessons, and his own ways of dealing with being a male dancer in the 1940s and ’50s.

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DLTV proudly presents a 4-Part Miniseries,Bill Evans: Seven Decades of Dance, Episode #2: Turning Aspirations Into Reality. The importance of diversity in dance training is uppermost in Bill Evans’ mind in this video. His heart has always been in tap, but as a young dancer he took every kind of class he could, and he believes that all dance students should investigate multiple dance genres in depth. He talks about the value of developing confidence, identifying goals, and organizing one’s life so that those dreams can become reality, plus the interrelation of cognitive and physical development that dance training promotes.

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DLTV proudly presents a 4-Part Miniseries, Bill Evans: Seven Decades of Dance, Episode #3: Thoughts on Teaching. Evans’ discusses the role of teachers as guides and facilitators, touching on process and the importance of sharing one’s passion for dance with students. But he knows from experience that it’s not enough to tend to the students—he lost his love of teaching to burnout several times in his career. He offers advice on how teachers can rejuvenate their own love of dance so they can continue to help students believe in themselves.