DARIA FITZGERALD
92NY Nursery School
Daria Fitzgerald, 3K and PreK
92NY Nursery School, Parenting Center and Harkness Dance Center
Daria Fitzgerald teaches early childhood dance classes through 92NY’s Nursery School, Parenting Center, and Harkness Dance Center. Daria is also a DEL Pre-K Create coach, assistant director of Kids Do Dance at The Yard, associate director of the Arnhold NYU Steinhardt/Global Visiting Scholar Summer Workshop, and a teaching artist in New York City Public Schools and the JCC. Daria believes that every child is an artist with an important point of view, and it is the responsibility of their teachers and families to nurture and affirm their creativity while giving them tools to expand their skills. Daria has studied and documented children’s games in Uganda and she believes that most lessons can be taught through play. Daria’s classes center around joyful, playful exploration of themes that are relevant to students’ lives, and she helps students make choices, express themselves, and choreograph their own dances.
Daria Fitzgerald (M.A., Dance Education, New York University, Professional Dance Teacher Certification, New York State) teaches dance classes through 92NY’s Nursery School, Parenting Center, and Harkness Dance Center. As a Pre-K Create coach and facilitator at 92NY’s Dance Education Laboratory, Daria supports New York City 3-K and Pre-K teachers in developing skills and knowledge to facilitate the implementation of high-quality and sustaining dance education practices. Daria is the assistant director of Kids Do Dance at The Yard and was the lead curriculum designer for The Yard’s Making It program in Martha’s Vineyard schools. Daria is also a teaching artist in New York City Public Schools and the JCC. She has guest lectured at New York University and is an associate director of the Arnhold NYU Steinhardt/Global Visiting Scholar Summer Workshop. Daria has presented professional development workshops through Dancing Classrooms and The Lawrence Arts Center. She regularly presents her research and pedagogical practices at the National Dance Education Organization’s (NDEO) annual conferences. Previously, Daria served as a member of NDEO’s Development Committee and as NDEO’s Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Directors. Daria curates an Instagram that features books to use in dance class @booksfordancing.