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Explaining Dance To All seeks to educate a general public about what dancers and dance educators do through the creation of an easy-to-use resource. This resource, which will take multiple printed and online forms, including a library of videos, provides responses to common questions asked about dance, explaining the many ways into the dance field and describing how a dance career is much broader than being a performer, along with addressing the viability of sustainable dance careers and dance’s numerous transferable skills. An initiative created by Daniel, a current Board member of NDEO, the project began at last year's conference in Denver and continued throughout the year with the support of sixteen dynamic members. At conference this year, dance educators Neri Torres (Amherst College), Heather Roffe (Nazareth University) and Daniel hosted a robust conversation in which a draft form of the resource was presented. After previewing the materials the conversation allowed attendees to share their feedback to help shape the next iteration of the resource before being shared publicly. Visit https://gwirtzmandance.org/explaining-dance/ to see some of the materials in development and learn more about the project.