Pierre Dulaine

Pierre Dulaine
Dulaine in 2014
Born
Peter Gordon Heney[1]

(1944-04-23) April 23, 1944 (age 80)
Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine
Known forDancing Classrooms
Websitedancingclassrooms.org

Pierre Dulaine (born 23 April 1944)[2] is a dance instructor and dancer. He invented the Dulaine method of teaching dance. He also founded Dancing Classrooms, a social and emotional development program for 5th grade children that uses ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of the children and their families.

Notably, his early works with children was fictionalized in the film Take the Lead, starring Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulaine.

The documentary film Mad Hot Ballroom follows a Ballroom Dancing with Dancing Classrooms competition.

  1. ^ "About Pierre".
  2. ^ "Pierre Dulaine, dance instructor". BBC. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 28 April 2013.