{"id":111,"date":"2000-12-01T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2000-12-01T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lidanceconnection.com\/new\/?p=111"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:33:30","slug":"mary-naftal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lidanceconnection.com\/es\/mary-naftal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Naftal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mary Naftal<\/h5>

President, Artistic Director<\/p><\/div>

Mary Naftal has been teaching dance to students of all ages for over 40 years.\u00a0 <\/span>She holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Education with Specializations in Early Childhood Education and Dance.\u00a0 <\/span>Mary\u2019s dedicated work as an educator has been recognized by Dance Studio Life Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, Who\u2019s Who Among America\u2019s Teachers<\/i>, and an Islip Small Business Award.\u00a0 <\/span>Before founding Dance Connection, Mary worked as a substitute school teacher and as the corporate Training Administrator for Empire of NY Bank.\u00a0 <\/span>In addition to her work at the studio, Mary is the President\/Founder of the Penny Prima brand of products and classes, the Artistic Director of the Making Wishes Grow Performance Initiative, and has taught seminars for studio owners across the country.\u00a0 <\/span>Mary is a proud member of Dance Educators of America, the National Dance Education Organization, the New York State Dance Education Association, and the Suffolk County Women\u2019s Business Enterprise Coalition.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Today we are featuring Miss Mary in our latest edition of \u201cGetting to Know You\u201d!\u00a0\u00a0The \u201cGetting to Know You\u201d series helps us get to know<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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https:\/\/vimeo.com\/435906889 ISLIP, New York \u2013 Dance Connection in Islip, NY launches new Penny Prima™ brand of direct-to-consumer products and licensed studio programs. \u00a0The principal product<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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This past week from August 16th – 18th Our Miss Mary, our Artistic Director, and Mr. Joe, Dance Connection’s Marketing Director and Production Manager was<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean school is out for our staff! This past weekend a group of our teachers attended the DanceLife Teacher Conference<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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Mary Naftal President, Artistic Director Mary Naftal has been teaching dance to students of all ages for over 40 years.\u00a0 She holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Education with Specializations in Early Childhood Education and Dance.\u00a0 Mary\u2019s dedicated work as an educator has been recognized by Dance Studio Life Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, Who\u2019s Who Among […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[106,107,109,254],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMary Naftal - 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