Welcome

Welcome to the website of Dawn Pratson—dancer, choreographer, educator, Dalcroze Eurhythmics specialist, chamber musician, tree-lover. My main instrument is the flute and I also play piano and sing. I love playing with, learning about, and discovering places where music and dance connect.

For Dawn’s most recent blog on “undoing racism in music education,” click here. 

Dawn’s article “Movement Training for Dalcroze Eurhythmics Specialists” was recently published. Click here to see it.

Dawn Pratson has an extensive, interdisciplinary background in music and dance education, performance and therapy. She earned her BA in music and dance from the University of Hartford/Hartt College of Music and her master’s degree in creative arts in therapy from Drexel University. She has her license in Dalcroze Eurhythmics and is certified in Orff-Schulwerk.

One of the things that I have always loved about the way that you move, is that it is so purposeful.  Every movement is precise…

Nick Repoli, Former Dancer
Dawn playing the frame drum.
Duet for two flutes.
Dawn teaching at the Dalcroze Eurhythmics National Conference.
Dawn and Micheal Joviala improvising
The Philadelphia Matter, 2020.
Teaching an inter-generational class in the Indonesian bamboo instrument called angklung. DAYA Center, Philadelphia

…you may have the most expressive body that I have ever seen.  Not just facial expressions, your whole body. 

Nick Repoli, former dancer
From a performance in Montreal with Belgian composer Stephan Orlando in 2017