"Rosenfeld performs both stepdancing and clogging with an astonishing precision."

Dirty Linen Folk & World Music Magazine January 2000

"Malke is the best teacher of anything I have ever experienced.  The legend here is that she could teach a rock to dance."
Adult Student, Augusta Heritage Center

"Malke has a gift for breaking the dance down into palatable bits for both dancers and non-dancers, as well as making her students feel successful."

Adult Student, Augusta Heritage Center

Malke is a master instructor of dance.  She lifted us all from exactly where we started, each to a significantly higher performance level, all with good humor and no injuries!  She's a class act, I hope she's invited back again and again...Malke is a gem of an instructor and performer.

Adult Student, 2006

Malke presents workshops and residencies for both adults and children.  Her teaching brings clogging and step dance alive as traditional art forms, and as vehicles for self expression and exploring rhythm concepts through movement. 

 

Please feel free to contact Malke for more information, or if you'd like her to tailor a workshop or residency just for you!

 

PERFORMANCES

Add a little spice to your production! Malke is available to perform as a guest artist at festivals and concerts.  

ADULT WORKSHOPS

Malke teaches annually at a variety of music and dance camps (check her schedule.)  She is also available for special workshop weekends to provide introductory workshops or work intensively with dance groups or teams.  Workshops are available for all levels in the following subjects:

Cape Breton Step Dance 

Steps, style, and phrasing of this "neat and tidy" style of step dance originating in Scotland. Introductory workshops to Master Classes.

Appalachian Flatfooting & Clogging 

Malke focuses on the solo expressions of these dance styles. Clogging teams often benefit from learning more about the related flatfoot style as well as techniques for building "freestyle" competence. 

Drum with Your Feet! Percussive Dance Sampler

A great introduction to traditional percussive dance styles and making rhythm with your feet.

Break It Down/Build It Back Up

A Malke original workshop.  Now that you have the step, how do you get it to sound the way you want it to?  Great question!  Malke can help you demystify the steps in your repertoire, and make you sound better than you ever imagined!  Perfect for all levels of dancers, teams, and dance groups.

SCHOOL RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

Math In Your Feet!™

Help your students connect math to their everyday lives!  Combining math, dance, and rhythm is a powerful way to make the abstract world of mathematics concrete to kinesthetic young learners.  During the residency, students learn clogging steps and combinations, and explore lessons that lead them through the problem solving process of creating their own dance patterns.  Along the way, students increase their understanding of mathematical topics such as geometry (congruence, symmetry/transformation, angles, degrees), algebra (pattern recognition, symbols, graphing), and problem solving.  Malke collaborated with Presidential Award winning elementary math teacher Jane Cooney to develop and pilot Math In Your Feet during the 2003-04 school year.  Accompanied by a video, 80-page teacher guide, and a 35-page Student Workbook.  Read more about it!

 

Drum With Your Feet!™

School workshops and residencies for 3rd-8th grade that bring clogging alive as a traditional dance form and as a vehicle for exploring rhythm concepts through movement.  Study guide accompanies all residencies.  Read all about it!

 

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

STEP-A-TUNE!

Finally, percussive dancer Malke Rosenfeld and insanely talented and amusing banjo man Sam Bartlett join forces!  How many different ways can you make music using just your feet, hands, voice, and the occasional straw or…saw?  Let your imaginations run wild as you clap, hum, strum, blow, and tap your world open to amazing new possibilities for musical self-expression.  And, whatever you do, don’t miss this whirlwind of music and dance from many related traditions (Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the American South) now showing in a multi-purpose room or library near you.

 

NEW!!  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for EDUCATORS

Math In Your Feet: Teaching Math through Rhythm and Movement

A 3-hour Professional Development Workshop for Teachers

Combining math, dance, and rhythm is a powerful way to make the abstract world of mathematics concrete to kinesthetic young learners.  Using an educational tool specifically designed by Malke for non-dancers, explore lessons that lead students through the process of creating their own dance patterns while increasing their understanding of mathematical topics such as problem solving, geometry (congruence, symmetry/transformation, angles, degrees), and algebra (pattern recognition, symbols, graphing). 

 

Malke Rosenfeld, professional dancer, collaborated with Presidential Award winning elementary math teacher Jane Cooney to create Math In Your Feet, the student residency upon which this workshop is based.  Accompanied by a comprehensive workshop packet which includes workshop scripts, extension activities, National and Indiana State standards, and black-line masters of program charts and worksheets.

This workshop was developed in association with Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University and Young Audiences of Indiana. As part of this process, Ms. Rosenfeld participated in the Kennedy Center’s Seminar, “Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Workshops for Teachers”.

"Malke has a magical way of enticing students into participating.  She is a completely professional and dynamic presenter."

Claudia Belant, Art Teacher, Deibler ES, Perkasie, PA

"Mrs. Malke, your class is the funest (sic) class I have been in 10 years."

Stephen, 4th grader, Byrd ES, Graniteville, SC

"This week has been an awesome experience for our 4th/5th graders.  You have covered most of the dance curriculum, yet made it fun and engaging.  You have constantly modeled positive classroom management and remained positive with our students who are challenging.  I wish I could point out some of the ones that stayed focused for you that often loose focus for us.  I've known for several years that your program would be wonderful and it measured up to my expectations and beyond!"

Teacher, Thomas Edison ES, Covington, KY

"My class and I absolutely loved the residency. The students and I learned so much about math and dance.  Malke made incredible connections to math and was really in tune with the students. She adjusted accordingly and made the experience meaningful to my class. I appreciated her manner with the students as well as her deep thinking about making real connections to math."

4th Grade Teacher, Fishback Creek Public Academy, Indianapolis, IN

"Malke is an excellent instructor.  I have a very high energy class and she handled them very well. There are thirty students in my class, which can be challenging, especially when doing physical activities....My students loved the program and gained a lot of knowledge this week.  It will really help me to extend some math concepts in the classroom."

5th Grade Teacher, New Augusta Public Academy, Indianapolis, IN