One of the greatest gifts that we, as teachers, can give our students is to show them how to have an open and curious mind forever. Too often students only skim the surface in their classes and never really fully understand the scope of what they are learning. Almost always when dance history is mentioned there is either a complete disinterest in the subject or, at best, a lukewarm reception given to the whole idea of it. I like to try to find ways to interest my students in what went before them and how it can be of help to them in their futures.