Pierre Dulaine is an Irish dancer and dance teacher, born in 1944 in Jaffa.
Biography
Pierre Dulaine (born 23 April 1944) 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.
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