At the 92nd Street Y, New York, last month, a diverse bunch of dance teachers from around the country played a game called Slow Land/Fast Land. These teachers were all students of the Dance Education Laboratory, and the instructor leading the exercise was Jody Gottfried Arnhold. In dance education circles, her first name is enough. Arnhold’s class was in the newly renovated Buttenweiser Hall, now part of the 92nd Street Y’s Arnhold Center, a dance and performance complex to which she and her husband, John, donated $30 million. The woman who led Slow Land/Fast Land with the firm, kind manner of an exemplary children’s teacher is also chairman of the board of 92NY, as the organization is now also known.

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Persons: Jody Gottfried Arnhold, Jody, John Organizations: Dance Education Laboratory, Buttenweiser Hall Locations: New York