Mrs. Dollie Eaglin received her BFA at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and an MA at the University of Houston/Clear Lake City in Choreographic Design and Dance Arts Integration.
Dollie Eaglin retired as a full-time Arts Educator/Creative Movement Specialist and Talented Arts Theatre teacher from Audubon Charter School in New Orleans where she taught from 1989 to 2021.
Through her LLC, Cultural & Creative Arts (website: culturalcreativearts.com) Mrs. Eaglin continues her work in Arts Integration (integrating the Arts into the Academics), Arts Education, (Creative Movement, Theatre, and Visual Arts), Professional Development for teachers and Administrators and mentoring new teachers.
She was chosen Audubon Charter Schools Teacher of the Year in 1998 and 2007. In addition, Ms. Eaglin taught Seminar in Movement, and Advance Movement for Theater students at the University of New Orleans and has presented Arts Integrated workshops for teachers at Ashe Cultural Arts Center. Mrs. Eaglin is also director of The Big Easy Classical Arts Award-winning production, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, “Origin of Life on Earth, An African Creation Myth.” In addition, she has presented arts integrated/Comprehensive Arts Education workshops for teachers and administrators at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Institute of Cultural Education, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Acadia Parish Schools, and New Orleans Ballet Association’s classroom teachers and dance professionals. The New Orleans Arts Council, Louisiana Division of the Arts, and the Brown Foundation have funded numerous projects Mrs. Eaglin directed and produced at Audubon Charter School at 428 Broadway, Nola. She is also the founding member of New Orleans Dance and a Big Easy award Nominee for Best Choreography in a musical, “The Act.” In 2013, Mrs. Eaglin was awarded the Governor’s Arts Leadership Award.
Ms. Eaglin was the Dance Coordinator for the Louisiana Alliance Institute for Education in the Arts and served on the Board of Directors for the Louisiana Alliance in Baton Rouge. She has worked with the Arts Content Standards writing team and presented statewide professional development programs through the Arts Bridge Initiative. She has written lessons for the State Department of Education focusing on the Middle School Dance Benchmarks.