In this session, attendees will be asked to reflect on their studio’s current technology tools. We’ll help you uncover business gaps and inefficiencies and introduce you to technology solutions to maximize revenue and reduce frustration. You will leave this session with strategic tools to become more profitable, responsive and organized.
The next installment in our series for dance studio owners on topics that are important to YOU! Each month DTW founders and Veteran Studio Owners Steve Sirico and Angela D'Valda Sirico will tackle a new hot topic with tips and powerful suggestions on solutions that have worked for them. Enjoy!
Tappers will love this fun and energetic master class featuring new and different tap techniques
This master class will feature stylized and fun Progressions that can be used for all level of students.
Meet the power players of the preschool market who have created an award-winning preschool dance program that appeals to the preschooler of today! Created by Studio Owners, for Studio Owners, the original music with choreographic cues keeps preschoolers engaged and ensures they develop the 3 C’s – Confidence, Coordination and Creativity.
Getting dancers to retain choreography is a valuable skill set. There are many good dancers that struggle picking up choreography in a limited amount of time. This affects how they perform in auditions, self-confidence at conventions, and working with guest choreographers that come to your studios. Learn tips and exercises on how to help them improve their memory game. This is a game changer for any dance
This master class features England's to hip hop choreographer demonstrating great ways to teach locking and more!
Hidden Rhythms is all about the sheer joy of tap dance. From the very opening, energy kicks in with the down beat making it impossible to not move your feet. The dance includes trading rhythms with each other, counterpoint, and polyrhythms.
Matthew Powell presents an in-depth look into the very basics of ballet for your Beginning level students. This class will provide foundational barre and center exercises that focus on perfecting line, placement, turnout and extension. Additional exercises will cover the introduction of various turns and jumps, and keeping your students focused and engaged throughout class by creating a fun and nurturing environment in the studio.
Starting with chainne turns and progressing to pirouettes and all of the basic turns in between. Breaking down the sequence of turns and the technique used to accomplish a clean double, from the spotting of the head to the coordination of the entire body. To be concise, balance, coordination and spotting as well as making sure that your weight distribution is correct.
Failure, it’s a part of life but is failing necessarily bad? National Motivational Speaker Robert Landau will show you how important failure can really be in the process of moving forward, professionally and personally.
Aaron is back with some great tap tips that will help your students understand Standard vs Syncopation timing
Simone presents great tips for creating a safe space where your little ones can grow and funnel some of that energy into a positive dance direction and experience. There will be some combo tips, class flow ideas, and a few props to add to the fun!
This class will focus on Coordination, together we will learn Basic Coordination exercises and the famous "Charles Kelley Kick Exercise" which will help your students to gain excellent control and strength. The class will also demonstrate a jazz combination focusing on rhythm and transitions incorporating the elements of coordination, explosive kicks and leaps that are so typical of the Charles Kelley technique to help your students excel!
This class structure includes a combination of house-inspired footwork and trendy grooves that you can incorporate in your next dance routine. Come prepared for a challenge and get ready to sweat!
Pandemics, budgeting, parent and student issues, faculty problems are just the start for what can create stress in the life of a studio owner. After 35 years in business Steve Sirico will share with you how to identify, control and release stress. Don’t go into the new season feeling burnt out. Use the tips he will show you to refresh and recharge each and every day
