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Dance Studio Owners: Here’s How to Increase Your Bottom Line

As a dance studio owner, one of your main goals is to increase your bottom line. This article will focus on how to do that!

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DANCE STUDIO OWNER CHECK LIST FOR HIRING FACULTY

Studio directors, who you choose to hire to be part of your studio family says a lot about the tone you set for your business and the kind of training being offered. I’ve seen many directors go through massive teacher …

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Helping Dance Students Master Turns

Any student at any level can always use a refresher when it comes to turning technique. It is also especially essential when teaching younger students the basics as well. Every teacher has their own special way of teaching turns, but …

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Dance Studio Owners: Would You Like to Sell Your Dance Stud…

Would you like to sell your dance studio so you can focus on other passions, spend more time with family or even retire? Or maybe you would like to keep teaching but have someone else handle all of the day-to-day …

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DEALING WITH DANCERS WITH BAD ATTITUDES

What do you do when you have a student who’s extremely talented, naturally gifted and a brilliant performer but their attitude outshines the aforementioned? How do you handle the lack of respect, the inappropriate comments to peers, the insults to …

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Don't ONLY Exercise Your Body!

Welcome to my Motivational Blog that appears on DanceTeacherWeb.com each and every month. Need some motivation and inspiration to see things through? …You’ve come to the right place!

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The Dance Teacher Success Formula: Follow the 3B Rule!

A MUST read for all dance teachers. These tips will set you apart as a world class dance educator and help you increase your earning power!

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CREATING EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT FORMS FOR DANCE STUDENT PROGR…

Studio owners, how much thought have you given to measuring yearly progress amongst your dancers? Sure, the “eyeball it” method works when your teachers are in the studio with them, day in and day out, but sitting down and actually …

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CREATIVE WAYS TO KEEP YOUR DANCERS THINKING

Ever think of what you can do to enhance the learning curve in your dance class? While dancers are often taught “how” sometimes we forget the “why’s,” “when’s,” and “where’s” things came from and happened….

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WHEN DANCE STUDENTS DECIDE TO PART WAYS

It’s inevitable. At some point in owning your dance studio a student is going to want to part ways and stop dancing. If you’re lucky, it may happen only a handful of times over the course of your career, but …

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Conditioning Exercise Regimine for Your Dancers

Conditioning programs for dancers should be an essential part of any training program. Along with regular technique classes, “cross training” will help provide increased cardiovascular, strength, flexibility and endurance benefits. It will also increase core strength and muscle tone and …

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TIPS FOR TEACHING WITH COMPASSIONATE AUTHORITY

Dance teachers spend countless hours with our students in the studio week after week and year after year. It’s sometimes easy for the lines of the relationship to blur in terms of dance teacher to student vs. friend to friend. …

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Action Really Does Speak Louder Than Words... Here's Why

Welcome to my Motivational Blog that appears on Dance Teacher Web each and every month. Need some motivation and inspiration to see things through? …You’ve come to the right place!

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COMPETING SOLOS AND GROUP NUMBERS THAT LOOK IDENTICAL

The debate over competing multiple solos and similar group numbers often comes up in dance teacher discussion. Sometimes the notion is to showcase their talents in every genre and take center stage as much as possible. While it's commendable for …

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REMINDING YOUNG DANCERS TO, "TAKE .YOUR. TIME.'

We often see how each generation of dancers change. With instant gratification in rare form, there has been a trend for a while now which I’m sure you have observed too, especially with your younger ones. In many of my …

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IN A TEACHING RUT? TRY THIS....

Teachers are human. We are indeed the ones our dancers look to for training, motivation, discipline, artistic inspiration and guidance, but indeed at the end of the day we are human. We are not immune to creative blocks, bad days, …

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