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Walking into a dance studio for the first time to teach your first class can bring up a whole host of emotions. Being excited, creatively charged and also nervous and apprehensive are all par for the course. You’re walking into …
Lately, so many things get generalized, glossed over, breezed by and given half-hearted attention to. We glimpse, we glance, we mark, we coast and this effect trickles down to our dancers. What happened to attention to detail? What happened to …
Check out this creative movement lesson plan you can use with your littlest dancers! Fun, educational and tons of ways to adapt it to make it your own!
Dance Studio Owners: Let’s Do This! New season, new energy! I know you can feel the excitement as a new season is about to start.
Thinking about the fall season ahead? Thinking about how you as studio owner can best motivate your students, faculty and yourself to stay excited and focused through the new season? As the owner, you are the ring-leader, the master of …
When we teach young dancers and they are starting to execute movement, often times the comprehension of that somatic initiation and execution takes a while to sink in. We all have had dancers who can replicate a piece of choreography …
When one of our students becomes injured we instinctually and immediately take great care to ensure they follow the necessary steps to recover safely and do as the doctor ordered. We follow up with them throughout the healing process and …
The most difficult part of being a studio director is how to take all the components, all the balls juggling in the air, all the “white noise” in the background, opinions, requests and desires of our clients and with a …
With every year I teach, the more and more I realize how important it is for the fundamental building blocks of technique to be taught. It’s not the tricks or the flashy turns or the “advanced” lessons that are most …
There are many components to teaching musical theatre effectively; technically, stylistically, historically and conceptually. This is especially true when introducing it to the preteen demographic. This genre is a real love of mine and where my heart is at, so …
Professionalism, respect, kindness, humility, courtesy, how we speak to one another and share ideas, disagree and discuss, collaborate and learn from one another are still important, relevant & necessary traits a professional should possess.
As a dance teacher the only thing that you have that can make or break you is your reputation. How you conduct yourself not only with your boss but with your students, parents and fellow faculty members says a lot …
As we wind down from recital season, we have also reached that point when it’s time to say goodbye to graduating students. Our beloved senior dancers, who many of us have trained since they were little, now stand before us …
We are almost at the end of what is hopefully turning out to be your best year yet and it’s time to turn attention to the summer season! If you haven’t already done so, lining up your summer intensive schedule …
You know what the perfect environment looks and feels like. As a studio owner we all want and strive for that. The big question is how do we gain and then retain that perfection?
The addition of a set-warm-up to your curriculum for dancers has its advantages and disadvantages. This month I wanted to give teachers something to think about in terms of what works best for you and your students.
