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How to Remain True to You

Welcome to a new Motivational Blog that will appear 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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GIVING YOUR BEST DANCE TEACHER INTERVIEW

If you are lining up some interviews yourself for some new teaching gigs, I’d like to share some helpful hints and thoughts to better help you secure that position! I have been on both sides of the table, interviewing and …

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REIGNING IN THE 'OVERLY' CONFIDENT DANCER

We all love when our students excel and have a stellar performance year. A year where we see the student blossom and have that “A-HA” moment when everything starts to click for them in class. It’s wonderful to see their …

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2024 Dance Teacher Web Conference and Expo

The Best Event in the Industry Just Got Even Better! Say hello to a conference experience unlike any other.

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BECOMING THE GREAT MOTIVATOR

How we motivate our faculty and students has a direct correlation with positive energy, high spirit and a genuine belief that we can accomplish the goals we set forth for our studios and students. If we ourselves are inspired and …

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The Importance of Being a Well-Rounded Dancer

Dancers usually have a favorite genre. Some may even niche themselves early on as, “a ballet dancer,” a, “hip hop dancer,” a, “contemporary dancer,” etc. While it’s natural to gravitate towards a specific area during one’s training, it should also …

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Dance Educator Mantra: Finding Joy in the Journey!

A MUST read for all dance educators. Here's how to make this your best year ever!

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVELY GIVING YOUR DANCERS FEEDBACK

Dancers tend to be their own worst critics. We scrutinize every detail and go over things with a fine-tooth comb every day we’re in the studio. Why? It is our natural tendency to identify what needs to be fixed and …

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USING SET-BACK TO PERSERVERE

Dedicated dance teachers aim to help our students progress, teach them the “lessons,” prepare them for the future, develop their technique, etc. etc. Often we apply this same mentality to our own lives and goals, constantly wanting to do better …

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SHOULD OUR DANCERS ALWAYS, "PUSH THROUGH?"

I am the first person to barrel through pain, injury, etc. For good or bad, it’s in my nature, it’s how I was trained as a young dancer. It’s what I have always done throughout my career and was just …

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Dance Studio Owners> This Is Your Year!

Every month DTW founders and Veteran Studio Owners Steve Sirico and Angela D'Valda Sirico will tackle a new hot topic with unique tips and powerful suggestions on solutions that you can use right away... Here's to your success!.

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NOT EVERY DANCER BELONGS ON POINTE

One might think that the natural progression for every ballet student is to progress from a pre-pointe class to a pointe class. That is true for many, but there is a demographic of dancers who are either not ready, not …

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HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON & A JOYFUL NEW YEAR

We here at Dance Teacher Web would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for a wonderful year. It has been an eventful one for us and we’re sure it has been for you too. It’s hard to …

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SETTING GOOD EXAMPLES FOR YOUR DANCE STUDENTS

As dance teachers who 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 …

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Jazz Dance Technique and Lesson Plan for Beginner Students

Each year it is a challenge to make sure that we are prepared. We are, after all, teaching many classes to many different levels of students in many different styles! We have found that each class needs to have a …

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ATTAINABLE CORE BUILDING EXERCISES

Dance Teachers, we all recognize that core strength is essential to any strong, technically sound dancer. While we aim to teach our students to always move from the inside out vs. from the extremities (i.e. arms, legs, etc.,) getting started …

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