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Get your customers on an automatic payment plan!

One of the best things you can do for your business, cash flow and yourself is to get your customers on some form of automatic payment plan. Some people are afraid to implement this type of system because they believe …

Acrobatic Lesson Plan

Dance Teacher Web is proud to partner with Acrobatique to present great content for your acro program. Here is a terrific acrobatic lesson plan for your beginner young students presented by Acrobatique. Each month new content will be presented!

The Importance of Performing in Class

Let’s be honest. We all have students who, in class, execute movement with ability, are focused enough to demonstrate they are retaining information and seem to comprehend the lessons being taught. They move well, show promising physical agility, travel across …

THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING COMPETITION MASTER-CLASSES

Competition weekends are always filled with adrenaline, focus, organized chaos, last minute preparations and camaraderie which holds a studio together to represent themselves in their best light while dancing their hearts out. I mean, this is it…Show-time baby! While we …

SETTING EXAMPLES & EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR DANCERS

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 …

TRAINING DANCE STUDENTS TO TEACH

As studio owners we all have those students we’ve trained from the time they could walk. We have molded them, nurtured their technique, taught them classroom etiquette, celebrated their accomplishments and wiped tears during defeat and injury. When they arrive …

NO, FOUETTÉS ARE NOT A REQUIREMENT IN COMPETITION DANCES

The stress of setting competition choreography can sometimes feel daunting if you’ve been to enough competitions and are one of those studios that are frustrated seeing others continuously place because they are masters of fouetté turn sequences or turns a …

Rediscovering Inspiration Within Ourselves

As teachers and choreographers, our students look to us as the beacon of creativity. Particularly at the start of a new year, dancers await the delivery of new pieces, concepts, movement and music. It is a very exciting time of …

PREPARING YOUR DANCERS FOR THE REAL WORLD

I have had lengthy conversations with and read ample comments on social media of many talented friends in the business; many that have had long, long careers doing what they love to do and making a good living at it. …

IS BEING A COMPETITION STUDIO NECESSARY?

To compete or not to compete, this is a posing question for any studio owner in terms of the “type” of studio they are going to market themselves as. Are you a traditional training facility, solely focused on classical training …

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR REHEARSALS

As choreographers and dance teachers we all have had those scheduled time frames where we need to set a piece in the course of one or two rehearsals on a Sunday when the studio is closed or over a vacation …

Exclusive Interview with Costume Gallery CEO Ellen Ferreira…

In this exclusive interview you will get a behind the scenes look at one of the premiere Costume Companies in the world, learn some valuble tips and hear what is new and exciting with this long establish Company

BEGINNER MODERN CENTER WARMUP & ACROSS THE FLOOR LESSON PLAN

You’ve asked and we’re here to help! This week I’m sharing a sampling of my beginner modern lesson plan for those of you that are interested in adding modern technique to your curriculum. Remember, this is a template to get …

IMPROVING LACKLUSTER DANCER ATTITUDES IN 2018

Let’s be honest. There is a frustrating trend in recent years surfacing amongst many students inside the dance studio. Not everywhere and not within every student, but there will always be ‘that’ season that produces a group of dances where …