Preparing Your Dancers for College Auditions

For your College Bound Students

Recital Themes Part II

Decompressing After a Busy Day!

DEALING WITH THE OVERLY CONFIDENT DANCE STUDENT

As dance teachers, 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 …

"QUIET ON THE SET"- A CREATIVE MOVEMENT LESSON PLAN!

If you're looking for a fun, creative way to get your little ones understanding the incorporation of action words and emotions within movement, this exercise is for you! I devised this a few years back and have had great success …

THANKFUL FOR THESE MOVIE MUSICAL MOMENTS!

_With Thanksgiving this week, I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite movie musical moments. These great works always remind me of being a kid on holidays where Grandma and Pop would have the MGM movies …

LIGHTEN THE LOAD: LETTING GO OF NEGATIVITY & EMBRACING POSI…

It may seem like common knowledge and something that is a given; surrounding ourselves only with people who lift us up and want to be see us succeed and fly high. But, that is not always the case and we …

TO COMPETE OR NOT TO COMPETE?

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 …

Ballet Lesson Plan: Beginner Pointe Work After Six Months

Building Confidence In Your Dancers

Teaching Classes with Different Level Students

Caring For Costumes!

Bringing in Master Teachers & Guest Artists

SIMPLE STRETCHES DANCERS CAN DO AT HOME!

Getting students, particularly young students to warm-up or want to warm-up is a difficult feat in the studio itself. Dancers come in and often ask the question, _"Do we have to warm-up?"_ in the hopes you will say, _"No we …

COMPETING MULTIPLE SOLOS: GOOD IDEA OR COMPLETE OVERKILL?

As a long time competition adjudicator and teacher who has set endless solos for dancers, the debate over competing multiple solos often comes up every year. With students and parents alike, sometimes the notion is to showcase their talents in …

IMPLEMENTING MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS INTO STUDIO CURRICUL…

It's always a great feeling to recognize and reflect when a new program or added class has been successful. For me, this was the inception of our Musical Theatre Workshop Program. A few years back I was asked by the …