Keeping The Enthusiasm Alive

Dealing With Difficulties

A New Year, A New You!

Re-Auditioning your Company Members Yearly...Do, or Don't?

Directors, what is your view on re-auditioning your company members every year? It is definitely food for thought and in my experience an important essential to studio business. The most obvious reason is it gives new dancers an opportunity to …

Inspiring the Uninspired

As 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 the year …

Putting Dancers on Pointe: The Real Truth

Determining when a dancer is ready to go on pointe is an extremely important decision in terms of a dancer's advancement. While many ballet dancers will be eager to get their first pair of pointe shoes, many don't realize until …

DANCE TEACHER WEB LIVE CONFERENCE & EXPO 2013 RECAP

Well..... What can I say except WOW! What an incredible few days it's been here at our Dance Teacher Web Live Conference & Expo! So much to recap, but I must start with how electric the energy has been here …

Preparing Your Dancers For The Real World

I just happened to be on FB this morning reading the posts of my 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. …

Healthy Pick Me Ups For Your Dancers

We all aim to keep our dancers healthy and encourage well-balanced nutrition. Long days at school, followed by nights and weekend classes & rehearsals at the studio can leave young dancers drained. So how do we promote healthy eating and …

Visualizing Your Way To Success

Teachers, Directors…..we all live in a fast paced studio world of needing and wanting to get things done. Because we are so busy, we often forget to stop and reflect on what we have accomplished, where we're going, what we …

Make It Work!

The Spirit Of Giving Thanks

Centre Exercises For 9-10 Years old

Going Back to Basics

Giving Thanks!

Getting Out of "Neutral"