Introduction to Improvisation 101

Pointe Work Requirements

Assessing Your Students Strengths and Weaknesses

This time of year it is important to assess your students progress so that you can a). Make them look good in any choreography for the year end show and b). Help direct them to the right classes for next …

To Be At Your Best, Go Away!

Running a small business is hard and demanding work. If you are not careful you can and will burn yourself out. It is also important to not become jaded or pessimistic in your views. This will only hamper the progress …

Ten Tips for Costuming Sanity

Costumes can make or break your recital or competition piece. But, does ordering the costumes have to drive you crazy?

How To Make Every Day Your Best Day!

'Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on how we see them' Leo Tolstoy

Looking Beyond the Horizon in the New Year

Assessing Your Students

Many of us we are going in to the second half of our semester and this is a great time to take another look at our lesson plans, make adjustments when needed and incorporate any new ideas that we may …

Social Media & Marketing…Being a Tech-Savvy Studio Owner

As a new year is upon us, the infiltration of all things relating to social media and the latest technology seems to be evolving quicker than we can finish our last Tweet. As dance studio owners, keeping on top of …

Q & A With Dance Teacher Web Founder Steve Sirico

We love hearing from our members who now come from all over the globe! We are thrilled to hear from teachers from Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, England, Scotland, Japan and all over the USA. Every couple …

Goals - It's the Journey, Not the Destination!

Success Basics Everyone Needs to Know - Part 3: Enthusiasm

What is enthusiasm? For the most part it is one of those things you know when you see it, and other people know when you have it. In other words, it is what people see, and react to about you. …

Focus on Musicality

So often, dancers focus with such concentration on mastering technique that they tend to forget the essence of what dance is and why they are participating in it and consequently the result is mechanical looking dancers who are unable to …

How to Make Your Wishes Come True!

A Studio Owner recently asked me if they could get my help with the issue of making a New Year's resolution. I answered in the affirmative, but with a couple of stipulations! I told her that making a list of …

Floor Maintenance: Three Easy Ways to Save Time and Money

Where Are The Best Places To Advertise?

This question has been asked of me many times. I have always believed in the shot gun approach. The more you do the better the results. Some may find that one thing works better than others and yet another business …