The addition of a set-warm-up to your curriculum for dance students can have its advantages and disadvantages. In today’s blog, I wanted to give teachers something to think about in terms of what might work best for you and your …
Every dancer, whether the most advanced to the youngest beginner, company or recreational, deserves the same experience of having a dance set on them they feel good about performing and look forward to.
Here’s a wonderful lesson plan for your beginner students which is fun, encourages creativity, literacy, free-movement and choreographic voice. See below for progressions for older & more advanced students as well!
Summer time is a great time to catch up on all that reading we were eager to get to but were too exhausted to after late nights in the studio. Every year my library seems to get bigger and bigger …
As we are in the midst of competition season and head into recital season in just a few weeks, there are a number of things we should include on our check list. One extremely important item that can transcend your …
This time of year cleaning your choreography becomes a very important aspect of your classes. Major time will be spent on the cleaning process. With competition season upon us and recitals and student showcases just around the corner, cleaning will …
To compete or not to compete. This is a consideration for any studio owner in terms of the “type” of studio they are going to market themselves as. Are you more focused on solely training, education and other performing opportunities? …
Dancers today are faced with a whole generation of fellow versatile, talented technicians. These peers will be their competition, their colleagues and future artists they’ll collaborate with and cross paths with as their dance career flourishes.,,,,
One of the most wonderful things about our job is the ability to create and be inventive with movement. When we see our dancers bring our vision to life, it is like art being played out right in front of …
With spring in full bloom, there is no better time to change things up a bit and introduce the magic of site-specific dance to your students. The genre, made popular by modern based choreographic pioneers including Trisha Brown, Anna Halprin, …
As teachers, our goal is to move our students forward. To help them progress so that they can continually build upon the knowledge we give them. We do that specifically in their technique classes where we aim to start with …
When we set numbers we need to give further thought as to how clean they are. How the musicality is sitting with dancers. How crisp the unison and transitions are, etc. While coming up with clever concepts and original choreography …
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 every genre and take center stage as much as possible. While it's commendable for a …
We all have our favorite type of dancer we love to teach. The ones that really inspire us. For some of us it's the older, advanced levels, for some it's the little ones and for some it's the recreational. So …
Helping your dancers set their individual goals and revisiting these goals frequently helps students and yourself understand where they are at- physically, mentally and emotionally. It helps to move the goal post, if necessary, in order to continually work towards …
Studio Directors, what is your view on re-auditioning your company members every year? It’s definitely, food for thought.
