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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 …

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?

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

Looking Beyond the Horizon in the New Year

Tools for Teaching Choreography-Composition 101 - PART II

Last month we looked at the basic concepts towards building a choreography-composition curriculum in order to supply students with a strong foundation regarding initial design components. Once they have mastered the concepts including: motivations & clarity, musical component, space travel …

Trading 8's

The Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies defines trading eights as, 'soloists taking turns at improvising, playing for eight bars at a time.' As a tap dancer, I’ve always thought of it simply as swapping eight counts. One phrase at …

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 …

Your Uniqueness Can Speak Volumes!

No one else is quite like you. Would you agree with that statement? If you do, then it would stand to reason that no one else offers a product exactly like yours. Who you are and what you offer is …

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 …

Make This Your Year of Planning!

The holidays have come and gone and there is always that feeling of let down just because there is so much planning and preparation that goes into getting ready for the holidays. But why not keep that feeling of planning …

The Influence of Dance Teachers

Teachers have an amazing amount of influence on their students whether it is at a regular school or an artistic one. Students hang on to our every word and how they interpret them can sometimes be a mystery. Very often …

Floor Maintenance: Three Easy Ways to Save Time and Money

It All Starts The Minute You Enter The Studio

This article is an excerpt from the must have book for teachers called: It's Your Turn! The Success Blueprint For The Dance Teacher. Get your copy by clicking here

Now Is the Time to Market Your Summer Program

As the days become shorter and the cold weather brings ice and snow to us it is hard to think about what is going to happen in the summer. Now is the time, however, to start putting your plans together …

Success Basics Everyone Needs to Know: Seek Advice Properly

As a dance teacher, people are always willing to give you advice on all kinds of matters. They will give you advice on who to teach for, what to teach and how to fix a problem you may be having. …