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5 Tips That Create Radiant Skin For The Teacher Or Student!

Winter means shorter days and longer nights in twinkling lights! Whether you’re in low light, candlelight or the spotlight it’s time to highlight and these tips will make sure you or your students look dazzling!

Musical Theatre for Preteen Series: PART III: Helpful Hints…

Welcome to our last article in our musical theatre for preteen series! Hopefully you have found some great ways to adapt the information to best showcase and train your students! In this article I’d like to wrap up with some …

Testing Your Students Knowledge

How valuable is it to test your students to find out exactly how much they have absorbed?

What Type of Business Should I Be?

Many new business owners, those thinking of starting a new business as well as those who already have an existing business always ask what type of business entity is best for them. There is no clear cut answer, but the …

Q & A With Angela DValda Sirico

Q. How can I improve my student’s technique?

Empowering Your Dancers To Perform

In these days of computers and cell phones, teens very often struggle with face to face communication. This can be a problem in daily life but it becomes magnified when communicating with an audience is called for. The time that …

The Nutrition Needs of a Serious Dancer: How to Stay Health…

I’ve often written about keeping dancers healthy during summer dance intensives, but in fact dancers go through many intense training periods during the year as they prepare for and participate in performances, competitions and auditions.

Ongoing Staff And Faculty Training

Happy New Year! The holidays are over, the festivities at least for the time being are also in the past and it is time to look forward to all that the New Year has to offer. We all typically make …

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 …

Making Powerful Choices

As we start the New Year, it is a time to review the choices that we made for both our business and personal lives in 2010 and how we can use the results of those choices to propel us forward …

Present your Studio in the Best Tax Light

Tax season is upon us! So what do you need to do to make sure you have all the right records in your file cabinet? Your goal is to be as accurate as possible and keep the necessary documents to …

The Discipline Of Gratitude

Over the years I’ve noticed a direct correlation between the amount of GRATITUDE I have during the day and how those days go for me. I’ve also noticed that the more gratitude I have in my life and the more …

Musical Theatre for Preteen Series: PART II: Across the Flo…

Welcome back! In our last article we began to look at the breakdown of a great center-warm up for your preteen musical theatre dancers which will start to prepare them for across the floor, center combinations and full-length performance pieces! …

14 Ways To Present A Positive Image

I am a big believer in the impression you give to your class, and your employer, is a big factor in the treatment you will receive back. Your success in what you do you will have a direct correlation between …

Tools for Teaching Choreography-Composition 101- PART I

Deciding to incorporate improvisation and/or choreography composition into your program is undoubtedly a great addition to enhance the dimension of a dancer’s educational training. Whether you tack it on at the end of modern class or devote a whole class …