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Stop the Chatter: 5 Ways to Reclaim Focus in Your Dance Cla…
Struggling with chatty, distracted dance students? Discover 5 proven strategies to eliminate idle time, reframe corrections, and reclaim focus in your studio.
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Struggling with chatty, distracted dance students? Discover 5 proven strategies to eliminate idle time, reframe corrections, and reclaim focus in your studio.
Trade intense rehearsals for absolute absurdity! Check out the ultimate guide to hilarious, harmless April Fools' pranks for dance studio owners, teachers, and students.
Tap dance is often underestimated in early dance training, yet it offers some of the most developmentally appropriate benefits for young dancers. Beyond rhythm and sound, tap builds coordination, musicality, cognitive skills, and confidence in ways few other styles can. …
After owning a studio for 38 years, I can tell you with certainty: this time of year, is its own unique beast. We are deep in the trenches of the season. The excitement of the new year has worn off, …
A strong dance lesson plan is more than a list of exercises—it’s a roadmap for skill development, consistency, and class flow. Without a plan, classes can feel rushed, repetitive, or unfocused. With one, dancers progress with clarity and purpose. This …
If you were like me, you danced everything full-out - all the time, every time. There was never a glimmer of a thought about marking something unless the teacher instructed it was OK to do so. Even then, you rarely …
This is always a fun topic. Don't you just love it when you see a student do something wrong and you excitedly give them the correction only to be told "I didn't do that" Oh really, then what am I …
As a dance teacher, creator and motivator to your class it is imperative that you stay fresh and inspired. The key to this is to know and understand what makes you tick.
With every New Year comes reflection and insight. Now, is the perfect time for renewal, resurgence and taking stock in all that is possible in the days ahead. With that positivity and inspiration for reinvention, it can also leave us …
Welcome to my Motivational Blog that appears on DanceTeacherWeb.com each and every month. Need some motivation and inspiration to see things through? …You’ve come to the right place!
Welcome to my Motivational Blog that appears on DanceTeacherWeb.com each and every month. Need some motivation and inspiration to see things through? …You’ve come to the right place!
When we teach young dancers and they are starting to execute movement, often times the comprehension of that initiation and execution takes a while to sink in. We all have had dancers who can replicate a piece of choreography we …
As a dance teacher the only thing that you have that can make or break you is your reputation. How you conduct yourself not only with your boss but with your students, parents and fellow faculty members says a lot …
Welcome to my Motivational Blog that appears on Dance Teacher Web each and every month. Need some motivation and inspiration to see things through? …You’ve come to the right place!
Welcome to a new Motivational Blog that will appear on Dance Teacher Web each and every month. Need some motivation and inspiration to see things through? …You’ve come to the right place!
We all love when our students excel and have a stellar performance year. A year where we see the student blossom and have that “A-HA” moment when everything starts to click for them in class. It’s wonderful to see their …