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EXAMINING THE STUDIO COMPANY RE-AUDITION PROCESS

Studio Directors, what is your view on re-auditioning your company members every year? It’s definitely, food for thought.

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EXERCISES TO TARGET LOWER ABDOMINALS

We’re back at it for another round of building core strength! We all recognize that core strength is essential to any strong, technically sound dancer and the lower abdominals can be a particularly weak spot for any age and any …

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Dance Studio Owners

Dance Studio Owners: Super Charge the Final Months of Your …

Watch industry leaders Angela D’Valda Sirico, Misty Lown, Julie Kay Stallcup and Steve Sirico who will present the seminar... Super Charge the Final Months of Your Season!

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THINGS COMPETITION JUDGES WILL ALWAYS APPREICATE

Another competition season is here, studio owners. While your faculty is hard at work choreographing and cleaning those amazing pieces for your dancers, it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty and get real about what competition judges will always …

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Dance Teachers

STRENGTHENING EXERCISE FOR ARABESQUE & GRAND BATTEMENT

Many times a dancer’s flexibility develops more quickly that their strength; particularly in terms of leg extensions. While this delayed lack of control can increase injury, implementing exercises that balance the two components can increase the range of motion as …

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NAVIGATING HEALTHY PEER COMPETITION

We are all trying to promote unity and fair play, consideration and support, an end to bullying and equality among ALL of our children. This makes the concept of “peer competition” amongst students a tricky concept...

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Prioritizing Your Dance Students’ Mental Health

An attendee at this year’s DTW conference recently asked me where we as a dance industry should collectively be headed in the near and far future. I thought this was an extremely poignant and timely question as there is always …

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Dance Teachers

Universal Warmup for Any Dance Genre

Elements of a good warmup should include bringing your heart rate up, improving and reinforcing technique, increasing strength and stamina, and improving range of motion and flexibility.

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CREATING EFFECTIVE EVALUATION FORMS

Studio owners, how much thought have you given to assessing yearly progress amongst your dancers? Sure, the “eyeball it” method works when your teachers are in the studio with them, day in and day out, but sitting down and actually …

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Dance Teachers: Remember when?

Teaching has changed dramatically over the past 10 years. Students learn differently and teaching can become a bit frustrating at times. This is especially true when you are having a hard time trying to get through to a class that …

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TIPS FOR BREAKS & TRANSITION TIME BETWEEN DANCE CLASSES

The time inside the studio is filled with structure. Dance teachers have their lesson plans, format, choreography, etc. ready to go. This is how we keep the flow of the class organized and full of content-rich material. This is also …

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3 TIPS FOR CHOREOGRAPHING A MUSICAL THEATRE PIECE

As someone who spent the majority of their professional performing career in the musical theatre genre and is passionate about the content and context to which it is taught in, below are three tips that hopefully will offer a new …

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FIVE EXPECTATIONS TO INSTILL IN 2023

Teaching dance is a gift afforded to us. It is a special talent and we are the lucky ones to get to do what we do each day. It does, however come with its share of responsibilities and teaching young …

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HELPING DANCERS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAIN AND …

When you work with young dancers, you are probably used to the usual complaints of popping hips and sore muscles. Dance teachers hear about it on the regular and rightly so. We want our dancers to verbalize, with full transparency …

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A Dance Teacher’s Guide to Helping Your Students Be Prepare…

Dance Teacher understand... There’s more to being prepared for class than signing up and walking in with your dance bag. In this article we will discuss habits that will improve your overall class experience.

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Dance Teacher Web Conference and Expo Opening Keynote Las V…

Watch Dance Teacher Web Founders Steve Sirico and Angela D'Valda Sirico for their inspirational opening keynote with Special Guest Jeffery Trower and Community Drum Production Crew

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