Conditioning programs for dancers should be an essential part of any training program. Along with regular technique classes, “cross training” will help provide increased cardiovascular, strength, flexibility and endurance benefits. It will also increase core strength and muscle tone and …
This post features Preschool Ballet Content including ideas on props that will not only stimulate the young dancer’s imagination, but also help them develop motor skills and spatial awareness. It is so important when children are learning to dance between …
Dance Teachers: Have you ever noticed that sometimes everything feels like a struggle? That you are pushing a boulder up a hill or swimming upstream with every task? Dance Teachers, you are not alone!
Musicality is an essential component to being a dancer. They go hand and hand. A dancer without musicality is like a scientist who doesn’t know the elements. It just doesn’t work. While some dance students have an instinctual, keen sensibility …
Is there a key to inspiring more kindness, cooperation, and connection in people? As it turns out, the experience of awe might be just the emotion we need to create a better shared future!
Teaching Dance is much more than just teaching steps. You know that, but how do you stay in the right headspace yourself?
Think about a time when class was over and you felt that your students “just didn’t get” what you were trying to teach that day.
The Dance Teacher Dilemma: Have you ever notice how the day's events can get in the way of your creativity? There you are, ready to start creating a routine to a piece of music that you have been eager to …
I have a new rule in class- you are not allowed to bring in your phones to video a rehearsal while learning choreography. This hasn’t always been the case, in fact videoing is in fact quite helpful (for myself included) …
Those with the calling, talent & patience to teach dance to toddlers will tell you it requires a skill set all its own. A special, dedicated subgroup of dance teachers, the knowledge and training necessary to teach these little ones …
Even the best of teachers need a brush up on their anatomy from time to time. The spine and pelvis are perhaps two of the most important part of the dancer’s anatomy, which control alignment, initiation of movement, use of …
This year marks my 21st year of teaching. If there is one thing I feel 100% confident about, it’s this: Teaching ballet to children between the ages of 7-10 is a huge responsibility and one can either set the student …
When I was eighteen during a difficult phone conversation, I had to tell my parents that I was giving up my full scholarship at one of the best engineering schools in the country to instead pursue a major in dance.
As dance teachers we spend countless hours researching music, coming up with creative concepts, figuring out movement, formations and transitions and get excited to set new pieces with our dancers. So what happens when your enthusiasm for a new piece …
Most teachers really enjoy teaching the advanced classes. The sky's the limit! You can really push those students and have them reach outside of their ability and they will usually respond. You can be as creative as you want to …
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” — Buddha
