We have written many articles on keeping your self mentally fresh and energized. This article is about the importance of keeping yourself physically fit. I am not just talking about working out, but how to keep your body feeling physically …
Every dance student wants to be able to spin like a top, doing multiple pirouettes when in reality many do not have the basic posture and body strength to be able to even balance on one leg successfully! I have …
As a new season starts with new and returning students, we believe that the way you start your first class will leave a big impression on the students and how they behave in your class. As that old saying goes …
A Four-part Examination into a Special Subgroup
This article is applicable for teachers and studio owners, especially for those of you who do both. The clutter I am talking about is not on your desk, office or at home. It is the noise all around you that …
A Four-part Examination into a Special Subgroup
Making sure that your ballet classes are well structured is important for both you and your students. It is also extremely important that the content is age appropriate for both their physical and mental levels. So often I see young …
When you ask most dance teachers why they like to teach and what they get out of it, you will most likely hear in their response the word passion. As teachers, it is a key element that we all possess. …
I find that the summer is a great time to sit down and really take some time to plan classes for the fall. For our pre-school age children we offer two fifteen week sessions and so I like to make …
As teachers, it really all begins and end with us! If a student, or even worse an entire class is not listening, not learning, not growing or not getting better, then the cold hard truth is that we may be …
Over the last few years as a judge and a choreographer on the competition circuit, I have noticed a dramatic increase in performances using inappropriate content. Fellow judges, teachers and audience members have recently expressed discomfort during performances that contain …
It really is amazing how time passes by and how easy it is to lose touch with people who were important to us and have been instrumental in our successes as a teacher/choreographer/person. Summer happens to be a great time …
I try to constantly encourage my students to get out of their comfort zone. As a matter of fact I try to get them to feel uncomfortable at times. I want them to be in an area of movement and …
Sending your students off to summer dance programs is certainly a good way to broaden their outlook and keep them dancing throughout the summer break, so that when they return to you in the fall both you and they are …
Students who are pre-teens or younger find it much easier to get excited about a lot of things and especially in dance it seems they think almost everything is cool! It is when they cross over into the teen world …
Having been a competition judge for the past sixteen years my eye is trained to look for details. It is no secret that attention to detail always pays off. It does, in fact, make the difference between something being mediocre, …
