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There are few things more exciting than walking into the studio with a new piece of choreography in your head and a limited amount of time to bring it to life. Whether you have one rehearsal, two rehearsals, or a …
The mirrors are clean, the music is turned up, and the studio suddenly feels different. Choreography season has arrived. For dance teachers, this time of year brings a special kind of excitement. Regular class routines begin to shift. Combinations get …
There is one dancer in almost every class. You know the one. The music starts, and everyone else seems to know exactly where they're going. Except her. She looks to the right. Then to the left. She watches the teacher. …
You know the scene. Class is happening. You’re working through choreography, correcting technique, encouraging a nervous student, or trying to get a group of five-year-olds to remember which foot is their right foot. Meanwhile, out in the lobby, another lesson …
There is a moment in almost every dance teacher’s career when a student walks into the studio and announces, with absolute certainty, “I only want to do ballet.” Or jazz. Or contemporary. Or hip-hop.
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Musicality is one of those words we use all the time in dance. “Listen to the music.” “Find the accents.” “Hit the music.” “Stay in the pocket” But what does that actually mean to a young dancer?
AI is useful for your dance studio — until it isn't. The 4 questions ChatGPT always gets wrong for studio owners, and what 40 years of experience gets right.
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When choreographers have a vision, it’s rarely about the steps alone. It’s about the work as a whole—the concept, the story, the emotion, and most importantly, what they hope the movement will make the audience feel.
There’s something about the start of a new dance season that feels different. The studio is still a little quiet in that first week back. Bags feel heavier, shoes feel tighter, and dancers walk in carrying a mix of excitement …
Dance teachers see it. There’s a moment in class when you can usually tell a dancer is trying really hard to jump higher, but not actually getting much higher. They bend, they swing, they push—and still end up just barely …
You can usually spot it before the turn even starts. The dancer steps into preparation, looks ready, arms set… and then the rise happens. The relevé goes up, but so does everything else. Shoulders inch upward. Ribs drift forward. The …
One of the most common things dancers say is, “My hamstrings are so tight.” They feel it in stretches, kicks, splits, and sometimes even during simple warm-ups. The immediate reaction is usually to stretch more — longer stretches, deeper stretches, …
