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Clear The Clutter!

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Studio Owner Article

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Self-help and Life Enhancement Tips for the Business Owner

Are you tired of looking at mounds of paper cluttering up your desk?

Does your studio look like a clothing dump?

Would you like to be more organized?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes then this article is for you. Discover the tools to help both you and your studio be clutter free. Clear up those areas that just always seem to be a mess and transform your studio into a more efficient and tranquil work space.

Manage your mind clutter and learn to live a calmer and more balanced life!

1) Identify the areas of most severe clutter

2) Identify the areas of less urgent clutter

3) Sit down and make a plan room by room and area by area

4) Make definite dates to attack the problem areas

5) Make a list of all receptacles that need to be purchased

6) Enlist help!

7) Write down exactly how you envision it to look once fixed

8) Spend some time on the aesthetic aspects

CLUTTER OF THE MIND

Day by day our minds are subjected to clutter. We hear it from the daily news, we hear it from all the negative people around us, we are constantly bombarded with a mass of "stuff" that clouds our judgement and prohibits us from thinking clearly. Find ways to remove the clutter. Have a place to go where you can relax and think clearly. It is so important to find the time and the place where you can recoup your energy and recharge the batteries. Wherever you decide is "The "place" make it a ritual to go there whenever possible. You owe it to yourself, your significant other and your staff, teachers, students and their parents.

Make a plan to clear all of the clutter surrounding you before the new season starts.

Author

Angela D'Valda Sirico

Angela D'Valda Sirico

Originally from England, Angela spent her early years in Hong Kong where she studied with Carol Bateman. She continued her training at Arts Educational Trust in England. After moving to New York City she continued her studies with Martha Graham and Matt Mattox. She appeared with the Matt Mattox Company and toured with the first Disney On Parade working with Disney and N.B.C. Contracted to the Teatro National of Buenos Aires she performed for one year and spent an additional year as a featured soloist at the Teatro Maipo, Argentina. Travelling to Madrid, Spain she worked for Spanish television in a weekly variety show Tarde Para Todos and from there decided to form her own Dance Company. With the Company she choreographed and performed throughout Spain in theatres, and on television. Angela met her husband Steve while working together on a television special The Valerie Peters Show filmed in Tampa, Florida. In 1979 they formed the Adagio act DValda & Sirico appearing in theatres, clubs and on television shows such as David Letterman, Star Search and the Jerry Lewis Telethon. In 1982 they were contracted to Europe and appeared in a variety of shows in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and Italy before going to London, England where they appeared as Guest Artists for Wayne Sleep (formerly of the Royal Ballet) in his show Dash at the Dominium Theatre. Angela and Steve have owned and directed their dance studio in Fairfield, CT. for the past twenty two years and in 2005 added music and vocal classes to their curriculum. Angela served as chairperson for the tri state panel of the Royal Academy of Dancing and is Co-author of a Partner syllabus currently used for teacher training by Dance Educators of America. She continues to adjudicate and teach for major dance organizations and choreographs for theatre, television and conventions and was commissioned by Boston Ballet 11 to choreograph the highly acclaimed Brother Can You Spare A Dime? DValda & Sirico are currently in production choreographing the opening to the National Speakers Association convention on Broadway at the Marriott Marquis for August of 2008. Angela is co-owner of Dance Teacher Web designed as an online resource for teachers worldwide.

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