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This session on pointe class from the perspective of a studio that offers pointe from an experiential perspective. Starting from beginning / intermediate barre emphasising rolling through the foot and more importantly knowing your ups and downs and weight changes. Breaking down turns from chaines to piques to soutenous and finally to pirouettes we will discuss what our challenges are when teaching pointe.
This class will focus on progressive movements and fluid transitions
Get your Jazz on! This class will be offering a jazz combination taking inspirations from Broadway and the simple stylist techniques you may very well see in many traditional broadway shows.
Steve Sirico presents a fun beginner jazz across the floor to the song Thank God by Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown
As educators and mentors it's important to keep our classroom fresh and fun!Join Nancy O'Meara for some warm up tips, progressions and a combo that will have you smiling from ear to ear. A great sense of humor is required.
This is a balletic/classical tap piece done to one of the most famous trumpet concertos of all time- the Haydn trumpet concerto in E flat Major by Franz Josef Haydn. It combines traditional ballet technique with tap steps that follow the trumpet melody and also fill in with close work. The result is a piece which is visually ballet and audibly tap.
Intermediate hip hop combination to the song Hit My Line by Chris Brown
An interesting Petit Allegro to the song Dance the Night by Trisha Wolfe
Science is not a big, scary monster, and it is necessary in dance! “Making Sense of Science: Choreographing a Reduced Risk of Dance Injuries” will be an interactive, enlightening trip into how science should inform the practice of dance to reduce the risk of injuries. This process will be compared to planning, creating, and executing choreography. While “injury prevention” is not realistically attainable, many injuries are not necessary. Thus, risk reduction is key. Young dancers’ bodies must be protected to improve performance ability and increase career longevity from a whole-person perspective.
5, 6, 7, 8. How to explore alternative counting systems to make dynamic and interesting mixed meter dance phrases.
In this session, Erin will dive into the top 10 ways to get known in your community and how to leverage them to become the "" Go-To"" Studio in your town!
Every month DTW founders and Veteran Studio Owners Steve Sirico and Angela D'Valda Sirico will tackle a new hot topic with unique tips and powerful suggestions on solutions that you can use right away... Here's to your success!.
Joshua provides some great tips on how to improve your students look and feel in their hip hop moves
American Ballet Theatre Star James Whiteside presents a great new series of ballet class content. Here is the first installment!
From teens to adults, we all need to know how to manage our lives when things get rough. National Motivational Speaker, Robert Landau, will give you a road map to combat whatever tries to stop one’s journey, personally and/or professionally.
Challenging advanced pirouette exercise muisc by Trisha Wolfe to the song Valse de Fleurs
