Do you need to sharpen your sales skills? Did you know that service is the highest form of selling? Join Misty Lown, studio owner and leader of More Than Just Great Dancing!®, to learn seven sales truths and what they mean for your studio in the upcoming season.
This class will take you back to 101 with how to releve’ because if you want to be good at turns you need to practice balancing. Discover teaching tips on how to spot turns a little different than how we as teachers were trained and it helps your students with the science of turns and more!
The next installment in our series for dance studio owners on topics that are important to YOU! Each month DTW founders and Veteran Studio Owners Steve Sirico and Angela D'Valda Sirico will tackle a new hot topic with tips and powerful suggestions on solutions that have worked for them. Enjoy!
This class breaks down the basic elements of movement in tap (as well as touching on other genres) so you can connect the dots for dancers of all levels.
Ballroom dancing is the practice of communication, understanding body language and ultimately sharing in the magic of dance, together.
In this class you will discover about the importance of including ballet choreography in your competition repertoire, as well as give choreography ideas for Recreational, Intermediate and Advanced dancers.
Who doesn’t love the movie Grease! This class will feature all the hits from the movie with across the floor and center combinations. Get ready to Go Greased Lightning and Hand Jive to these beloved songs. These combos will feature a variety of levels to accommodate your most beginner dancers but also challenge your advanced dancers as well. The songs are absolutely contagious and a good time will be had by all. Grease is the word!
This master class features England's to hip hop choreographer presenting his unique and funky euro style!
Learn from an award-winning preschool dance teacher on how best to structure your preschool classes and use different props and dynamics to keep preschoolers engaged for a whole lesson. Learn teaching tips on how to help preschoolers develop important coordination milestones, build confidence and encourage freestyle and creative choices. You will use rhythm sticks to roll sushi, go camping with the parachute, chase rainbows with ribbons and so much more.
Nikky presents a fun and stylized jazz combination for your advanced dancer to the song "What's going on" by Wookie
Sophie presents a great variation. Focusing on the true authentic ballet choreography and storytelling of a classical ballet variation.
When you are the only person running your business (whether you have a team or not), it s so easy to get bogged down with all the micro tasks and shiny objects. And before you know it, you lose sight of your long game. In this workshop our focus is simple: keeping sight of your big WHYS and GOALS. Lesson planning, emails, invoicing, props, costumes, recital venues, digital resources, and the list goes on and on.... they are all wonderful parts of your business, but left unchecked they can steal your time and focus away from your ULTIMATE goals
Welcome to latin-jazz; the fusion you’ve been waiting for. In this class, we will explore a mixture of old school jazz along with samba rhythms and movements. This beg/intermediate combination will focus on varied timing, beats, and moving your body in unpredictable ways in order to accomplish quick and precise rhythms while tracing back to traditional jazz training.
“I’ve got to go pee?...Mommy let go, she’ll be fine...What do you mean she isn’t ready for advanced class, she’s almost 8?!...Focus..stop talking...pay attention to corrections!”. If you’ve ever had to dance around any of these questions(and so many more) this workshop is for you. We will pull out our tricks-of-the-trade together and confirm we are not alone. The cavalry has short cuts with great solutions! I’ll tell you mine, if you tell me yours!
This class will teach a series of combos inspired by some of Broadway’s classic choreographers including Jerome Robbins (West Side Story), Bob Fosse (Chicago) and Michael Bennett (A Chorus Line). We will focus on detail style and storytelling through dance. These combos will be a fantastic way to introduce your dancers to the origins of “theatre dance” while using songs from some of Broadway’s biggest hits. Get ready to have fun and all that jazz!
Geo presents fantastic curriculum specific for 3 & 4 year olds. Warm-up, games, progressions (yes progressions for 3 yr olds!) and combo.
