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Dance Teacher Ideas to Improve Your Classroom Environment P…

In Part II of Dance Teacher Ideas for the classroom we will explore classroom management that will keep your students stay engaged, happy and eager to learn

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ARE CHOREOGRAPHY GIMMICKS AND TRICKS NECESSARY?

When we choreograph for our students, particular multiple numbers in the course of a season, it’s easy to rack your brain coming up with concepts for those pieces. While we are often inspired by music, life experiences, various other art …

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10 INTERDISCIPLINARY INSPIRATIONS FOR CHOREOGRPAHY

Finding a beautiful, moving piece of music is a wonderful feeling for any choreographer. To actually envisage movement coming to you in your head and pouring out, where the piece is essentially choreographing itself is what we all dream of. …

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CREATING A CHOREOGRAPHY INSPIRATION BOARD!

Occasionally, even the most creative, provocative and innovative artists need a dose of inspiration at one time or another. Where that surge of inspiration comes from, are frequently, unexpected places. As a dance-teacher and choreographer myself, when I embark on …

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NEW TO R.A.D.? ANSWERS TO YOUR FAQ'S WITH ANGELA D'VALDA SI…

This weeks’ DTW Blog answers some of the most FAQ’s regarding the R.A.D. Ballet training method with our very knowledgeable and amazing DTW Co-Direstor, Angela D’Valda Sirico.....

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7 Habits to Lead A More Peaceful Life

As dance teachers we are constantly giving to others. While it is in our DNA and it is what drives us there is also the possibility that all of that giving can lead us to not focusing on ourselves.

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Why The Teacher Must Always Remain A Student

As teachers, we expend much of our energy on the progress and journey of our students. Where they are going, who they will audition and ultimately dance for and where life will take them becomes as much as an invested …

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The Dance Teacher Secret: The Key to Moving Forward Is in Y…

As a dance teacher, where you are today and where you will be a year from now is all about your thought process and how you act upon those thoughts. Recall how you felt when you first started to teach—do …

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CHANGING IT UP WHEN YOU'RE IN A DANCE TEACHER RUT

Teachers are human. We are indeed the ones our dancers look to for training, motivation, discipline, artistic inspiration and guidance, but indeed at the end of the day we are human. We are not immune to creative blocks, bad days, …

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Dance Teacher Ideas to Improve Your Classroom Environment P…

Part I of a Three Part Series. The top dance teachers create amazing classroom environments. Learn how to create, build and maintain a terrific setting that will make learning and teaching inspiring and fun!

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Dance Studio Owner Guide for Maximizing Your Staff's Potent…

As a dance studio owner, the more you can help your faculty and staff grow the better your business will be. Check out this two part guide with simple but very effect ways to have your team working at peak …

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HOW DO YOU CHOOSE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS?

Providing scholarships to well-deserving dancers and their families can create endless and life-changing opportunities for a child as well as provide financial relief for struggling parents. Specifically, in today’s current climate where so many families are feeling the constraints of …

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TEACHING TENDENCIES: INTERVENING vs. SPOON FEEDING YOUR DAN…

Very often as teachers, we get to a point in our educating that we are so subconsciously determined to ensure a dancer’s comprehension that we ourselves forget it is up to them to do the learning. There have been times …

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DEALING WITH THE PRESSURE TO ADVANCE DANCE STUDENTS

It’s always a balancing act when, as studio director, you must decide on the advancement of a dancer. They are many factors to consider in this decision. Unfortunately at times, the pressure of a parent can become an internal struggle …

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Food for Thought: Should Your Dancers Compete Multiple Solo…

As a long time competition adjudicator and teacher who has set endless solos for dancers, the debate over competing multiple solos often comes up every year. With students and parents alike, sometimes the notion is to showcase their talents in …

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STRAIGHT FORWARD EXERCISES FOR PELVIC FLOOR, SPINE + CORE

Dance Teachers are always trying to get dancers to understand the importance of the core, spine and pelvic floor. Without proper fundamental association of anatomy, dancers at some point will become limited in terms of their progression and visceral body …

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