A Better You | Pampering During Pregnancy
How to make nine months of change easy on the body By Suzanne Martin, PT, DPT You got the happy news: you’re pregnant! Now what? There are so many things to consider. How do you handle the demands of...
View ArticleUniversity Professor’s Tap Instruction/History Book Includes Online Component
Dr. Lisa Lewis, Austin Peay State University associate professor of Health and Human Performance, has spent much of her life in a pair of tap shoes. As a young dancer, she trained under tap legends...
View ArticleCommercial Hip-Hop Choreographer Sean Bankhead to Teach, Judge, at Charleston...
Sean Bankhead, the 24-year-old self-taught dancer who was discovered in 2005 on YouTube and now makes a living teaching others the ins and outs of breaking, popping, and locking, will teach two classes...
View ArticleTeen Angels’ Song and Dance Cheers Hearts through Charity Performances
The Teen Angel Project, or TAP, a nonprofit group based in Potomac, Maryland, has engineered a new way to reinforce core values while teaching song and dance.
View ArticleGenerosity of NYC Dance Studio Encourages Similar Giving in Student
Earlier this month, the New York Times’ Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting column asked readers to share stories of charities that had touched and inspired their families and created an urge to give...
View ArticleNYU Steinhardt Announces Auditions for Dance Education Master’s Programs
New York University Steinhardt will hold auditions in February for prospective students looking to enroll in NYU dance education master’s programs.
View ArticleDallas Native and Broadway Dancer Dylis Croman is Guest Artist for Dance...
Dallas native Dylis Croman, currently appearing in the Broadway production of Chicago, will be teaching free musical theater, ballet, and contemporary classes as guest artist for Dance Planet 18, a...
View ArticleHip-Hop for All
As I prepare for a new season of hip-hop classes at my studio, ICON Dance Complex, I always start by thinking about curriculum. It’s important to take several factors into consideration when designing...
View ArticleBallet Scene | Sharing the Love, Shaping the Mind
Repetitive exercises. Intimidating terminology. A less-than-fashionable dress code. And, to many kids, boring music. Is it any wonder so many students struggle with ballet class?
View ArticleHeat, Horton, and Happiness
It was June 28, one day before a crowd of eager young Haitian dancers would vie for 50 coveted spots in the 2013 Jean Appolon Summer Dance Institute, and the floor inside the storied Hotel Oloffson’s...
View ArticleCarolina Ballet Theatre Outreach Program’s Goal is Healthy Dancers
Carolina Ballet Theatre has launched a new outreach program to teach dancers in the community how to properly build strength and nourish their bodies, reported the Greenville [SC] News.
View ArticleSomething New for Summer | Teaching the Whole Child
A few years ago, a once-a-week student (a second-grader I’ll call Susie) said she felt fat. Her mom did not blame anyone at my studio for introducing this thought, but she wanted me to be aware that it...
View ArticleClassroom Connection
One day I had 15 minutes to spare at the end of a beginner jazz class for 7- to 11-year-olds. “What am I going to do for 15 minutes?” I thought. Then I remembered my days teaching 5- to 6-year-olds and...
View ArticleFun, Classes, Finances, and Inspiration on Tap at the Dance Teacher Web...
Dance educators from around the world will meet at this summer’s Dance Teacher Web Live Conference & Expo, July 27 to 30, at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, where they will learn the latest...
View ArticleModern Dance, Step by Step
When teaching modern dance, it’s easy for teachers to feel trapped between tradition and what might be an edgy 21st-century art form. There is little consensus on how to train students in modern dance,...
View ArticleThinking Out Loud | A Tough Choice
I owned Chehalem Valley Dance Academy for 11 years. Studio ownership was fulfilling, and I loved my role. Eventually, though, I began to feel like it was time to move on.
View ArticleClassroom Connection
To help students learn to remember choreography, let them become the teachers. This method works with both recreational and competition dancers, though it seems to benefit the latter most because as...
View ArticleABT’s Cynthia Harvey Emphasizes Role of Artistry in Dance Teaching With En Avant
Cynthia Harvey, former American Ballet Theatre principal, has been coaching and staging ballets since she left the stage in 1996, but lately has had the feeling that there was something amiss in the...
View ArticleGreen Bay Celebrates Packers Choreographer and Local Teacher, Shirley Van
“Light The World,” a community celebration of dance teacher Shirley Van, 86, who taught thousands of local dancers, including many Green Bay Packers cheerleaders, is planned for Saturday at 2pm at...
View ArticleTeaching Top Talent
Students who are talented dancers are often exceptional in other ways as well. And that means they need exceptional teaching. In fact, teachers might worry that they will fall short in training these...
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