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BRINGING IN MASTER TEACHERS & GUEST ARTISTS

Studio owners, if you've given thought to bringing in master classes, workshops or guest choreographers for your students, this can be a wonderful experience for a number of reasons. While the faculty you hand select should be a group of …

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ACKNOWLEDGING DANCE TEACHER BURNOUT & REIGNITING MOTIVATION

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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INTRODUCING IMPROVISATION TO JUNIORS & TWEENS

Improvisation is still one of those areas of dance which mystifies some studio dance teachers and terrifies dance students (mainly older students.) Most of the time you'll get an, "I love improv" or an "I hate improv" from the crowd …

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TIPS FOR CHOREOGRAPHING FOR STUDENTS WITH LIMITED TECHNIQUE

It's always inspirational as choreographers to walk into rehearsal and feel confident you have dancers who are both technically and artistically mature enough to handle the material you are about to give them. What excites us more is having those …

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UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIVING & TEACHING CLASS

In recent years, the term "master teacher" has taken on an identity of itself. This self-dubbed label by many dance teachers has surfaced in a way where it seems everyone is a master of their craft; some without the goods …

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SURE-FIRE EXERCISES TO BUILDING CORE STRENGTH

Teachers, we all recognize that core strength is essential to any strong, technically sound dancer. While we aim to teach our students to always move from the inside out vs. from the extremities (i.e. arms, legs, etc.,) getting started to …

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NEW YEAR "CHECK-IN" FOR DANCE STUDIO OWNERS & TEACHERS

Heading into a new year (or really what is "mid-year" for the dance season,) is just as exciting for dance teachers as it is for students. Everyone can benefit from the little bit of down time over the break which …

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Costume Gallery Announces Scholarship Winner

Costume Gallery would like to congratulate Sara Pavesi, the grand prize winner of our 2015 Beverly Miller Dance Scholarship, along with the other eighteen scholarship winners. Sara dances with the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theater in New Jersey. With the help …

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TOOLS FOR TEACHING CHOREOGRAPHY COMPOSITION

Choosing to incorporate improvisation and/or choreography composition into your program is undoubtedly a great addition to enhance the dimension of a dancer's educational training. Whether you tack it on at the end of modern class or devote a whole class …

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS & HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM DTW

We here at Dance Teacher Web would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for a wonderful year. It has been an eventful one for us and we're sure it has been for you too. While we acknowledge …

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