I’ll start off this post by saying that I am a huge fan of using play as an educational tool in the dance studio. I believe that play is learning – and when it is done right in the dance studio, it has the potential to be even more effective than traditional...
One of the turning points in my career as a dance teacher was when I learned to embrace play in the dance studio as a teaching method. I was always a serious student, and I fancied myself to be serious teacher, as well. Play felt frivolous, and antithetical to the...
The other day, I logged into Facebook and read some devastating news. Marnie Schulenburg, who I had the pleasure of knowing during our time together at DeSales University, had passed away at age 37 of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Marnie was a presence, a force, a...
If you are reading this blog post, it is likely that you’ve made it to the end of another dance season! Congratulations! As you wrap up another season of dance classes, you might be looking for fun activities to help you celebrate the end of the year. Planning...
The dreaded feeling of choreography block … chances are that if you’re reading this blog post, you’ve experienced it! Almost every choreographer goes through choreography block at one point or another. Choreography block can look and feel differently...
