by shannondoolingdances | Oct 23, 2018 | For Dance Teachers
Why I love Halloween games for dance class Full disclosure: Even though fall is my favorite season, I’m not the biggest fan of Halloween – I hate horror movies and all things that go bump in the night! But I do all know that my dance students eat it...
by shannondoolingdances | Oct 15, 2018 | For Dance Studio Owners, For Dance Teachers
The problem with disruptive behaviors in the dance studio At some point in their career, even the most accomplished of dance teachers is going to run into an unruly class. It can be incredibly frustrating as an educator when you feel like you are giving it your...
by shannondoolingdances | Oct 10, 2018 | For Choreographers, For Dance Studio Owners, For Dance Teachers
I was standing over the kitchen sink way too early on a Sunday morning, dressed in my church clothes and frantically scrubbing a skillet, when my life almost changed forever. My son, who was six or eight months old and turning into quite the explorer, was perched...
by shannondoolingdances | Oct 2, 2018 | Dancers' Wisdom
As dancers, we tend to love routines. Plie, tendu, degagge. Warm-up, progressions, combo. Pre-show rituals. Post-performance commemorations – mine was always a cheeseburger and Coke! Routines are necessary to our dance training and can make performances special....
by shannondoolingdances | Sep 25, 2018 | For Dance Teachers
What are the most important skills to teach your dance students? This blog series was inspired by a question posed in a dance teachers’ group on Facebook a few years ago: What are the 5 dance skills that you think are most important for your students to learn?...
