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How to Help Your Dance Students Improve Their Performance Skills

How to Help Your Dance Students Improve Their Performance Skills

by shannondoolingdances | Feb 24, 2020 | dance teaching tips

Have you ever watched a dancer who was just stunning technically – extensions to to the ear, super coordinated, gorgeous use of weight and space, incredible jumps and turns – but just doesn’t make you feel anything? It happens all the time,...
Injured? Under the Weather? What to Do When Your Dance Students Need to Sit Out

Injured? Under the Weather? What to Do When Your Dance Students Need to Sit Out

by shannondoolingdances | Jan 21, 2020 | dance teaching tips

We’ve all been there … Ms. Shannon? My (stomach, big toe, left elbow, eyebrow, etc.) hurts so bad I can’t even move right now!  Or … Ms. Shannon? I fell off my bike two days ago and banged up my knee and my mom says I can’t dance until I...
5 Ways to Help Your Students Rock Their Recital Dances!

5 Ways to Help Your Students Rock Their Recital Dances!

by shannondoolingdances | May 1, 2019 | dance teaching tips

It’s almost recital time! Creating choreography for and with my students has become one of my favorite parts of teaching. But if we are being honest with one another, it can also be one of the most stressful aspects of the job. There can be a lot pressure to...
Three New Year’s Resolutions for Dance Teachers

Three New Year’s Resolutions for Dance Teachers

by shannondoolingdances | Dec 31, 2018 | dance teaching tips

It’s resolution time, dance teachers! Whether you love the practice of making New Year’s resolutions or hate it, the changing of the calendar can be a great time for us to reflect on our teaching practices and set some goals for the next twelve months and...
The #Monthly Message: Find a Rhythm That Enhances Your Life, Not a Routine That Stifles It

The #Monthly Message: Find a Rhythm That Enhances Your Life, Not a Routine That Stifles It

by shannondoolingdances | Oct 2, 2018 | dance teaching tips, motherhood, motivational quotes, Uncategorized, wit & 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....
5 Creative and Performance Skills Your Students Should Strive For

5 Creative and Performance Skills Your Students Should Strive For

by shannondoolingdances | Sep 25, 2018 | dance teaching tips

This particular blog series – “My Top 5 Skills Your Students Should Know” – was inspired by a question posed in a dance teachers’ group on Facebook a while back: What are the 5 skills that you think are most important for your students to learn? As I’ve written in the...
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