This is the first in a guest blog series by Jonathan Cain, Chartered Financial Consult(R), cellist, engineer, and (if I may add) husband extraordinaire! The goal of this series is to provide basic information on taxes for independent artists, such as performers, dance...
Creating choreography for and with my students for recital or other performances has become one of my favorite parts of teaching. But if we are being honest with one another, creating and cleaning choreography can also be one of the most stressful aspects of the dance...
Creativity is a muscle, and just like any other muscle, it need to be exercised in order to get stronger – that is the theory behind the #ChoreographyAdventures. These short, simple choreography prompts are designed help you make informal dance works –...
“Making Dance Now” is an occasional blog series profiling choreographers and small dance companies to explore the challenges and rewards of creating, producing, and presenting choreography in today’s culture and economy. It’s my hope that this series will spark a...
Do you want to become a better choreographer? I think for most us, the answer is a resounding YES! No matter what stage of our choreography career we are at, we know that we can always tap into greater creativity to become a better choreographer. But for many of us,...
My fellow dance teachers, congratulations! For most of us, winter break is on the horizon, which means we’ve almost made it through another semester in the studio. Whether these last few months have been full of triumphs or challenges, you have earned a...
