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Recommended Reading: Books on Dance Pedagogy & Teaching Methods

Recommended Reading: Books on Dance Pedagogy & Teaching Methods

by shannondoolingdances | Feb 10, 2023 | For Dance Parents and Families, For Dance Students, For Dance Teachers

Refresh your dance pedagogy and teaching methods   We all get stuck in a rut with our dance teaching methods from time to time, right? It can be easy to fall into habits as a dance teacher: our favorite exercises, our go-to corrections, our usual metaphors and...
Recommended Reading: Jazz Dance Books

Recommended Reading: Jazz Dance Books

by shannondoolingdances | Feb 11, 2022 | For Dance Parents and Families, For Dance Students, For Dance Teachers

How I came to love jazz dance   If I’m being honest, my journey to becoming jazz dance teacher is a long and somewhat complex one. I started taking jazz dance in addition to other dance styles as a kid, but in my pre-teen years I was terribly self-conscious...
A Letter to My Dance Students

A Letter to My Dance Students

by shannondoolingdances | Feb 5, 2021 | For Dance Parents and Families, For Dance Students, For Dance Teachers

To My Dancers, Hi, it’s me. Your Dance Teacher. As I’m writing this, it’s February of 2021 – but no matter when you are reading it, know that the sentiment remains the same. Maybe it’s been a while since we’ve seen one another face...
Why We Still Need to Dance – Even If It’s Online

Why We Still Need to Dance – Even If It’s Online

by SDD | Apr 5, 2020 | For Dance Parents and Families, For Dance Students, For Dance Studio Owners, For Dance Teachers

Like author Alice Walker, I believe that “hard times require furious dancing.” I have written, time and time again, that dance has the potential to empower individuals, unite communities, and be a force for good in the world.  But when I first learned that schools and...
Letting Kids Be Kids in The Dance Studio

Letting Kids Be Kids in The Dance Studio

by shannondoolingdances | Aug 12, 2019 | For Dance Parents and Families, For Dance Teachers

Kids will be kids – and that’s a good thing!   This quote from Phylicia Rashad has been on my mind for some time now: “Before a child talks, they sing. Before they write, they draw. As soon as they stand, they dance. Art is fundamental to human...
8 Invaluable Life Skills Learned Through Dance

8 Invaluable Life Skills Learned Through Dance

by shannondoolingdances | Jan 16, 2019 | Dance Advocacy, For Dance Parents and Families

Dance training is life training   As dancers, we know that what we’ve learned in the studio goes far beyond the steps and choreography.  We know from our own experience that dance can be transformative; that it helps us grow not only as movers and artists,...
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