Do your dancers struggle with social skills – or are they overly social? Time and time again, I read posts from dance teachers in Facebook groups asking for tips on managing overly chatty and talkative students in their dance classes. The responses from...
Why is improvisation important for advanced dancers? It is increasingly important for dancers of all levels and dance styles to be skilled in dance improvisation, as it has exploded in popularity throughout the dance industry in recent years. Dancers –...
Why is improvisation important for beginning dancers? One of my biggest regrets as a dancer is not becoming comfortable with improvisation at a younger age. Early in my dance training and career, I shied away from improv as I found it intimidating. I was...
Why is play an important educational tool in the dance studio? 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...
How I came to embrace play as a teaching tool in the dance studio 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...
Celebrating the end of the season with dance activities The end of the dance season is a perfect time to introduce some playful dance activities and games into your dance classes. As you wrap up another season of dance classes, you might be looking for fun,...
