by shannondoolingdances | May 27, 2018 | For Dance Teachers
What should you be teaching your dance students? This particular blog series – “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...
by shannondoolingdances | May 8, 2018 | For Choreographers, For Dance Studio Owners, For Dance Teachers
ArtistMotherWife is an occasional series in which I will explore topics related to the intersection of marriage, motherhood, and maintaining one’s career in the arts. Around 4:30am, I did the thing that all the pediatricians practically beg you not to do: I...
by shannondoolingdances | Mar 16, 2018 | For Dance Teachers
About a year ago (maybe more – time flies!), someone in a dance teachers’ group on Facebook posed an interesting question: What are the 5 skills that you think are most important for your students to learn? This was a particularly vexing topic for me,...
by shannondoolingdances | Jan 25, 2018 | For Dance Teachers
About the “Empowering Our Ballet Students” Blog Series This is the third and final entry in a series of posts on teaching ballet in a way that leads to more empowered students. For more on this topic, check out Part 1 and Part 2. What is an...
by shannondoolingdances | Oct 5, 2017 | For Dance Studio Owners, For Dance Teachers
Why your dance studio should host a Nutcracker Workshop Most people might be reaching for their Pumpkin Spice Lattes right about now, but dancers know that it’s already Nutcracker time! Love it or hate it, the seasonal favorite is here again, with tiny tots and...
by shannondoolingdances | Jul 11, 2017 | For Dance Teachers
About the “Empowering Our Ballet Students” Blog Series This is the second in a series of blog posts considering the ways we can teach ballet in a way that leads to greater student empowerment. You can explore more by reading Part 1 and Part 3 of the series....
