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January 2012

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Table Of Contents

Editor's Note

Summer Study
CD: At the Movies with Naruschen
Can studios forbid students from training elsewhere?

Ask the Experts
Competition: High Five with Kristy Ulmar

In Your Studio

Happy New Year! After the holiday season excitement, it’s time to refocus and address your goals for 2012.
Feature: When One Size Does Not Fit All

Teaching

Tina LeBlanc shares her path of self-exploration.
Feature: Style Matters

Teaching

Should your students know their ABCs (Agrippina Vaganova, Bournonville and Cecchetti, that is), or focus on only one ballet technique?
Technique: Francis Roach

Teaching

How I teach Luigi's jazz
Face to Face: From the Heartland to the Orient

DanceMotion USA sends Trey McIntyre Project on an Asian tour.
Theory & Practice: Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Teaching

Strategies for teaching around your own limitations
Music for Class: Made for the Stage

Lainie Munro's music for show tap class
Isadora Duncan

History: Icons and Legends

Mother of modern dance
History Quiz: Isadora Duncan

History: Icons and Legends
Trashing the Ash

Health: For You and Your Students

Help students quit smoking.
Urban Smoking Myths

Health: For You and Your Students

A sidebar to "Trashing the Ash"
Extra Credit

Higher Ed: On Campus and Beyond

Internships help undergrads pursue interests beyond performance and choreography.
Business: A Sunny Summer Forecast

In Your Studio

Structuring an ideal summer session for you and your students