Rachel Rizzuto

Consulting editor Rachel Rizzuto is originally from Chalmette, Louisiana. She dances for MMDC and heads her own project-based company, touche pas.

more stories by Rachel Rizzuto

Teen stage door students line up outside the studio waiting to come in for class. They wear masks.

What’s Your Dance Studio’s Customer-Experience Journey?

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Young girls in blue leotards and skirts hold either side of a barre, with their outside hand on their shoulder. They are mid-plié.

How to Turn Your Post-Recital High Into Strong Fall Enrollment

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Endalyn Taylor, a Black woman with short cropped hair wearing all black, leans her elbows on a free-standing ballet barre in the middle of a sunlit dance studio. Her stance is wide, leaning into one hip as she looks dead on at the camera with a smile in her eyes.

Endalyn Taylor Prepares to Head UNCSA School of Dance

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Four dance teachers, in costume from performing, hand out flowers to senior dancers at the end of a recital. They are onstage, with stage lights shining on them, and one student hugs a teacher.

The Post-Recital To-Do List

Rachel Rizzuto

Students in sneakers and hip hop attire dance under an outdoor tent. With their heels off the ground, they turn slightly to the side with their palms up facing away from them.

4 Ways Colleges Can Make Auditions More Equitable

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A ballet teacher in he early twenties wraps her left arm around a young ballet student and looks down at her with a caring smile, which the child returns. They both wear black leotards and sit in a sunny ballet studio.

The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Studio Scholarship Program

Rachel Rizzuto

A toddler-aged girl sits in the side splits, reaching for her toes. She wears a patterned mask, a purple tutu and her hair in pigtails

So You Want to Start a Summer Program at Your Studio

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Why Now’s the Time to Make Big Changes at Your Studio

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How This University Pulled Off a (Safe) Live Concert Mid-Pandemic

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Will COVID-19 Change End-of-Year Recitals for Good?

Rachel Rizzuto

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