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Register Now: DT+ Teacher Talk, “Creating Safe Dance Competition Spaces”

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Are you committed to creating a healthier dance culture for your competitive-dance students? Join our next DT+ Teacher Talk on Tuesday, June 23, 12 pm EDT, to explore how you can go beyond physical safety to foster an environment where your dancers can thrive mentally and emotionally during competition season. In this engaging, hour-long Zoom […]

Ballet dancer leaping with the light blurred behind in a fiery orange tone.

How to Help Your Students Effectively Develop Muscle Memory

Sarah Parker

Collage of images with Simone Gabrielle teaching (left), hugging a student (middle) and a class image of her students (right).

San Diego Academy of Ballet Students Find Global Success Through Vaganova Training

Julia Mary Register

Jenna Zavrel teaching a class.

Teaching Dance Postpartum: Balancing Motherhood and a Career

Jenna Zavrel

Danielle O’Brien (far right) with dancers from 3D Dance Studio.

How to Keep Studio Rivalries From Turning Toxic

Amanda Sherwin for Dance Magazine

Group of little girls crying during ballet practice in studio with teacher overlooking.

How to Navigate Tough Classes, From the Rowdy to the Removed

Kyra Laubacher

Watch DT+ Teacher Talk: “Creating Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations in K-12”

Dance Teacher

Ballet teacher explaining mistakes to student at the barre.

10 Toxic Phrases Heard in Dance Classes (and What to Say Instead)

Barry Kerollis

Picture of a ballet dancer in a studio sitting down with one knee bent, her head and arm resting on it.

What Dancers, Teachers, and Directors Need to Know About Concussions

Hana Le for Pointe Magazine

Dancer in grey tank and sweatpants turns to the side with arms in a circle held below her waist.

How Adult Summer Intensives Give Non-Professional-Track Dancers a Chance to Hone Their Craft

Kyra Laubacher for Dance Magazine

Preparing Classical Dancers for Contemporary Repertoire

Barry Kerollis for Pointe Magazine

Irene Hogarth-Cimino assisting students at the barre. The student has her leg extended in second position.

Irene Hogarth-Cimino Teaches Glissade Assemblé for Elementary to Advanced Levels

Hannah Chang Foster

Dancers rehearsing in an open air studio.

Summer Intensives With Deep Ties to the Outdoors

Sophie Bress for Dance Magazine

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