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Only the feet of a bharatanatyam dancer are visible. The feet are crossed and the dancer wears pink pants, black ankle cuffs, and red paint on their bare feet.

Is Your Studio Flooring Ready for Percussive Dance Classes?

Viola Beneke

For studio owners and teachers looking to expand their class offerings, percussive dance can be an exciting way to introduce students to new rhythms, sounds, and cultural movement traditions. But styles like tap, flamenco, and kathak come with a practical consideration that other dance forms may not: Is your studio floor equipped to handle them? […]

Three young dancers wear black leotards and pink tights as they extend their legs in a tendu to the side in a New Ballet studio with white walls. Dalia Rawson wears all black as she corrects the leg placement of the center girl.

How San Jose’s New Ballet Built a Community Through Dance

Julia Mary Register

Photo of a dance instructor leading a group of young children practicing a cross-armed movement in a studio with brick walls and wood floors.

3 Studios Reshaping Traditional Dance Education

Hannah Maria Hayes

A collage of three images. On the left, a dancer on stage in a white dress. In the middle, three dancers in black leotards pose with their teacher. On the far right, another dancer poses on pointe in a white dress in a studio.

Brazilian Social Project Inspires Young Dancers From Chile to Dream Big

Lindsay Martell

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

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

How to Keep Studio Rivalries From Turning Toxic

Amanda Sherwin for Dance Magazine

Philadelphia’s Second Chance Dance Creates Community for Adult Dancers

Hana Le

A group of young Nigerian dancers dressed in black and blue leotards, tights, and ballet shoes.

How Above Ballet Company Is Raising the Standard of Ballet Training in Nigeria

Julia Mary Register

A group of six young ballet dancers/students at the barre dressed in blue leotards and skirts, pink tights, and ballet slippers.

Passing Directorship From Parents to Son at Logrea Dance Academy

Julia Mary Register

Dancers in various color tshirts with NDI written on them perform on stage.

How the National Dance Institute’s DREAM Project Creates Inclusive Dance Programming for Students With and Without Disabilities

Julia Mary Register

Young dance students dressed in blue and red leotards and skirt siting and pointing their toes on the floor against a blue background which has Dance Academy of Virginia written on it.

How Dance Academy of Virginia Grew Into a 7-Figure Organization During the Pandemic

Julia Mary Register

A tan man with long dark hair intently watches two dances partner each other, one in a gray t-shirt lifting another in a black tank top onto their back.

How Dance Mentorship Laid the Groundwork for Matt Del Rosario’s Nonprofit Flow Kākou

Julia Mary Register

A group of dancers led by a Black woman stand on their left leg, right leg extended back, with arms raised to clap up and left.

How Dance & Bmore Artistic Director CJay Philip Connects Generations in Baltimore Through the Performing Arts

Julia Mary Register

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