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Letter From the Editor: Happy Holidays, Dance Teachers!

Reanne Rodrigues

When the casting sheet goes up, there’s one role that few students are excited to see their name next to: understudy. Some of us know what that feels like (at least I do), but as educators, it is our job to help our students navigate this responsibility and encourage them to put in just as […]

Emily Bufferd with her Assistant Kaitlyn Dee Snyder at Steps.

My Lineage: A Tribute to the Dance Educators Whose Shoulders I Stand On

Emily Bufferd

Teaching Resources

Tommy Wasiuta performing on stage besides a saxophonist.

Tommy Wasiuta Has Created a Solo Album With an Unexpected Instrument: Tap Shoes

Jennifer Heimlich

Photo on woman upside down in harness from a tree.

Teaching Flight: Guiding Students in Safe, Artful Harnesses While Dancing

Hannah Chang Foster

Pink blue ribbon awareness (isolated with clipping path) bow color for newborn birth defect, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), pregnancy Loss on helping hand

Teaching Dance After a Miscarriage

Jenna Zavrel

Headshots of Ami Shulman (left) and Adele Nickel (right).

Registration Link for DT+ Teacher Talk: “Incorporating Somatic Practices in Dance Classes”

Dance Teacher

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Technique & Artistry

Photo on woman upside down in harness from a tree.

Teaching Flight: Guiding Students in Safe, Artful Harnesses While Dancing

Hannah Chang Foster

Houston Ballet Artistic Director Julie Kent with Artists of Houston Ballet rehearsing Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes.

Interpreting a Role Is a Delicate Balance. Here’s How to Help Your Dancers Find It

Stav Ziv

Eva Burton rehearsing Christopher Stowell’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Oregon Ballet Theatre.

Curtain Up! Helping Students Transition Rehearsal to Performance

Hannah Chang Foster

Ivan “Flipz” Velez in a breaking pose

Teaching Suspension Skills With Strength and Awareness (With Bonus Video)

Sophie Bress

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Lesson Plans

Aaron Tolson with arms outstreched and young girls on either side.

Aaron Tolson Teaches a Rudiments Exercise

Ryan P. Casey

Maria Torres dancing with a student.

Maria Torres Teaches a Latin Jazz Warm-Up

Sophie Bress

Black and white sideways photo of dance educator Peter Chu.

Peter Chu Shares a Lesson That Exemplifies His Chuthis Ideas Class

Sophie Bress

Dancer Chris Grant stretching arms to the side with his partner Lauren Grant lying horizontally across. They are against a green background.

Lauren and Christopher Grant Teach Their “Superman Rock-and-Roll”

Lauren Wingenroth

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Studio Owners

Person holding gavel

How Obscure State Laws Can Put Dance Studios at Risk

Alan Wong

John Gonzalez (left) with his students and dancers of the Gonzalez Dance Academy (right).

What John Gonzales Learned After His First Studio Failed—And How He Found Success Years Later

Julia Mary Register

Group of dancers from Step Change Studio on stage.

London’s Step Change Studios Creates Equal Opportunities for Pan-Disability Dancers

Julia Mary Register

“Miss Tee” of Studio T Arts on Entrepreneurship and Youth Empowerment

Julia Mary Register

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Dance History

The Profiteer (left) cowers in the face of Death (right) in Jooss’ The Green Table.

History Quiz: Kurt Jooss

Rachel Straus

The Profiteer (left) cowers in the face of Death (right) in Jooss’ The Green Table.

The Founding Father of Tanztheater: Kurt Jooss

Rachel Straus

Alwin Nikolais black and white image.

Alwin Nikolais: Multimedia Dance Pioneer

Rachel Rizzuto

Hanya Holm in Dance Magazine (1957).

How Hanya Holm Brought German Expressionism to America

Rachel Rizzuto

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Music

Tommy Wasiuta performing on stage besides a saxophonist.

Tommy Wasiuta Has Created a Solo Album With an Unexpected Instrument: Tap Shoes

Jennifer Heimlich

Popin Pete

How Popin Pete Teaches Students to Groove to Any Kind of Music

Jennifer Heimlich

Bailey Randolph in class

How Bailey Randolph Uses Music to Get K–12 Students Excited to Dance

Jennifer Heimlich

Annabella Lenzu in the studio.

Anabella Lenzu Sets the Mood in Class by Sticking With One Album

Jennifer Heimlich

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Health & Body

Pink blue ribbon awareness (isolated with clipping path) bow color for newborn birth defect, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), pregnancy Loss on helping hand

Teaching Dance After a Miscarriage

Jenna Zavrel

Collage of healthy food

5 Plant-Based Snacks for Your Dance Bag

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS for Pointe Magazine

Young ballerina holding a magic wand and large purple bucket decorated with Halloween pumpkins.

3 Ways to Enjoy Not-So-Scary Halloween Candy With Your Students

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS

Pattern of plastic lunch boxes filled with healthy food, fresh fruits and berries on white background. Top view, flat lay.

5 Dietitian-Approved Snack Ideas for Your Fall Schedule

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS

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Artist Profiles

Emily Bufferd with her Assistant Kaitlyn Dee Snyder at Steps.

My Lineage: A Tribute to the Dance Educators Whose Shoulders I Stand On

Emily Bufferd

ShanDien Sonwai LaRance performing hoop dance in an open area

ShanDien Sonwai LaRance Carries On Native American Tradition, Culture, and Legacy Through Hoop Dance

Ashton Benn

Manish Chauhan with his arms outstretched and his back facing the audience.

What My Teacher Taught Me: Manish Chauhan On Yehuda Maor

Jen Peters

Tap dancers on stage.

Susan Hebach Gives NYC’s Tap Scene Wings at Newly Opened Tap Dance Central

Barry Kerollis

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