Tag: cat cogliandro

In this engaging, hour-long Zoom session, Dance Teacher’s editorial director, Reanne Rodrigues, joins Cat Cogliandro, a dance educator, choreographer, and advocate for safer and more inclusive spaces in dance, and Geraldine Brown, creator of the Equitable Commercial Dance Program at Loyola Marymount University, to discuss strategies for reducing performance anxiety, encouraging positive reinforcement, promoting healthy social-media […]

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 […]

What does it take to create safer, healthier competition dance spaces for students today? In our next DT+ Teacher Talk on Tuesday, June 23, at 12 pm EDT, we’re tackling the question head-on with Geraldine Brown, creator of the Equitable Commercial Dance Program at Loyola Marymount University, and Cat Cogliandro, educator, choreographer, and advocate for […]

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 […]

1. Turn their backs to the mirror. When students face away from the mirror, they have to remember the dance without watching each other. —Kasey Cosentino, Silicon Valley Dance Academy, Cupertino, California 2. Introduce improvisation exercises. Not only does it warm up their bodies, but also their ears—to hear and feel the music—and their imaginations. […]