The Nutcracker DVD The Royal Ballet $29.99 Before you know it, Nutcracker season will be here! Get in the spirit with a DVD of the classic ballet, danced by The Royal Ballet. You’ll have visions of the Sugar Plum Fairy dancing in your head. Enter below to win a DVD! […]
Win It! The Sleeping Beauty DVD Bolshoi Ballet $29.99 Yuri Grigorovich’s The Sleeping Beauty, danced by the Bolshoi Ballet with David Hallberg (DT, November 2013), brings the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale to life with gorgeous scenery, intricate costumes and dramatic dancing. Enter below to win a DVD! [formidable id=77]
Sacred Garment: Percussion and Piano Music for the Martha Graham Technique By Kevin Sport; 33 tracks; 74 minutes $14.99 Don’t let finding suitable music for your Graham technique class be its own Errand Into the Maze. Kevin Sport’s CD is tailored for a complete Graham class: floor work, standing center combinations and across-the-floor. […]
Jitterbugs! A Dance-Along Story Inspired by Real American Jitterbugs. by Margot Toppen and illustrated by Karen Light EduMotion LLC; 32 pages; $17.99 Younger students will love learning about real-life 1930s Lindy Hop dancers George Snowden and Beatrice Gay in this fun, bright storybook. You’ll enjoy the bonus materials (like common core lesson plans) available on […]
Rebel On Pointe: A Memoir of Ballet & Broadway by Lee Wilson University Press of Florida; 224 pages; $24.95 Follow Lee Wilson on her dance journey from American suburbia in the 1950s to Europe–where she danced for royalty–and finally to the Broadway stage. This is an inspiring story of teenage professional success you’ll want to […]
How does a $15,000 production budget toward your own performance in New York City sound? Capezio’s Award for Choreographic Excellence competition is officially underway, and entering is as simple as uploading a video of your best group choreography. After the May 28 deadline, Dance Teacher’s staff will help Capezio choose 15 finalists to compete on August 1 at the Dance Teacher Summit in […]
The generosity of arts supporters allows dreamed-up ideas to come to fruition. Thanks to the gifts of two such unnamed donors, Rider University in New Jersey is now accepting submissions for its first-ever Emerging Choreographers Competition. Any dancemaker 18 or older is invited to send in a video, the only stipulation being that he or […]
Discount Dance Supply has created a fun, interactive way to celebrate our favorite week of the year. In celebration of National Dance Week, choreographers-to-the-stars Lacey Schwimmer and Dani Vitale have created exclusive new routines for Discount Dance Supply’s YouTube channel. Dancers are invited to learn the routine of their choice (Dani’s is for beginning or […]