by Reanne Rodrigues | Jan 25, 2022 | Member Exclusives, News
Welcome to DanceTeacher+—I’m so thrilled you’re here! Now that you’re part of our community, you’ll get access to more insight and inspiration to advance your teaching practice or studio business. Let me show you around and give you a sampling of what’s in...
by Amanda Sherwin | Jan 25, 2022 | Member Exclusives, Music, Teaching Tips
“My mother first put me into dance classes because she would watch me hear music and literally try to become it,” says Kathryn Morgan, former soloist with New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet. True to Balanchine’s famous adage, “See the music, hear the dance,”...
by Reanne Rodrigues | Jan 25, 2022 | News
The American Dance Guild’s 2022 Online Festival, which runs from Monday, January 31, through Sunday, February 27, presents 18 historic modern dances from the New Dance Group—offering you and your students a unique opportunity to engage with...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Jan 24, 2022 | Member Exclusives, Teaching Tips, technique
Odds are, your dancers spent a large portion of the last year and a half dancing alone in their living rooms. Unfortunately, that may mean they’ve lost some of the group chemistry that makes their recital and competition dances so precise and compelling. One person...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Jan 21, 2022 | Member Exclusives, Teaching Tips
For Ryan Corriston, James Madison University associate professor of dance, “everything about movement relates to play.” Spending his formative dance years at Anne Green Gilbert’s Seattle-based Creative Dance Center shaped his relationship to play, he says, as did a...
by Reanne Rodrigues | Jan 21, 2022 | News
Dear Dance Colleagues, As a dance teacher, so many thoughts run through your mind every single day. So what better way to take the pressure off yourself than by inviting your students to attend not just one but two masterclasses with New York City Ballet...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Jan 18, 2022 | Member Exclusives, Teaching Tips
There’s a reason Gus Solomons jr used to begin his semesters at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a “handstand day” for his contemporary students. “You’re training your body to do all it can do, upside down is just another possibility,” he says....
by Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN | Jan 18, 2022 | Health & Body, Member Exclusives, Teaching Tips
Dance teachers are on the frontline of a dancer’s journey through audition season. Celebrating successes, navigating rejections, and formulating backup plans are just some of the responsibilities that many educators experience alongside their dancers.But audition...
by Sherry Lin, MFA, RDN, LDN | Jan 18, 2022 | Health & Body, Member Exclusives, Teaching Tips
As a dance educator, it breaks my heart when I hear my students talk about how they were discouraged from pursuing ballet or jazz growing up because they didn’t fit the bill for what their teacher deemed an “acceptable” body type. The truth is, the words and opinions...
by Reanne Rodrigues | Jan 18, 2022 | News
Dear Dance Colleagues, DanceTeacher+ is now live—and you’re invited to join us! Whether you’re a dance teacher or a studio owner, you know that investing in your own professional development is key to inspiring and advancing the next generation of dancers, leaders and...