Tag: dance teacher summit

How Talya Dozois Gets Her Students Comfortable With Tricky Transitions

At Platinum Dance Center in Edina, Minnesota, Talya Dozois runs the competitive dance program like clockwork: organizing the team’s attendance at a minimum of four regional competitions every year, choreographing 10 to 12 solos and six group routines, bringing in guest choreographers and coaching dancers one-on-one. Her role as competition artistic director is a full-time […]

Teach Your Dancers These Healthy Tips to Strengthen Turnout

Neuromuscular expert, Deborah Vogel breaks down understanding functional turnout. It’s essential for teachers to understand how hip structure influences a dancer’s ability to turn out. I see so many injuries caused by dancers who think turnout has to look a certain way. They try to create it instead of working it accurately from the hip. […]

Try These Revenue-Building Tips to Build Your Summer Biz

Does your studio slow down when the weather warms up? If you don’t offer a summer session, June through August can be a cash-flow challenge. One popular—and easy—strategy is to offer weeklong camps instead. We spoke to three professionals to learn how they make summer camp work. KICK DANCE STUDIOS Fair Haven and Rumson, NJ […]

5 Costume Complications and Their Surprisingly Simple Solutions

Kim Pelliccia has seen her share of costume-related emergencies during her time working for the recital costume company Dansco. “We’ve had studios flood, trains derail, Lucy’s costume doesn’t fit on Wednesday and the show is on Saturday,” she says. As a studio owner, you’re no stranger to the special set of potential problems that competitions […]