Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Bob Rizzo will teach at the 2012 Dance Teacher Summit. Bob Rizzo A well-regarded jazz and musical theater instructor, Bob Rizzo teaches master classes across the U.S. and in Europe. Dance Teacher: What is your classroom philosophy? Bob Rizzo: I try to stay aware of the needs […]
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Finis Jhung Finis Jhung teaches dancers to move using the whole body. A renowned NYC ballet teacher, Finis Jhung was the founding artistic director of Chamber Ballet USA. His students have included dancers from New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre as well as several of […]
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Royal Dance Works Phoenix, AZ Number of students: 500 Years open: 32 Dance Teacher: What is the biggest piece of advice you have for other business owners? Carole Royal: For the first years of my business, I really just bobbed along, hoping for good circumstances without a […]
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts Studio Number of students: 1,600 Number of company students: 150 The Woodlands and Magnolia, TX Years open: 29 Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts students in The Nutcracker Dance Teacher: Your company students perform over 12 times per year—at competitions, community shows, recitals […]
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Seven Star School of Performing Arts in Beauty and the Beast Donna Aravena Seven Star School of Performing Arts (600 students) Brewster, NY Dance Teacher: Your school offers curriculum in dancing, acting and singing for students as young as 3. Why do you think it’s important for […]
Margaret Tracey works on the fundamentals with Boston Ballet School student Daniel Goldsmith. Should your students know their ABCs (Agrippina Vaganova, Bournonville and Cecchetti, that is), or focus on only one ballet technique? Until about 30 years ago, there were firm do-not-cross lines drawn between the various ballet techniques. Russian dancers, trained in Vaganova […]
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit At the 2011 Dance Teacher Summit in July, 13 studio owners acted as ambassadors, leading seminars throughout the weekend and chatting with teachers at a booth in the exhibit hall. Ambassador Tiffany Henderson, owner/director of Tiffany’s Dance Studio, spoke to DT about her Summit experience. Tiffany’s Dance […]
Remember when you attended your first convention? And how exciting (and scary!) it was to take class from a famous teacher? Today, many of the dancers your students emulate from television and the concert stage also teach at dance conventions. What an opportunity it is, for instance, to take class from DT cover girl Brooke […]
Selwyn’s outreach students get excited about male choreographers. Keep male students engaged in dance class. It’s your first day at a new school. You’ve gone over your lesson plan and moved the desks out of the way. Now, you’re staring at a sea of young faces, several of whom—mostly the boys—are eyeing you warily. Chances […]
Dressed in street clothes, Daniel Ulbricht is more compact than he appears onstage. He also looks younger than 27. That youth is part of the reason his new role as artistic advisor for the Manhattan Youth Ballet is generating some buzz. What a thrill it must be for the teens to study with this buoyant, […]