Joanne Chapman gave an entertaining rendition of what not to say during a parent/studio director conversation at the New York City Dance Teacher Summit. This panel was created by our team of studio-owner ambassadors, including Chapman and Dani Rosenberg, Becca Moore, Carole Royal, Sue Sampson-Dalena and Jody Phillips. While we enjoyed laughing at the absurd […]
Q: I have had a few students leave my studio for a larger one that participates in conventions and hires several guest teachers to do choreography every year (at a high price). What happened to training our own students and doing our own choreography? I’m worried that if I don’t jump on the bandwagon, I’ll […]
Dance Teacher editors stand with the 2016 Dance Teacher Award winners at the Capezio A.C.E. Awards. From left to right: Rachel Caldwell, Rachel Rizzuto, Helen Rolfe, Joanne Chapman, Claudio Muñoz, Robert Battle, Karen Hildebrand, Kathleen Isaac and Pamela VanGilder What a whirlwind weekend! It was my first-ever Dance Teacher Summit, and it was awesome! Throughout […]
Four incredible educators: Joanne Chapman, Claudio Muñoz, Pamela VanGilder and Kathleen Isaac foster their students’ love of dance, whether instilling artistry, offering rigorous training or giving special needs students an outlet through movement. Joanne Chapman Keeping it all in the family in Ontario If you’d told the teenaged Joanne Chapman that her future lay in […]
Congratulations to JCSOD from Bolton, Ontario, which was crowned 2013 Studio of the Year at the third annual Dance Awards gala! Friday’s event concluded a week of competition and master classes with the industry’s most in-demand choreographers: Mia Michaels, Mandy Moore, Stacey Tookey, Sonya Tayeh, Mike Minery and many more. The gala featured performances by […]