Tips for Teachers and Dancers
As a Dance Teacher, you have a busy life, but it is important to make time for yourself every day. Here are some teacher self care ideas that you can use to make sure you stay healthy, strong, and focused. These tips will also help dance teachers to avoid the burnout that happens all too … Read more
Let’s look at how to stretch your body safely and avoid injury, or as a dance teacher to make sure your dancers know how to stretch correctly. It is sad that so many children I teach at the moment have been over stretched in the past and are now suffering with chronic joint pain as … Read more
Learn how to ballroom dance, because this form of dance if fun and easy and everyone can do it. In a sense learning how to dance is like learning a new language, a language in which moods and emotions are expressed in movement. Dance is a language of rhythm, grace and harmony, but in a … Read more
Are you considering buying a piano online for your dance studio? Most dance studio’s have pianos, especially if they have a ballet department. Pianos are still used by most studios, especially at exam time. Let’s look at buying a piano for your studio and what to look for. This post may contain affiliate links, which … Read more
They say in life that you never stop learning, and this blog post is about what I am Learning from Teaching dancing. I have always enjoyed teaching others. When I was small we would play school-school and I would make sure that I was always the teacher. I have tried my hand in the past … Read more
This article is for you serious dancers out there. There’s nothing wrong with being a good dancer, but if you love your dancing, why not strive to be a great dancer? Here are some tips on how to be a great dancer for all you hungry dancers out there who don’t just want to be good … Read more
In this post, let’s look at some dancing tips for beginners. This is especially if you are a beginner who is starting dancing later than you normally would and you may feel a little out of your depth. When you’re first getting into dancing, no matter if it’s ballet, modern dance, hip hop, or even … Read more
The point of having a dance group is to have them all dancing cleanly and neatly together as a team so that the judges and audience can understand your piece better. So let’s look at how to clean up your dance group, as I don’t know about you, but this is the hardest thing to … Read more
Here are some tips on how to learn a dance routine quickly when you have to learn a new dance. This is especially helpful if you need to go to an audition or remember something you have learned in class. Learn to memorize choreography like a pro so that you will have no more freezing … Read more
I just love this Jack in the Box Solo shown by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. This dance is done in the first scene of the nutcracker when Drosselmeyer brings the toys to life to dance for the guests. For a tutorial of this dance click here.