Tips for Teachers and Dancers
Hip flexors are very important muscles, and not only for dancers, but for everyone. If you are looking for an unlock your hip flexors review, read on. Most people have very tight hip flexors due to sitting all day at work and not stretching them out enough or even strengthening them. Today we are going to…
If you are asking ‘how do I jump higher in my dancing,’ then I have some tips for you taken from male ballet dancers that just seem to soar through the air so effortlessly. The aim when you do grande allegro in ballet is to look as if you are flying for an instant. It’s…
I have just bought myself Adventures In Pre School Dance, Imaginative Series, Volume 3 and am suitably impressed. I was getting a bit sick of all my existing themes, ideas, and music, so when I saw this collection by Andrew Holdsworth I decided to give it a try. There is nothing quite like revamping your classes…
Baby ballet class can be both frustrating and challenging for a dance teacher, but if you plan it right, it can be an absolute breeze – well not really, but you can get as close to perfect as you can with that age group. Planning And How To Teach Your Baby Ballet Class When planning…
Here are some great ballet books for children, but most of them don’t depict the struggles that children of the past have had to go through for their ballet, but nevertheless, they are ballet books children will love. Most children want to read nice stories with happy endings in any case. If you are interested…
There are many companies that manufacture dancewear, costumes and other great dance essentials for both students and professional dancers, but Capezio dancewear is one of the most popular brands of dance gear out there. Capazio dancewear has over a hundred years of experience in the performing arts field, and I have included a brief history…
Finding good ballet classes for kids can sometimes be challenging. It helps to shop around and let your child try out a few classes at different dance schools and venues before making the final decision. How To Find Good Ballet Classes For Kids First, and of course most importantly, make sure that the dance teacher…
If you are looking for a dance lesson plan for your little ballerinas, then here is one that I use quite often with a circus theme, and the kids love it. This is the 4th dance lesson plan that I have placed on this blog for baby ballerinas. You can find a list of the…
When I teach ballet class, I always try to incorporate some sort of barre in ballet work into my classes, no matter how many protests I get from my students. It is common knowledge that barre in ballet and the work done on the barre is the foundation for good ballet technique. Inevitably, where a…
It is amazing what ballet floor barre exercises can achieve. I always hear examiners stating in courses we attend “when in doubt take it to the floor.” While ballet dancing has evolved quite a lot over recent years, it is mostly danced upright and as far away from the floor as possible. Modern dance, however,…