How To Stretch Your Triceps

how to stretch your triceps

Triceps are tricky muscles, but if you are a dancer, they need to be flexible. Here are some ideas on how to stretch them. If you are an Acro Dancer you can’t afford to have tight triceps, as it will affect all your upside down work. Contrary to popular belief, our arms are not solely … Read more

How To Teach So Well That Students Retain What They Have Learned

how to teach student so well they retain what they have learned

Here are some tips on how to teach so well that students retain what they have learned. I find that many teachers in the dancing world complain that their students don’t remember from week to week what they are teaching them. Many instructors also complain that an excessive number of students are not not retaining … Read more

Tips For Improving Your Turns And Leaps

tips for improving leaps and turns

There are so many things involved in improving your turns and leaps in your dancing, and it follows on from building a great foundation of technique involving all of the following skills. Balance Achieving balance is like the holy grail of dance, right? It’s all about core strength here. A strong core acts like a … Read more

Best Way To Teach Young Children To Dance/Move

Best Way To Teach Young Children To Dance

If you are wondering what the best way to teach young children to dance is, it is not by doing endless plies or tendus. It’s actually about teaching them to move with increased control, coordination, and confidence. Fundamental movements involve the raw or core movement, devoid of aesthetic refinement or style. In order to learn … Read more

Learn How To Do The Splits

If you want to learn how to do the splits, you need to know something about the different types of splits and whether or not your body will allow you to perform the splits safely. This article is adapted from the Easy Flexibility website. I avidly follow these stretching methods and own quite a few … Read more

The Lady And The Fool Ballet

the lady and the fool ballet

The Lady and the Fool is a one-act ballet choreographed by John Cranko. The music is from Verdi’s lesser-known operas, selected and arranged by Charles Mackerras. The Scenery and costumes were done by Richard Beer, and it was first performed by the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet at the New Theatre in Oxford on the 25th … Read more

Why You Need To Take Ballroom Dancing Lessons

ballroom dancing lessons

Why not take some ballroom dancing lessons? Why you may ask? Because a couple of decades ago everyone could do this. We would go to parties and couples would be whizzing around the floor having the time of their lives. This unfortunately doesn’t happen so much anymore. Ballroom dancing is all about grace, rhythm, and … Read more

Should I Smile When I Dance

should I smile when I dance

As dance teachers, we are always telling our pupils to smile when they dance, but we do this to avoid those blank facial expressions you get when they are on stage. On the other side of the coin, you could end up with a cheesy smile with no change in the facials for the entire … Read more