Tips for Teachers and Dancers
In order to avoid injury and to get better and stronger over time, it is very important to achieve good lower body alignment in your ballet or any of your dancing for that matter. Lower Body Alignment The feet need to be in alignment with the knees at all times. This fact is non-negotiable. The … Read more
I have decided to do some research and write this article on how to improve musicality in dance, as a couple of my pupils had issues with their musicality in dance in their recent exams. Most of it I know is due to nerves, but I am sure many of you would like to know … Read more
The public often sees male dancers and men in ballet and thinks nothing of it, but for some reason, there is a stigma attached to men in ballet. Maybe it is not seen as manly for a man to be seen doing ballet, and most fathers would rather have their sons on the rugby fields … Read more
I use pre ballet lesson plans for my baby classes, and this is one of my favorites. The children often ask to do this story. It is designed more for older children of about 5 years, but it can be simplified for 3 and 4-year-olds. Children love stories, and this is a great way for … 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
In this article, I would like to look at Zoom and how to use Zoom Video Conferencing to teach your dance classes. I teach various dance forms, and some classes are easier to teach than others. I find that ballet works best, followed by contemporary dance. Hip hop is difficult because of the speed, and … Read more
Here is a post dedicated to the subject on how to dance with pointe shoes, as it is not as easy as ballerina’s make it look. It is the dream of every little girl who does ballet to dance in pointe shoes. In fact, all my pupils at some stage of their training ask me … Read more
Turnout in ballet is a very controversial subject, and every ballet dancer wants to achieve perfect turnout. But how does turnout actually work and what are the limits. Let’s look at some of the muscle groups and ways in which we can increase our turnout in ballet. Why is this and why do we need … Read more
In this article, I will deal with how to teach ballet to children under the age of five as well as the joys of teaching ballet to children. The views in this article are my views only, and I would love to have some other teachers of ballet commenting below on what they do in … Read more
As a teacher of ballet, it is always useful to have some ballet games for dance class that you can use on occasion to make your lessons more fun for the little ones, and also to give them a break from concentrating on technique all the time. If you incorporate ballet games for dance class, … Read more