The Fit Dancer: Fueling your fouettes with fabulous fruit smoothies
Dancers are athletes. Just like any other athlete, it’s important that we be conscious about how we are fueling our bodies. The stereotype of the stick-thin waif who dines on lettuce leaves and cigarettes is long gone, and as our field becomes increasingly physical, so too must our fitness and nutrition. Here begins the start [...]
More Than A Prop: Object As Performer
Sarah Dahnke is a New York dancer and choreographer who frequently incorporates props in her work. She shares a spectacular exercise to generate movement and use objects as part of the process as well as details about her latest project, Object as Performer.
What I Learned From A Performance Fail
We all make mistakes. I share one of my own performance fails in this month’s Circle Time roundup as well as a few inspiring quotations. Meanwhile some other dance bloggers shed some light on what they’ve taken away from their on and offstage mistakes. Don’t forget to add your own fabulous faux pas to the comments!
Outside the Bubble: Encouraging Students to Develop Their Own Dance Community
Nowadays, social media is a way of life and a way of interacting in a community. Online communities provide a sense of identity, belonging, and opportunities that don’t exist in traditional communities the way they once did. Personally speaking, I find it easier to find like-minded colleagues online than in my own neighborhood. Here, I [...]
Q&A Saturday: The Road To Juilliard
A young dancer dreams of attending Juilliard but has concerns about money and training. Should she continue taking free classes? And how important are the basics? See what I have to say in this Q&A Saturday installment.
Connecting the Dots from Dance Major to Dancemaker
The path from the insular world of college dance to a real career in dance and dancemaking is rarely a straight line. Lauren illustrates this beautifully with a peek into her own journey, while also providing the soon-to-be or recent graduate with some solid (and remarkably clear-cut) advice.
Today’s Feature
Outside the Bubble: Encouraging Students to Develop Their Own Dance Community
Nowadays, social media is a way of life and a way of interacting in a community. Online communities provide a sense of identity, belonging, and opportunities that don’t exist in traditional communities the way they once did. Personally speaking, I find it easier to find like-minded colleagues online than in my own neighborhood. Here, I [...]
In The Wings:
- The Fit Dancer: Fueling your fouettes with fabulous fruit smoothies
- Nutrition On The Move: Veggie Muffins
- Celebrating The Arts: Decorating The Dance Room While Connecting to Class Content
- “Black or White” to Black and White: Dance History and the Music Video
- Less Email, More Dancing: 4 Ways to Tame Your Inbox
Spotlight Articles
For Dance Parents
This Is Why I Bother
To those who aren’t dancers or teachers, all the little rules and details we observe and require of our students may seem silly or pointless. But we have our reasons and they’re illustrated in Melanie Doskocil’s final entry for the year in Ballet’s Un-X-pected Lesson Files.
For Studio Administrators
Keep The Passion For Dance Alive As You Grow Your Business
Enter to win a One-Year Membership to DanceStudioOwner.com. Get the latest information to help save time, become more profitable, and grow your business both financially and artistically. Giveaway ends Feb 19, 2012.
For Everyone
Enforced Arch: Dancers As A Force For Change
Enforced Arch is a dance and performance community of intelligent communicators who use their unique talents to bring life to environmental and social issues. They were also voted #2 in a very close race to decide the Top Dance Blogs of 2011. Learn more about the community and its creator James Koroni in this interview.
