Teaching Tools For Dancers: Ballet Bundle

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Enter to win one of three Ballet Bundles from Dance Teacher Press. Each bundle includes The Ballet Combination Book, Ballet Step by Step, and the new Word of the Week flipchart system. Giveaway ends Feb 18, 2012.

Take A Kind Step For Animals With These Cruelty Free Slippers

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Enter to win a Cruelty Free Package including a pair of Cynthia King Vegan Ballet Slippers, a Cruelty Free shirt, and a DVD of the award-winning documentary “Vegucated” from Cynthia King. King gives dancers a unique and affordable way to show their love for animals in their art by providing high quality, cruelty free ballet slippers. Giveaway ends Feb 17, 2012.

A Ballet DVD For Petite Feet

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Enter to win the Petite Feet DVD. The video incorporates activities, grounded in Laban Movement Analysis, that playfully connect movement education to everyday learning. It offers a gender neutral ballet experience that, like Liz Vacco’s classes, is enjoyed by girls and boys alike. A wonderful addition to the DVDs in your child’s collection. Giveaway ends Feb 16, 2012.

Not Your Daddy’s Boombox: Pioneer STEEZ

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With its STEEZ portable audio system (or “boombox”) Pioneer is revitalizing a breed of music player that seems nearly extinct, yet still has use and meaning in the dance community. Storing your digital music in 4GB of memory this line offers dance-specific features like tempo control, music cues, and dance battle mode. Dance Advantage reviews the mid-sized Duo model.

How Do We Love Thee? Let Us Count The Giveaways!

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It’s been nearly a year since our last big giveaway event. Because next week is Valentine’s Day, it seemed an especially appropriate time for showing and sharing the love with a LOVE Our Readers week of giveaways. 7 days, 7 great prizes. Don’t miss it!

Careers To Consider: Dance/Movement Therapy

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Susan Rizzo Vincent, founder of The Andréa Rizzo Foundation and Dréa’s Dream, helps Dance Advantage present Dance/Movement Therapy as a Career To Consider. She answers some frequently asked questions and introduces you to two dance/movement therapists working in the field.

Circle Up: Setting Goals

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Time to circle up! 12 bloggers have gathered in our circle to share their posts on setting goals. Learn new strategies, try the tips, and check in with your own goal-setting methods and resolve. A perfect time to re-focus your energy on meeting objectives, both big and small.

Sunday Snapshot: Magic Moments

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Scott W. Lewis doesn’t shoot professionally and has no background in dance, but has captured many magic moments with a camera. First, he photographed his daughters for keepsakes, later turning it into a hobby that’s put his work on the cover of Dance Studio Life and right here on Dance Advantage.

We Put Lauren’s Nose To The Grindstone [Giveaway]

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GIVEAWAY! How much do you really know about columnist Lauren Warnecke? In this interview she reveals her artistic side, shares some Kickstarter advice, and gives away her pin-up calendar to 4 lucky winners.

Some Things Are Just Better Together

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Some of our articles go together like peas and carrots. Read them together for double (or triple) the fun but revisit some of our one-of-a-kind singular sensations as well.

Join Us For Circle Time!

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We’re inviting bloggers to write about topics both timely and useful. Setting goals is our topic this month. Submit your work or just read them in our roundup but either way, join us for Circle Time to learn, discover, laugh, and enjoy.

Congrats to the Top Dance Blogs of 2011!

It takes a certain amount of bravery to step up and be counted. Our winners for this year’s 2011 Top Dance Blog contest, and our Editor’s Choice are revealed. Plus, weigh in on the contest, make suggestions, and help us make 2012 even better!