Month by Month: March

March is also Women’s History Month so this is a great opportunity to educate your students with a little history lesson. Introduce through books, film, photos, or words, dance visionaries and groundbreakers like Isadora Duncan, Loie Fuller, Martha Graham, Maria Tallchief, Anna Pavlova, Janet Collins, Eleanor Powell… and so so so many others!

Sunday Snapshot: Pretty in Pink

Though Hannah began just for fun, photography has since become very important to her. “I love it. It helps me express what I’m feeling and is an easy way to sort my thoughts out. I’d encourage anyone to become involved in photography! It’s so fun!”

Answering 10 Questions at 4Dancers

Catherine’s line of questioning reveals my motivation for blogging, gets into the nitty gritty of my work-at-home routine, and uncovers a few surprises. Most importantly, you will learn how to pronounce my crazy last name!!:-)

3 x 12 — The Best of Dance Advantage 2009

Students, Teachers, and Parents are the focus of this dance blog. For each of the 12 months of 2009, there was at least one post for you. Below are 36 links (well, more than 36 actually) leading to the best I had to offer in 2009. What makes these posts the best? No real criteria. These are the posts that I felt most proud of, that I felt provided truly useful tips or knowledge, and those in which I felt newcomers might be most interested. I hope you’ll agree it is a diverse collection that clearly illustrates the purpose of Dance Advantage.

America’s Best Dance Studio Contest 2010

America’s Best Dance Studio Contest 2010 wants to know what makes your dance studio unique, what makes it different from the other dance studios in your area, and from other dance studios across the country. You will have the opportunity to submit testimonials, videos, and photos highlighting all of the wonderful things about your dance studio – your teachers, your students, the classes you offer, your involvement in charities, non-profit organizations, and even dance competitions! Here’s a chance to rally the community and make some noise in support of your dance studio.

Listening to Dance — An Exercise in Viewing Art

I’ve used this exercise with students before (usually in preparation for moving to the chosen selection). What I’ve noticed is that when listening to music, the students easily observe and express their reaction based upon what they’ve heard coming through the speakers. With very little prompting, they come up with vivid ideas, even without the benefit of lyrics as clues to the song’s intention.

Trick or Treat Tracks for Halloween

I love holidays in the dance studio and Halloween can be especially fun. Here is a list of songs and albums that may inspire you to get a little ghoulish in your classes this year.

YouTube’s Young Dancers

Here is a fun little collection of videos featuring talented young dancers that are beyond the baby stage. Some are still pretty darn cute and a few are guaranteed to wow you.

Dance Advantage Theme Music?

I’m currently on a self-imposed “blogcation.”  Everyone needs one of those once in a while. After writing and posting throughout my family’s actual vacation, I decided that I’d take some time off for me. I’ll be back in full force soon. In the meantime, I’m sharing interesting tidbits with you.
Today, I found this: Hanging On [...]

A Celebration of Dance Moms

Dance moms, dance teachers, and dancing moms share sweet, funny, and poignant stories about young dancers and the dance mom life.

Excavating the Archives – Don’t Miss These Posts!

Links, Links, Links! Dance articles and sites you don’t want to miss!

Evolution of Dance Evolves

In 2002, “inspirational comedian,” Judson Laipply began closing his college tour act about “life and change” with a self-choreographed medley of dance crazes from American culture. A few years later a clip of this crowd-pleasing finale was posted on a fledgling website called YouTube and was shared over, and over, and over. The video is [...]

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