The Sunday Snapshot for the day is a greeting from Nichelle’s family to yours. May your days be merry and bright.
The Nutcracker At It’s Corps With Apprentice, Madison Morris
November 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
Houston Ballet apprentice, Madison Morris answers questions about what it’s like to perform in the corps during this busy holiday season. She reveals both the hard work and dedication required of apprentices and the corps and an insider’s view of the sometimes action-packed events going on behind the scenes at Nutcracker performances.
ICON of Hope Project: Submit Your Drawing
November 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The ICON of Hope Project is an initiative of ICON Dance Complex, a New Jersey dance studio owned and operated by siblings GEO and Beth Hubela, and their ICON of The Year, Katie Fasbach. Channel a dash of that Eddie Degas style, and do some good with this exciting, fun, nationwide drawing contest.
Halloween: Costumes, Props and Makeup Inspiration
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Halloween time is exciting for children and with a little focus and extra preparation it can open up creative possibilities. It can a starting off point for your students to let their imaginations fly like a magic broomstick soaring around the moon!
40 More Haunting Halloween Songs
October 19, 2010 By 6 Comments
This year I’ve topped that with 40 MORE songs that you can use for parties or for dance class. Go way beyond the Monster Mash with tracks from True Blood, The Ramones, David Bowie, and Kanye West.
Love is In the Air — Valentine’s Day At Your Studio
February 2, 2010 By 5 Comments
With the exception of ballroom or social dance schools, it’s not typically a holiday that gets much attention at dance studios… a candy heart here, a Valentine for the teacher there…
Why not make Valentine’s Day an event in your studio?
Here are a few lovely ideas!
Trick or Treat Tracks for Halloween
October 28, 2009 By 2 Comments
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.
12 Steps to a More Eco-Friendly Dance Studio
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Yes We Can, and Did!
January 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Happy Inauguration Day, everyone! I only now realized that my earlier post, I Can’t, was posted on today of all days. A humorous coincidence. Today America has shown that we can and I am so glad that we DID! Best wishes to the first family and specifically to our 44th President who will face many [...]
Looking Back, Stepping Forward
January 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
I began Dance Advantage in April of 2008. It has been a great eight months and quite a learning process for me. When I began I knew next to nothing about blogs or blogging. This has been a year of learning, watching, reading, writing, trial-and-error, hard work, and TIME (lots of time)! I’ve tweaked the [...]
Happy Holidays!
December 24, 2008 By 5 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving!
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