Dancers are an interesting sub-species. Observing dance students in their natural habitat (the studio) reveals that they tend to revel in their strengths and dwell heavily on their weaknesses. Dancers maintain a detailed mental list of their shortcomings as they wistfully pine for the “natural” abilities of another. Meanwhile, a dancer will redundantly practice the […]
Archives for August 2008
I Squidoo, Do You?
The word sounds a little crazy but Squidoo is actually a website where anyone can write and create a page (or lens as they call it at Squidoo) about anything… and I do mean anything. Squidoo is not the only website out there (Hubpages is another). What I like about Squidoo, though, is that advertising […]
Teach-a-thon Coming Soon!
The Back-to-school Teach-a-thon is less than a week away! I just wanted to remind everyone that is participating to send me your links once you have published your post. It is ok to publish and then send me the links during the event. They can still be added as they are received. Plus, there’s still […]
Costume Crisis
I recently read a post at Citystreams about a color guard uniform order gone wrong. It was an all-too-familiar account that I know many dance studios face year after year as recitals approach. Costume companies are a hot topic on dance message boards each spring. Humans all make mistakes. However, if a costume company has […]
Teach-a-thon: Questions
Some questions about the upcoming Teach-a-thon have been raised and I thought I would address them here in case others have been wondering the same things. What kind of posts are you looking for? I’ve purposefully left this very open so that a wide variety of dance topics and styles may be covered. Your post […]
Pilobolus
There is much I could write about Pilobolus, a dance company that’s been around for over 35 years. If you’ve been fortunate enough to see them live as I have, you probably understand their appeal and popularity with audiences. The company’s artistic directors and dancers have managed to create “a profoundly serious artistic enterprise that […]
