Spending hard-earned dollars on ads and marketing methods that are ineffective? Using mistakes made by studio owners and real situations as illustration, Suzanne Blake Gerety helps you understand some marketing basics are before you spend another dime. See if you’ve made these mistakes in your dance school or business!
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Fall Planning With Philosophy and TV Dance in Mind
Get a jump start on curriculum planning using televised dance shows like So You Think You Can Dance as a jumping off point to connect with and educate dance students. K-12 educator, Heather Vaughan-Southard helps you frame your dance philosophies then incorporate conversation-starters about TV dance into your instruction methods.
Got Props? 4 Ways to Get Organized at Your Dance Studio
Cluttered studio? Suzanne Gerety offers tips on how to maximize the space you have, increase efficiency, and ultimately save money at your studio. This will help you tackle that problem of digging and searching in the abyss for those sparkly star wands or parasols you know you bought a couple of years back when it comes time to plan your camps or set a piece of choreography with props.
Costume Advice from a Professional Smarty-pants
The multi-talented Adult Beginner pays us a visit again. AB is …umm… a ballet beginner who began as an adult, hence bypassing the costume chaos that most studio teachers, parents, and students associate with this time of year. However, as a professional costumey smarty-pants, I thought she’d have some super smart costume altering advice to share with us… I wasn’t disappointed and I don’t think you will be either!
Give The Gift Of Dance In Your Community
Before your big performance day (and after), add some informal performances to your schedule. Not only is it good practice and experience for your students, it’s great advertising, and most importantly, a wonderful gift to the community. Stacey suggests ways to encourage parent involvement and how to make the most of your outreach come recital time.
Got Stress? 10 Manageable Relievers For Women (and Men)
Melanie Doskocil is the director of a busy ballet school. Stressed? How could she be stressed? Many of you can relate, I’m sure. In her first guest spot here on Dance Advantage, Melanie shares how she mistook her symptoms for something else and gives 10 manageable ways to restore your usual vim and vigor.
