Catch up on or revisit these essential TAPography articles by Tristan Bruns. Famous tap steps and their history, buying and customizing tap shoes, the relationship of tap dance to music, and teaching tap skills.
Dance Styles
The Perfect (and Painless) Ballet Bun – It Can Be Done!
Going beyond ‘how to make a ballet bun’, Angeline’s tutorial provides tips that help moms and dance teachers keep your dancers comfortable during the bun-making process. These pointers for pain-free and hygienic hairstyling are a must for exam and competition days!
Three Horrifying Reasons To Go YouTubing This Week
Beware, the supernaturally talented cast of The LXD resorts to scary tactics in Rising, possibly the most terror-iffic item we’ve shown at DA. Plus, DS2UDIO, the dance lifestyle YouTube channel keeps things jumping with two Halloween specials on dance-themed costumes and the scariest dance sequences in history.
Pre-Pointe Primer: Delivering A Full Day Workshop For Beginners
Expanding upon her Pre-Pointe Primer series, Angeline helps you introduce important information and make a big event out of something which is extremely important to your students with her breakdown for a full day’s workshop for your pre-pointe students.
How To Teach Your Students To Walk In Pointe Shoes
Angeline helps amateurish dancers look brilliant on stage with attention on how to walk elegantly in ballet, specifically in pointe shoes. She breaks down the Classical Walk and walking en 3/4 Pointe, provides mistakes to watch for, and troubleshooting tips.
Use What You’ve Got On Hand: Towel Exercises To Strengthen Feet
Author and dancer, Nikki White shares foot strengthening exercises that are useful for any dancer but especially for students who are preparing for pointe work. She also talks about “pointing with your whole body”. Watch the video and tell us what you think!
