[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6FwqhgOIjI] The above video is an excerpt from Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering (performed by Simon Valastro). This post isn’t about this work, but you can find out more about the ballet here. Actually, the play on words just worked to lead into some discussion on a new gathering spot for dancers – social […]
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Let’s Hear it for the Boys!
A while back I did a post entitled Encouraging Boys to Dance. It had a good response and I was even asked to submit an edited version for the PTA (National Parent Teacher Association) website. It is my firm belief that boys should be encouraged to dance by dance teachers and parents in particular. After […]
Thanks for a successful Teach-a-thon!
Thanks so much, everyone, for your participation and for reading! Students, I hope that you discoverd some fresh information that you can take with you into the new school year. If there is something that really hit home, something that you would have liked to have seen here, or you just want to say “hello,” […]
Battement
I’m sure that students reading this blog have used or heard the term battement before. If grand battement immediately comes to mind, I’m not surprised, as the word battement is commonly dropped from the name of other familiar terms. A mother, father, brothers, grandparents, uncles, all share a family name. In a similar way battement […]
Bullying in Dance Class
What does a bully look like? We tend to picture a bully as a big, tough, boy that picks on those smaller or younger than himself. However, there has been a lot of discussion lately within educational circles about bullying and we are slowly learning that bullies come in many forms. Although dance can foster […]
Virtual Dancer
Check out this fun little diversion -a Virtual Dancer. It is a feature on a great site called Arts Alive which includes quizzes, study guides, dance facts, artist profiles, articles on the choreographic process, and more. And that’s just on the dance portion of the site! They also have lots of cool stuff about English and […]
