Dance Teacher Resources Archives - Page 5 of 11

Studio owners: Keeping your connection, creativity and passion during this crisis

Studio owners, has this been one of the toughest challenges of your life? One day, your studio is running smoothly and full...

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The road back to COVID safe studios: Premier Steven Marshall talks with Dance Informa

On Tuesday evening, Dance Informa’s Editor, Deborah Searle, was invited on a call with Steven Marshall, Premier of South Australia, by the...

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Dance studios are an essential and safe place for students: Open the doors

Update May 27, 2020: South Australian studio owners are particularly frustrated today as Stage 2 restrictions, allowing 20 dancers per studio have...

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Claire O’Shea’s tech tips for Studio Owners in our trying times

During this Covid 19 crisis, there is so much uncertainty with how us studio owners can continue to move forward with our...

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Coronavirus crisis: What you can do as a dance studio owner

As the coronavirus outbreak grips the world, you might be wondering what this means for your dance studio. The most important thing...

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Nominate your Teacher to WIN a Pass to VDF Teacher Day

Our teachers inspire us. They guide us. They love us. And we love them. Tell us why you love your dance teacher...

Holly Derville-Teer. Photo by Eldon Derville-Teer.

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10 organisation ideas for studio owners

As studio owners, we know the benefits of effective organising. When you’re organised, 20 forgotten to-do list items do not wake you...

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‘Injury Prevention and Management for Dancers’: An excellent contribution to dance medicine

Injury Prevention and Management for Dancers is a new publication from Crowood Press. It integrates new science and research about physiology in...

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Dance History: Literary Ballets Quiz

Do you take the time to teach your student about dance history? Giving them a quiz is a fun way to open...

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Byron Dance Dynamics celebrates 20 years: How values and purpose go hand in hand

Byron Dance Dynamics is a premiere school in the Far-North Coast of Australia located in Byron Bay. It provides excellence in dance and performing...

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For the love, or money? Can it be both?

It’s almost the end of another year, and dance studio owners just like me are putting their finishing touches on our end-of-year...

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5 simple strategies to take to maximise your holiday break

Whilst it’s well accepted that the holiday break is the ideal opportunity to disconnect from work and reconnect with family and friends,...

Photo courtesy of Royal Academy of Dance.

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RAD invites professional dancers to become teachers

In response to a growing need for second career prospects for professional dancers, the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) launched a training...

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What directors really wish their students knew about creating an atmosphere to thrive

As Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, Kimmie Gee knows what it takes to make it in the ultra competitive dance world. “I wish all...

A teacher using the VAL student evaluation program.

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VAL: The value of evaluations in the dance studio

If you have ever considered providing written evaluations to your dance students but felt overwhelmed with the complexity of the task, you...

Acrobatic Arts. Photo courtesy of Mandy Yip.

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‘I want to learn tricks’: How and why to teach acro at your studio

Most of us remember when acrobatics started to creep more and more into dance routines. Maybe it was the advent of So You...

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Annie-B Parson’s ‘Drawing the Surface of Dance: A Biography in Charts’

Artistic Director of Big Dance Theater Annie-B Parson has a new book. Parson creates work that draws on, disrupts and distils classic...

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Why aren’t more boys dancing?

Dance is great for boys and girls for so many reasons – physical activity, strength, flexibility, co-ordination, discipline, teamwork, confidence and creativity...

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Queensland Ballet program gives kindy kids ‘pizza feet’

Children from a Caboolture kindergarten have discovered the joy of dance, courtesy of a free program run by Queensland Ballet (QB) to...

Vitality Teacher Day 2019 at the Leopard Lounge. Photo by Belinda Strodder.

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Dance Teachers: Are you missing out?

Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) has recently announced its much anticipated 2020 professional development day for teachers and studio owners, Vitality Teacher Day,...