Dance Teacher Resources Archives - Page 6 of 11

Grosh Backdrops and Drapery's 'Winter Small Town' backdrop.

Studio owners: Enhance your dance in 2019

Directing and creating performances year after year can be an artistic challenge! Themes or stories must be chosen, music selected, costumes considered....

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Stuck in a performance theme rut? Here are 50 ideas!

Performance, recital, concerts…. Whatever you call them, it can be difficult to come up with a new theme each and every season....

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Professional Arts Learning Series: NSW teachers developing tools and refreshing skills at Ausdance

Ausdance NSW exists to promote opportunities for dance in NSW. The organization runs a suite of programs from supporting professional dancers and...

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Kerri Turner’s ‘The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers’

Kerri Turner is a dancer and dance teacher who, through force of circumstance has become an author. Her first book, The Last...

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“It’s about the joy of dancing”: Caroline O’Connor talks Silver Swans

As First World populations age and our attention focuses more and more on the issues and implications of aging, it is hardly...

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The dance floor: Your forgotten dance partner

If you own a dance studio, run a dance school or performance space, then it’s likely that the single biggest financial outlay...

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Are your students overripe bananas or delicious mangoes?

Today, we’re asking a very important question: Are your students overripe bananas or mangoes? Now, before you think I’ve totally lost it, let...

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Studio Owners: Share Your Vision!

Over the years of coaching studio owners and talking to countless others at conferences and seminars, I have heard that one of...

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Introducing digital backdrops: Background to the future

Technology continues its advances into all sectors of our lives, particularly in the performing arts’ sphere. The Grosh family business is not...

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How can you give back as a studio?

We all know how integral a dance studio can be in the life of a dance student. Dance training occurs over a...

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3 Magical Words That Make Enrolment Effortless

One of the trickiest things to navigate as a studio owner, especially when coming back to semester, is transitioning your families into...

Claire O'Shea. Photo courtesy of O'Shea.

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The Business of Dance: How mindset and systems can be game changers

What is your superpower? If you asked Claire O’Shea, the founder of the Business of Dance (BOD) Podcast, she’d probably say something about...

Silhouette Dance and Cheer at Disneyworld Orlando. Photo courtesy of TP World Tours.

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Can you take your students on an overseas dance tour?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the world to train and perform with your dance family? With...

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Should you do a Dance Teaching and Management course?

So you think you can teach dance? Well, maybe you can; but can you teach it well, and can you make it...

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To Inspire…You Must Stay Inspired!

Teaching over the long haul can be a drain, especially if you are teaching a lot of classes and are pushed to...

Come Together Dance Convention at Mantra on View

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It’s time to “come together” for dance education

Come Together Dance Convention will soon return to the Mantra on View in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. This convention gives dance teachers,...

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Dance floor care: Scuff marks to ‘dye’ for

There are three nasty floor problems that plague studio owners, taking up their time and money, with very little results to show...

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Mid-year slump: How to inspire your students this winter

Everything seems easier when the sun is shining. The birds are chirping, and there’s a spring in your step. Soon enough, summer...

Biomechanics educator Sophie Louise Briggs. Photo by Suzy Cooper.

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Advanced Teaching Methods for Posture and Pirouettes

Posture and Pirouettes: Cueing the dancer is one of a series of workshops run by biomechanics educators Bea Glendenning and Sophie Louise...

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Dance Studio Owner Wellbeing: Dealing with failure

In our Dance Studio Owner Wellbeing series, Dance Informa offers strategies to manage positive wellbeing whilst also navigating the demands of running a dance...