Category: Dance Life
Stretching to Improve Flexibility
Flexibility is a building block of ballet - it allows for a wider range of motion, helps protect against injury and enables more elegant lines. And the crazy thing about ...
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Ballet Terminology: A Primer
For new dancers and their parents, ballet terminology can be a bit intimidating. Many of the names for moves and positions are in French - and there's so many of them! If you or ...
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Styles of Ballet: An Overview
Ballet has a rich history that goes back hundreds of years and spans various continents and countries. As a result, the has undergone many modifications as dancers and teachers ...
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Ballet Methods: What Are They?
If you need to get a lively conversation going at a party full of dancers and dance teachers, ask them which ballet method they think is the best.
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Dance Career Beginnings: The First Steps
Maybe you've just started dance classes or have danced for years and are thinking about your future - whatever the case, you've fallen in love with ballet and know there's no way ...
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Is Competitive Dance a Sport?
There's few questions like "Is competitive dance a sport?" that will get a spirited discussion going.
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Event Volunteers: Recruiting and Managing Help for Your Dance Recital
Read on for some tips that will help you have success with recital volunteers this spring and beyond.
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Tips for Effective Group Choreography
Follow these tips for creating effective group choreography that wows the crowd.
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Planning A Dance Recital: 4 Weeks Away From the Big Show
This checklist will help you stay sane with one month left to go.
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How to Become a Dancer
Being a dancer is about so much more than just learning choreography and proper technique. It's about what's happening on the inside, in a dancer's soul.
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Improvisation Dance: Can Improv Lead to Better Choreography?
The thought of improvising dance may make you nervous, but uninhibited improv could be the secret to better choreography.
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Tips for Dancers: Be the Best You
Being the best you can help you achieve your full potential as a dancer, and while it may seem difficult to do so at first, a little soul-searching, honesty and reflection will ...
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Dance Health Benefits for Kids
While children jump and twirl and release their boundless energy, they're also growing, learning and building healthy habits for life.
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