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Higher-Ed Voice | Voices of Experience

There is no dearth of university programs that cater to dancers. Nearly every state in the union offers students a chance to complete a four-year degree with a dance major. These days more dancers than...

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Common Ground: for teachers and students | Beating the Back-to-School Blues

The dance season is full of hectic activity and trying situations all year long, but back-to-school time has its unique challenges. Every fall, school owners, teachers, and students suffer from the...

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Front-Runners and Guardian Angels

You’ve invested the morning planning lessons and creating choreography. You’ve spent the afternoon searching for the perfect sequins to accent a set of costumes. Now you’re headed into class, ready to...

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Psyching Out the Guys

It’s a common complaint among studio owners: Not enough boys take dance. There’s a reason for that, since often in our society young guys are harassed for taking dance. Continue reading

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Terpsichorean Calendar

For dance teachers, enduring a year feels like being stuck on a warped carousel. Through the ups and downs, there is no way to keep it from spinning or to slow it down. For the most part, the ride is...

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Collective Wisdom

Too often we hear about the competition between dance teachers or school owners. But with all the great ideas out there, we’d all be better off (and so would our students) if we shared our collective...

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Winging It

You’re in the middle of a performance or a long combination in class when suddenly you can’t remember which step comes next. What do you do? You can stand there and look befuddled, or you can make up...

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Dance at Any Age

Dance is for everyone. I truly believe that. However, until recently, most people thought of dance education and performance as being only for the young. Maybe that is changing due to the influence of...

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Ballet Scene | Art of the Pas de Deux

Two bodies that move together, supporting each other through movements that are impossible for a single person, often create some of the most breathtaking moments in ballet choreography. But hours of...

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Give and Take

Do you love being an independent professional? Do you relish the freedom, the flexible hours, and the 4:00 p.m. naps? Sure, but chances are you don’t savor the quarterly taxation and high start-up...

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Inside a Dancemaker’s Mind

For more than 20 years, choreographer Doug Varone has carved a career path that is as full of unexpected twists and turns as his remarkable dances are. A tap dancer by training, he instead became a...

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Teacher in the Spotlight | Veronika Farkas

“What sets Veronika apart from other teachers is the way she speaks to the whole student—her dancers grow in strength and beauty and appreciation of dance, but they also grow as people. Although...

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Mail | August 2008

As a dance teacher for over 50 years and as an educator with a degree in education, I have always been aware that there are many effective and exciting approaches to teaching. I particularly love to...

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On My Mind | August 2008

Ahhh! A new season is in the works—and so are all those ridiculous phone and email inquiries from the parents of “exceptional” children. Here’s one of my favorites: “My 3-year-old does all the dances...

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Ask Rhee Gold | August 2008

Dear Rhee, For 17 years I ran my school in the same rented location. Then this year a perfect space in an up-and-coming area with many children became available, so I decided to take the plunge and go...

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August 2008 | Table of Contents

COLUMNS Ask Rhee Gold On My Mind DEPARTMENTS Mail Teacher in the Spotlight | Veronika Farkas FEATURE ARTICLES Inside a Dancemaker’s Mind by Darrah Carr Give and Take by Shevon McBride Ballet Scene |...

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