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Watch DT+ Teacher Talk: “Starting the Dance Year Successfully” With Misty Lown
Watch this hour-long discussion between More Than Just Great Dancing!® founder Misty Lown and Dance Teacher’s editorial director, Reanne Rodrigues to gain valuable insights that will help you propel...
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What My Teacher Taught Me: Miami City Ballet’s Soloist Ariel Rose on...
The first ballet class I ever took was taught by choreographer Francis Patrelle at Ballet Academy East in New York City. I was 6 years old and he was teaching an all-boys class—a gift at a time [the...
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Dandara Veiga Is Embarking on a New Professional Adventure
Dandara Veiga was destined to dance right from the time she was in her mother’s belly. Both her parents were capoeira dancers who taught the style in public schools around her hometown in Brazil, and...
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Katia Bode Discusses Running Woodbury Dance Center’s Competition Dance Programs
Becoming a dance teacher was in Katia Bode destiny. Her mother, Kathy Johnson Mueller, and aunt, Buffy Johnson Breen, established Woodbury Dance Center in Woodbury, Minnesota, in 1995 and put Bode in...
View ArticleLetter From the Editor: A Fall Filled With Dance Tips and Tricks
Dear DT+ Community, With fall in full swing, there are as many exciting things to look forward to as there are challenges to work through this dance season. For starters, scheduling conflicts. If...
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How Far Can You Push Adult Dance Students?
Conventional wisdom in the dance world suggests that it’s vital to start young. Given the changes we all see and feel in our bodies as we age, it’s easy to understand why. But there are plenty of...
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Michèle Assaf Shares Her Vision for World Dance Movement
Every summer, dancers from over 40 countries travel to Castellana Grotte in Bari, Italy, for World Dance Movement—a two-and-a-half-week festival in which novice dancers to working professionals learn...
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Office Hours with Melanie George, Jazz Dancer, Educator, Dramaturg, and Scholar
What do Prince, Debbie Allen, Joni Mitchell, and David Bowie have in common? They were all multifaceted artists who inspired Melanie George in her own multi-hyphenate dance career. “I don’t have to...
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Teaching Students to Use Breath and Momentum to Achieve an Airy Movement Quality
Dancing the role of Giselle or performing in one of José Limón’s many iconic works might be a career goal for many dance students. These roles—and many other dream parts in a variety of dance...
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Pearl Lang: Guardian of Martha Graham’s technique
Like a pearl, an artist who can devote herself equally to performing, choreographing, and teaching, is uniquely rounded. Pearl Lang (1921–2009) was such a person, and she made no hierarchical...
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3 Ways to Enjoy Not-So-Scary Halloween Candy With Your Students
As Halloween approaches, both you and your dancers are soon to be balancing an influx of sweets. For some, enjoying these treats is no big deal, but for others, the action doesn’t always come with...
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Ethan Brown On His Dance Lineage and Training the Next Generation at Maryland...
Ethan Brown’s dance lineage is unique, but it’s his commitment to his students at Maryland Youth Ballet that really sets his career apart. Both of his parents (Kelly Brown and Isabel Mirrow Brown) were...
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Omari Wiles on Melding Dance Styles to Create His Own Genre
Omari Wiles’ movement quality is an exciting blend of seemingly conflicting genres. He began training in traditional West African dance at 8 years old with his mother, Marie Basse Wiles, and father,...
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Peter Chu Shares a Lesson That Exemplifies His Chuthis Ideas Class
For Peter Chu, teaching dance is about more than just giving corrections and watching as students apply them. “I want dancers and artists and humans to start finding connections on their own and just...
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What My Teacher Taught Me: Makayla Ryan on Tap Dancer and Choreographer...
I’ve had the privilege of working with a lot of really wonderful people, but one of the most meaningful teachers in my life is tap dancer and choreographer Anthony Morigerato. I took his class for the...
View ArticleLetter From the Editor: Grateful for Our Teaching Community
Dear DT+ Community, Passionate students, cooperative parents, healthy dancers, fees paid on time…There is so much to be grateful for—not just this month, but all year round. At Dance Teacher, we’re...
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Tips for a Successful Guest-Teaching Experience
Guest teachers can inspire students of all ages, whether they’re part of a summer intensive, residency, or special event during the dance season. In fact, learning from someone new can pique students’...
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Teaching Students to Use Their Arms for Artistic Expression
When students are focused on mastering a complex bit of footwork or nailing a turn or jump combination, the arms can sometimes feel—and look—like an afterthought. But in performance, the way a dancer...
View ArticleHow Jason Williams Incorporates Music From Warm-Up to Combo
Sometimes dancer and choreographer Jason Williams can’t even listen to music. It can be too overwhelming. “As a choreographer, sometimes I don’t want to hear any music at all. I sit in the apartment...
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Accommodating Students’ Non-Dance Schedule Conflicts
Dance studio owners and their teachers build their companies from the ground up—welcoming students at an early age and developing them into beautiful dancers. But, inevitably, those dancers that spent...
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