Trusting the Process

Trusting the Process

by | Sep 8, 2017 | Attitude, Best Practices

A few months back, I was speaking with the mother of one of our students after a performance, and we were going over the experience. In our discussion, she mentioned the Matheny Manifesto as a contributing factor to how she approaches her daughter’s dance instruction....
Responsibility

Responsibility

by | Jan 5, 2016 | Attitude, Best Practices

It is interesting to me is that, year after year, people are surprised at the appropriate, yet in-style costumes our students wear, the variety of good music, and the technical ability and talent that our dancers show at the dance concerts.  A large part of our...
Planning (& Practice) Makes Perfect

Planning (& Practice) Makes Perfect

by | Oct 4, 2015 | Best Practices

IMPROVING THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING DANCE The longer I teach dance and run a dance studio, the more I have learned that not everyone is aware of what goes into the whole process, so I thought I would give an inside peek at what the staff has been...