IADMS - Guidelines for Initiating Pointe Training
Guidelines for Initiating Pointe Training Abstract The initiation of pointe training for dance students should be determined after...
*This* Is How You Should Actually Warm Up Before Dancing
Save your flexibility training for the end of the day. Instead, follow a warmup that will actually help prevent injury and improve your...
Why do I have to take ballet?
... it is the old tradition of ballet that seems to make the difference between dancer and professional. Becoming a professional dancer...
For the Boys!
Guillaume Côté - Principal of The National Ballet of Canada Daniil Simkin of American Ballet Theatre New York City Ballet Mikhail...
Competitions: Good or Bad?
When winning, beating our peers or adding to our trophy cabinet become our main priority, the potential gains of the experience are being...
What’s wrong with dancing sexy?
Some call it spunk and sass. Some call it hyper-sexualization. The debate over age-appropriateness in student choreography has been a hot...
Why choose an RAD registered teacher?
All RAD Registered teachers hold a recognised dance teaching qualification. This means that you can be confident in their dance knowledge...
Ask the right questions: Choosing a dance school
Qualifications of the teachers are important. Check on the studio's website and review the schools where the teachers studied. Also...
Progressing Ballet Technique
Johanna is a certified instructor of PBT and listed in the online directory. Progressing Ballet Technique is an innovative program...
The Acro Invasion
(The) problem with Youtube culture is that it is creating a generation of students who believe that competitions are the endgame of...
Unqualified ballet teachers can 'damage' children
Unqualified ballet teachers can cause children "untold physical damage" the Royal Academy of Dance has warned. "(they) lack important...
When am I ready to start pas de deux?
When is a dancer ready? According to Tim Storey, Head of Dance at the Victorian College of Arts Secondary School, pas de deux is an...
Every ballet dancer wants to dance en pointe. But not every ballet dancer should.
Number one, is safety. Is the student ready to safely work at this level? “The bones of the foot are not fully developed, strengthened...
