by Rachel Zar | Mar 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Georgina Parkinson, ballet mistress at American Ballet Theatre, passed away in December at 71. Born in Brighton, England, Parkinson started her dance career at age 15 and joined The Royal Ballet in 1957. She was known for her solid technique and strong dramatic...
by Lisa Traiger | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Elementary school students in Puerto Rico explore mathematical ideas through movement. Doris Humphrey derided symmetry in dance as boring. But perhaps she would have felt differently if she’d had math teachers like dancers Karl Schaffer and Erik Stern. They have an...
by Jen Jones Donatelli | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jen Jones is a freelance writer and certified BalleCore instructor in Los Angeles. Her website is www.creative-groove.net. Looking to generate more revenue at your studio? Provide added value to your clientele? Opening a side business onsite just might be a win-win...
by Karyn D. Collins | Mar 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Studio owners tame tardiness. When you’re running a dance studio, anything off schedule creates a problem—especially delayed payments, students arriving to class after it’s already begun and parents picking up their children late. But how can studio owners remedy...
by Nancy Wozny | Mar 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Somatic so·mat·ic “Practices of somatic movement education and therapy encompass postural and movement evaluation, communication and guidance through touch and words, experiential anatomy and imagery, and the patterning of new movement choices . . . to enhance...
by Jenny Dalzell | Mar 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
How I teach alignment Lynn Simonson with Danielle Conner “In my technique, the movement supports the individual,” says Lynn Simonson. “It’s about using what you have naturally—your natural range of motion, your skeletal alignment—and bringing your overdeveloped...
by Giannella Garrett | Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jhung, a critically hailed former soloist for the San Francisco and Joffrey Ballets and principal at Harkness Ballet, has taught a devoted following of professional and student dancers since 1972, presented at numerous teacher’s workshops and produced a series...
by Joe Sullivan | Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Photographer Barbara Morgan is well-known for chronicling the development of modern dance from the 1930s to the ’50s. Her portfolio includes such luminaries as Erick Hawkins, Pearl Primus, Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham. Now 38 of her historic images are in the...
by Gigi Berardi | Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
WOU students Kaitlin Bauld (standing) and Samantha Cunningham have benefited from the program’s focus on wellness. Senior dance major Nastassia Zacarias is used to the particular brand of feedback given by her dance professors at Western Oregon University. “I...
by Dance Teacher | Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lynn Simonson How I teach proper alignment Taking Somatics Off the Mat… …and into dance class Finis Jhung Coaching the boys of Billy Elliot Reshaping the Dance Body Help your students see their bodies in a healthy light. Winging (and Sickling) It How these...