Dance Teacher editors stand with the 2016 Dance Teacher Award winners at the Capezio A.C.E. Awards. From left to right: Rachel Caldwell, Rachel Rizzuto, Helen Rolfe, Joanne Chapman, Claudio Muñoz, Robert Battle, Karen Hildebrand, Kathleen Isaac and Pamela VanGilder What a whirlwind weekend! It was my first-ever Dance Teacher Summit, and it was awesome! Throughout […]
Balagna (in black) teaches her students how to make the most out of the competition experience. Seen and Heard at the Dance Teacher Summit Steppin’ Out—The Studio Lee’s Summit, Missouri 450 students Phyllis Balagna has been taking her students to conventions and competitions for 25 years, as long as her studio has been open. She has […]
Denise Wall teaching alignment at the DT Summit The Dance Teacher Summit is our favorite event of the year, because it’s where the pages of Dance Teacher magazine come to life. With three days of movement classes, business seminars and chances to connect with other educators from all over the world, what’s not to love? And don’t […]
You can catch this lady teaching at this weekend’s Dance Teacher Summit in NYC! We hope to see you there. Check out Mandy Moore’s thoughts on tricks, “floppy anger dancing” and more in her interview with DT: Moore (right) teaching at JUMP To her fans, Mandy Moore is a pioneer of contemporary dance. But the […]
Our Dance Teacher Summit gets started tomorrow afternoon with a special studio owners roundtable before classes and seminars begin on Friday. Here’s are some recital ticketing tips from Danie Beck, just to get you excited. Beck owned Dance Unlimited for over 40 years. She and our other ambassadors will be on hand this weekend to […]
According to Caldwell, a great lyrical piece begins with the music. Our Dance Teacher Summit kicks off on Friday, and the full schedule has been posted online. This year we welcome some new faces to the teaching roster, including tWitch and the one and only Twyla Tharp! After last year’s Summit, we spoke to Doug […]
Gregg Russell teaching at a workshop in Jackson, MS Our Dance Teacher Summit is less than two weeks away! Check out this interview with Gregg Russell, then catch him in class next weekend: As b-boying gained popularity in the early 1980s, Gregg Russell was a child, training in tap and, later, jazz. He picked up […]
Though she sold Dance Unlimited in 2011, Danie Beck has 55-plus years of experience, and she remains involved in the industry, providing consulting services to other studio owners. She freshens up her business knowledge each year at the Dance Teacher Summit, where she’s been an ambassador for four years. She spoke to DT about coming […]
As our 2014 Dance Teacher Summit approaches, we’re getting excited to try out some new dance styles during the three days of classes and seminars. Tony Dovolani’s ballroom crash course is always a crowd favorite, even if we can’t quite figure out how to move our hips like he does… An Emmy-nominated choreographer and winner of multiple U.S. and […]
Today we’re featuring DT Summit ambassador Bonnie Schuetz, who has owned Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts Studio in The Woodlands and Spring, Texas, for more than 30 years. We spoke to her about keeping her dancers healthy during performance season and asked her to reflect on her first year as an ambassador. Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts […]