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Combining Barre & Burlesque: An Interview With CABARRET’s Creatrix
One of the coolest things (for me) about writing about dance online has been making connections with other people within the dance community. The long-standing online kinships developed in the early...
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How One Dance Studio Is Promoting Healthy Body Image
When it comes to the relationship we have with our bodies, a dancer’s status is often “It’s complicated.” It is the paradox between both celebrating and fighting our bodies during the training years...
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16 Performance Habits That Guarantee A Great Show
In performance, mishaps sometimes just happen. The show always goes on but every dancer, crew member, and volunteer can do his or her part to make sure all goes as planned on and offstage. The...
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How To Make The Most Of Your Dance Classes
Dance class is an investment. A lot of money, time, and energy goes into learning how to dance. The last thing you want is for any of that to go to waste by not making the most of every dance class....
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Review: Music For Movement and Imaginations Volume Two by Richard Maddock
Dance Class Music for Ballet and Creative Movement (Children 3 and up) In 2009, I published my first official class music review and giveaway on Dance Advantage. After receiving the album, Richard...
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5 Ballets That Will (Happily) Break Your Heart
Humans love a good tragedy. We fall for heartrending tales because watching unhappy stories actually promotes happy feelings. Negative emotions make us think and empathize, and reading or watching...
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Getting Started With Essential Oils For Dancers
Dancers are athletes! Regardless of whether or not you consider dance a sport, it’s hard to argue that a high level of athleticism is required of dancers in the 21st Century. The rigorous training and...
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10 Holiday Gifts for Dancers
There’s a little something for everyone and something at every price level in our 2016 dancer wishlist. Fashionable dancewear and jewelry, holiday ornaments, must-have performance or competition gear,...
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Pampered Dancer DIY Peppermint Foot Lotion
This DIY whipped peppermint lotion is really special for anyone suffering with rough, scaly, dry “sandpaper” feet, making it a wonderful gift for yourself or any dancer you know. It can be used...
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Costume Design for Dance, Ballet Fashion and the Tutu
The dance and fashion worlds often intersect. That’s because dancers like to look good on and off stage. We’ve provided costume measuring and alteration advice in the past but below our friends help...
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Blossom This Summer at Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s Summer Intensive
If you are a young dancer serious about spending a summer immersed in movement with like-minded peers and stellar faculty, consider looking abroad toward Israel, a country rich in groundbreaking...
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Dance Studio Owner: A Decade of Support for Business Owners
Though I live in the city of Houston now, I grew up in a small town and have taught most of my life for “hometown” studios, where a dance studio owner is wearing all the hats, and juggling all the...
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5 Scholarship Opportunities for Dancers
Everyone knows that college can be very expensive. Fortunately, dancers in the U.S. can apply for general scholarships designed for students studying all fields. Additionally, scholarships specifically...
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All Roads Lead to Dance for Billy Mustapha
Photo by Richie Lubaton Photography is courtesy Billy Mustapha There are many paths to becoming a professional dancer and no two dancers’ roads are ever exactly alike. Billy Mustapha’s talent,...
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Kieran Macdonald, NUVO Dance Convention’s “Secret Weapon”
For the last two years, dancer Kieran Macdonald has had the opportunity to do what most young, talented dancers only dream about — collaborate with many of the world’s top choreographers in the United...
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