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All the resources you need for great a performance and competition!
The end of the year recital is, for many studios, the culmination of months of hard work. Competition is the showcase for your students' talent. Getting your students excited, properly preparing and choosing the best costumes, music, venue, etc. are necessary for an amazing show. The articles you find here will give you all you need to know for recitals and competition performances that will WOW!!
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Positive Rivalry in Dance: An Inspired Pas de Deux!
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
All over the country, dancers are growing up and developing friendships of a lifetime in and through the art of dance. Yet, as in numerous athletic contexts, these friendships frequently get tried and tested in ways no one quite expected. . . .
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How to Run Crowd-Pleasing, Affordable - Yet Profitable Dance Recitals
When it comes to planning, producing, and running a dance recital the costs to both a studio owner and the dancers can appear high if not positioned properly. Most struggle to keep it affordable for families yet desire, and need to cover costs and bridge the gap between the last curtain to next season. Here are valuable tips from the pros - studio owners with seven locations who host over twenty profitable recitals each year. They serve between 2,500 to 3,000 dancers and their families who rave about the quality of the production and the overall experience. . . .
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Tackling Common Recital Issues
Organization isn't the only issue that needs to be on the radar when it comes to a dance recital. Of course, costumes, getting students on and off stage and planning the event itself are important, but you will also need be thinking about choreography, music, flow and what the overall presentation is saying about . . .
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Getting Started with Dance Competitions
When it comes to dance competitions, there are many choices for your studio. But to those studio owners and teachers who are looking to start with their first event, how do you know what to look for and where your dancers fit in? What questions should you ask potential competition directors so that you can properly prepare your dancers, their parents, and your teachers for what to expect? Learn tips on how to get started and ways to avoid overwhelming . . .
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Competitive Dance: Planning for Butterflies to Soar like an Eagle with Chantale Lussier, PhD(c)
As dance teachers, you already wear many hats; artistic director, employer, dance teacher, choreographer, costume designer, rehearsal master, coach, mentor. Sometimes, when competitive stress is running high, you might even feel like you need to be a counselor or psychologist. What can you do to psychologically prepare your dancers to handle the numerous, and potentially stressful unknowns of competitive dance, . . .
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Hair and Makeup Instruction Sheet
Performance, competition and recital season means students need clear instructions on how you want their hair and make up worn for certain pieces or for an entire show. Many parents do not know how to make a bun! Here's a sheet you can use and customize for your dance studio to help parents and dancers arrive ready to dance. . . .
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Dance Company Code of Ethics Download
It is important to have a set of guidelines, rules, or code of ethics that your dancers can refer to as a way to hold them to a level of professionalism as young dancers representing your dance studio. There is no right way to do this - it's up to you as a studio owner and what you value. Here is one example that you could use or adapt for your students. . . .
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Attendance Agreement Template for Performances
Setting an attendance policy for your students to participate in one of your performances can be a challenge. Each dance studio owner has to determine what is best for their students, faculty and goals for the performances. Here is one example of an attendance policy that has been successful in maintaining attendance in classes and at rehearsals. . . .
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How to Decrease Recital Anxiety and Stress as a Dance Studio Owner
Even after 37 years as a dance studio owner, the anxiety over recital time does not fade. Just ask Kathy Blake. She manages seven performances over a three day period with over 1000 dancers. She and her staff have implemented systems to manage big productions successfully, yet when the time of recital weekend approaches around she can't shake the worry, nervousness and even nightmares. . . .
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