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Performance/Competition

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!!

How to Save Time and Earn a Profit by Selling Recital and Performance Tickets Online
How to Save Time and Earn a Profit by Selling Recital and Performance Tickets Online Did you know that on average a dance studio, with two recital performances, will spend an estimated 60 hours designing, printing, sorting and selling performance or recital tickets! Each year the cost is increasing to pay qualified . . . keep reading
Positive Rivalry in Dance: An Inspired Pas de Deux!
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
Positive Rivalry in Dance: An Inspired Pas de Deux! 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. . . . keep reading
How to Run Crowd-Pleasing, Affordable - Yet Profitable Dance Recitals
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. . . . keep reading
Tackling Common Recital Issues
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 . . . keep reading
Getting Started with Dance Competitions
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 . . . keep reading
Competitive Dance: Planning for Butterflies to Soar like an Eagle with Chantale Lussier, PhD(c)
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, . . . keep reading
TEMPLATE: 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. . . . keep reading
Eight Key Elements To Producing A Memorable Dance Recital for Students, Families, Faculty and Staff
Eight Key Elements To Producing A Memorable Dance Recital for Students, Families, Faculty and Staff You plan all year to produce a memorable and enjoyable dance recital for your students. Here are the eight key elements that we have found to have the greatest impact on the success of our performances. . . . keep reading
Parent Helpers: your eyes, ears, and hands backstage. How to maximize a group of volunteers at your dance recital.
The logistics of coordinating dancers on recital day can be overwhelming. Parent helpers are a great way to keep things under control and it makes the backstage experience dancers of all ages positive, safe, and enjoyable. Here is our take on the five W's of parent helpers… . . . keep reading
Simple and Profitable Fundraisers for Recital Day
Simple and Profitable Fundraisers for Recital Day When is the best time to have a fundraiser? You may have many throughout the year, but we have found that some of our most profitable fundraisers for our dance company occur during our recital weekend. Why? . . . keep reading
AUDIO: "How to break the old recital model and a put an end to long performances, lack of space, costume nightmares, and ticket concerns" with Kathy Blake
Kathy will share how you can transform the stress of the recital with your same student base and keep students coming back year after year. This idea-filled and lessons-learned call will inspire you to make NEW changes to the old recital model. . . . keep reading
VIDEO: How to Use a Costume Management Book to Track and Size Recital Costumes Efficiently
You Need a Costume Management Book Your costume management book should be well organized a . . . keep reading
VIDEO: How to Handle the Unexpected at Show Time
Always Have Extra Supplies on Hand You never know what little things will go wrong backsta . . . keep reading
VIDEO: Go From Chaos to Order at Show Time: How to Effectively Use Signs, Posters and Banners to Decrease Stress and Keep Things Running Smoothly
There Should be Large, Visible Signs at all Key Points Visible signs make it much easier f . . . keep reading
VIDEO: How to Have Your Show Run on Time and be Memorable for all the Right Reasons: Using Stage Management, Lighting, and Sound Effectively
The show can't go on without the technology behind it. Stage management, lighting and sound all play . . . keep reading
How to form, select, fund, and manage a successful company at your dance school
By: Kathy Blake
For any studio, no matter how large or small, there is a need for some additional performing opportunity or training opportunity for students who are more serious about dance than your average student. A dance company will give your students just that. . . . keep reading
How to Inspire, Challenge and Retain Your Dance Students with a Dance Company, Competitive Team, or Extra Performance
By: Kathy Blake
How to Inspire, Challenge and Retain Your Dance Students with a Dance Company, Competitive Team, or Extra Performance To remain a successful studio over time, you need find a way to highlight your best and brightest students so they're excited about their future and about being at your studio.Are you doing this? . . . keep reading
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. . . . keep reading
How to Present a Memorable Two-minute Welcome and Thank-you Address at Your Dance Recital That Will Make Everyone Feel Like Coming Back for More.
How to Present a Memorable Two-minute Welcome and Thank-you Address at Your Dance Recital That Will Make Everyone Feel Like Coming Back for More. A recital without a welcome address is like a recital without a program. There is a frame you need to put around a performance; it's important to give your show a beginning, middle and end. You have such a variety of ages, styles of dance, and audience members in attendance by adding a welcome or introduction you create the feeling of a common experience. . . . keep reading
Parent Backstage Help Handout
Parent Backstage Help Handout Having parents to help you backstage on recital day will allow you the freedom to take care of the important things! . . . keep reading
The Top 10 Recital Blunders and How to Fix Them
The Top 10 Recital Blunders and How to Fix Them Your recital is the biggest day of the year. Everything you've worked for day in and day out has led up to this event. Here are a few of the blunders we have encountered throughout the years -- what we've done to correct them and how you can fix them to pull off a memorable day for all of your students and their families. . . . keep reading
Five Basic Steps to a Professional Recital E-Book
Five Basic Steps to a Professional Recital E-Book The end of the year recital is the culmination of all you and your students' hard work. A professional recital is more enjoyable for your students, their families and you. In this E-Book, you will find the five simple steps that will take a recital from amateurish to polished an professional! . . . keep reading
Tips to Prepare Dancers Under Age Six for Their Recital Performance
Tips to Prepare Dancers Under Age Six for Their Recital Performance Children who are under six years of age may be very excited about the idea of dancing on stage. However, if you ask any dance studio owner they probably can share a story of a young dancer who stood at the stage door crying and refusing to perform or the child who froze on stage while the rest of the class danced about. . . . keep reading
5 Ways to Keep Pre-schoolers Motivated to Learn and Practice for Recitals
By: Liz Calabria
Read on to learn how to motivate young children in class. 1. Inspire preschoo . . . keep reading
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