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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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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. . . .
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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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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. . . .
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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! . . .
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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. . . .
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