Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "tips and advice"
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868Dance Teacher ResourcesFighting stage fright: How to spot and soothe performance anxiety
Let’s talk about stage fright. Whether you’re new to performing or you’ve been in front of audiences for years, everybody can admit...
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5.2KDance HealthSocial media: How does it affect the dance world?
Social media. It’s infiltrated every part of our life — our relationships, travel, work, news, school and entertainment. Technically, social media includes any website or...
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2.2KTips & AdviceRachel Cossar: Choreography for Business
It is no secret that dancers around the world are finding themselves in uncharted territory. Whether it is taking a class virtually...
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2.3KInterviewsNavigating career transitions
Dancers are all too aware of how time sensitive their performance career can be. As aches and pains grow stronger and as...
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2.4KDance HealthA yoga sequence to calm pre-performance jitters
It’s here — your big performance. You’ve rehearsed for weeks, months, maybe even years. You have laughs and special memories, and maybe...
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10.6KDance HealthFrom gymnast to dancer: The case for cross-contaminating movement styles
We think of cross-training as a way to strengthen and balance our bodies, when our dancing works them in the same repetitive...
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7.3KTips & AdviceBeauty expert’s book seeks to impart ‘skills to empower and achieve’
Internationally recognized beauty and image expert Christine Dion is known throughout the industry for her career as a model and later as...
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61.8K1Tips & Advice9 Ways to Improve Your Scores at Dance Competition
Dance Informa is always asked — whether it be by email, text or in person — about ways to improve a dancer’s score...
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7.2KFeature ArticlesCatching up with Chloe Campbell of ‘Tuck Everlasting’
The new musical Tuck Everlasting, based on Natalie Babbitt’s beloved bestselling novel of the same name, is set to begin previews this...
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15.3KDance Teacher Resources8 Ways to Prepare for Nationals (Teacher Tips Included!)
#1. Rehearse, rehearse, then rehearse some more. I cannot stress enough the importance of running dances. I know it can get a...
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51.2KTips & Advice7 Things to Avoid Saying to Your Dance Teacher (And What to do Instead)
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. 1. “I’m tired. (Or “I’m hungry”). Dance can be hard work, we can all agree on that....
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49.0KTips & AdviceLiterally Putting Your Best Face Forward for Competitions
A behind-the-scenes look at stage makeup from a former competition judge’s point of view. By Christine Dion of Mode Dion. As the...
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8.6K1Tips & AdviceWhat You Need to Know as a Freshman Dance Major
By Katherine Moore of Dance Informa. Here you are! After years and years of dance study you’re finally enrolled in a college dance...
