Rocking Your Recital From Now Till Final Curtain
Recital Season is upon us! For most dance studios, this is “the big game” in our industry. It is an opportunity to build community over a shared interest, celebrate your students’ progress, and impress your clients. There’s no better marketing tool than an efficient, polished, and purposeful recital experience! In order to make it happen, […]
The Digital Dilemma in Dance Studios: Purposeful Boundaries & Opportunities for Engagement
With increased consumer engagement rapidly expanding in the digital sphere, how do we create purposeful boundaries and opportunities for engagement in our dance studios? The line between the personal and professional can often be blurry in this sphere, and it’s caused a serious digital dilemma. If we embrace the strategic potential of the platform versus […]
How Studio Owners Feel About Dance Competitions
Recently, we did a small dance survey and asked for your thoughts about trends on the competitive circuit. Instead of small concerns or observations, the responses were overall negative and centered around: Inappropriate Costuming & Movement Excessive Tricks Too Many Props An Abundance of Guest Choreographers Lack of Technique Level Confusion/ Inconsistency As I thought […]
Dance Teachers: Three Quick, Last Minute Convention Supplies
We go to great lengths to be as prepared and organized as possible at every single event, but there are a few items we ALWAYS forget for conventions. As you’re packing up, make sure you include these last-minute convention supplies! Scissors Every time we arrive at a convention and are distributing wristbands, we always forget […]
Dance Competition Scoring: Giving Good Critiques And Sharing Scores
After we return from each competition, we take the scores and feedback, transcribe the information into a document, and distribute it to our studio families. Many times, the results of the dance competition scoring reiterate information we’ve been communicating, and it serves as reinforcement for areas of improvement. From the perspective of a teacher/competition judge, […]
Kindness at Competition Starts with Your Dance Team
Bullying seems so senseless and unnecessary. And yet, it still occurs in seemingly all environments. It happens at school, extracurricular activities, via social media, and, yes, even from members of the dance team at competitions. Social media outlets has removed accountability and personal connectivity from today’s youth, allowing them an impersonal way of criticizing and […]
Partner Stretches and Exercises for Dance Classes
Check out these wonderful classroom partner stretches and stretching exercises from Magical Kingdom of Dance! Our goal for February is to teach our students to build bridges instead of walls. The focus is Teamwork! “Togetherness is learning to work, play and dance together, for it’s far more fun to share our satisfactions with others. Great things happen […]
10 Dance Convention Tips!
The dance convention environment is an important component in building strong, confident, adaptable, and resilient dancers. The experience is unique, challenging, and, when approached (and presented) correctly, highly effective and beneficial as a supplemental training opportunity. Here are 10 Tips for making each dance convention a successful experience for your dancers! 1. Dress to Flatter Yes, […]
Host a Hair and Makeup Seminar for Competitive Dancers at Your Studio
The hair and make-up process for dancers, especially competitive dancers, can be daunting. To help parents and dancers understand the process of creating a particular hair and make-up “look”, host a hair and makeup seminar where parents and children can go through the process. That way, they can go through the motions step-by-step, in a […]
Dance Competition Team Guide for Studios
Many dance studios choose to have a performance or competition team of some variety. Having a competition team allows students with a greater interest in dance or the performing arts an opportunity to explore their passion in a variety of performance and educational settings. If your studio is considering starting a competition team, TutuTix and […]
10 Ways to Improve Your Dance Routine
The choreography is prepared, your technique is strong, and you have been rehearsing in preparation for your upcoming performance/competition. Go through this checklist and make sure you are applying the following ways to improve your dance routine(s). Dance Routine Checklist Perform! Have a backstory, and use your movement to convey a story. Let your energy […]
Pre-Performance Dance Warm Up Exercises
Prior to competing or performing, dancers should understand the importance of fully warming up their bodies. We spend a lot of time discussing this with our dancers, and we provide a checklist of proper pre-performance dance warm up exercises (FYI, sitting in a straddle is not a proper warm-up!). This way, if we are busy […]
Teaching Respect in Dance: The Value of Reverence
It’s important to be teaching respect in dance, and instilling a sense of reverence in our students. By definition, reverence means “deep respect for someone or something,” and we should be building that mentality in all of our dancers. By adding a small ritual of respect into our lessons, we can ensure our dancers grow […]
Dance Life Hack: Fixing Your Powder Compact
Dancers: do you ever waste make-up because your powder compact, eyeshadow, or blush crumbles too quickly? We’ve all dealt with the huge mess it creates! Here’s an easy life hack to fix your broken powder compact: Once the powder compact crumbles, press down all of the make-up with your fingers. Pour 1 1/2 tablespoons of […]
Dance Studio for Sale: If You Want to Sell Your Studio, What Will Buyers Ask You?
Over the years, I have bought a couple of businesses and I recently even looked into buying a national franchise and negotiated for close to a month before I decided not to buy. But it wasn’t until last year, when I decided to offer my dance studio for sale, that I realized how many questions […]
