Head-to-Toe Bad Habits and How to Fix Them
Four master teachers weigh in on their approaches to common problems. Bad habits—they’re enough to drive any dance teacher batty. Seeping into a student’s technique, their routine, almost involuntary...
View ArticleVanessa Salgado
How I teach pre-ballet “Who likes to paint?” Vanessa Salgado asks her roomful of 5- and 6-year-old students at New York City’s Joffrey Ballet School. “Today, we’re going to pretend we’re paintbrushes...
View ArticleAaron Tolson
How I teach rhythm tap “Alright, time for some cramp-roll love,” says Aaron Tolson midway through his afternoon intermediate-advanced tap class at Broadway Dance Center in New York City. “You know how...
View ArticleLifetime Achievement Awardee Franco De Vita
How I teach ballet In Franco De Vita’s class, less is more. Trim and poised, a neck scarf tucked neatly into his popped collar, he leads his Level 5 students through short, simple combinations,...
View ArticleGet Your Cha-Chas Out
Collegiate dancesport teams give nondance majors a chance to show their stuff. It’s a chilly March night, but there’s plenty of sweat inside Columbia University’s Roone Arledge Auditorium. As music...
View ArticleSouthern Hospitality
On a sticky Mississippi morning in June, several dozen of the world’s most promising young dancers gathered in the mezzanine of Thalia Mara Hall in downtown Jackson, collectively holding their breath....
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