When I started teaching jazz dance, I simply taught the type of jazz that I partly remember doing when I was younger. I copied from my own memories of my dance teachers and I “winged” every class. I technically taught leaps and turns to music that I THOUGHT was jazz music. I knew there were…
Author: Mycaela Everly
Rescuing a Dog is Harder than You Think
Do your research and don’t get discouraged
Anger and Anxiety
Did you know that anxiety can be displayed in the form of anger?
Vision Statement for Teaching Ballet
My vision statement for teaching ballet. No more authoritarian evil pedagogical teaching methods.
Disabilities in Young Dancers in the Studio Environment
Describing Effect of Students Disability; how I as a dance teacher, teaches and copes with finding different ways to vary my teaching in a studio with students of different abilities.
Inspiration vs. Appropriation and Historical Styles in Traditional and Vernacular Dance Styles/ Techniques
A little opinion on dance with some question and answer.
Keeping Up
Have you ever noticed that when you don’t have a laundry list of things to do you are more at ease and less stressed out? Have you ever noticed that when the house is clean you feel happier when you come home to relax? This is why keeping up is important…
Doing Nothing is the Absolute Best Thing
A little follow up on an article I have written previously about toxic people, family members and letting people go.
Ego vs. True Art
Before you say that you aren’t an artist, this article doesn’t apply to you and click away, hear me out. Every person is an artist of some kind. Some of the definitions of an artist are defined as someone whose work exhibits an exceptional skill, a person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of…
Toxic People
So this weeks article is to talk about a sensitive subject that has actually been effecting me as well…. TOXIC PEOPLE Therapists and doctors have been telling their patients that in order to eliminate stress, cutting a toxic person out of your life will beneficially help your life and happiness. If someone doesn’t value you,…