Some people act differently with different stimuli. What could be normal for one person, could be a trigger for another. If you have friends or family that are victims of trauma or have been diagnosed with complex or regular PTSD, here are some symptoms that you didn’t know could be triggers. Nightmares that have nothing…
As a handler of a service dog I get all the comments you can imagine when I walk around and go places with Zara. Zara is on duty 24/7. Whether she has her vest on or not, she is working for me at all times. A vest is simply for the general public. It is…
So I’m a ballet teacher… I have professional training. I have a dance degree and I’m currently studying for my teaching certificate. I have attended prestigious ballet and dance schools and programs. I have received training from famous choreographers and dancers all over the globe. I learn more and more every day about how to…
I believe one issue is that dance styles and their cultures have gone so mainstream that the real lineage and pure art form has been lost. It really is great in some cases that it has become more urban because more dancers and people are entertained and drawn to it but there is a downside….
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…
My vision statement for teaching ballet. No more authoritarian evil pedagogical teaching methods.
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.
A little opinion on dance with some question and answer.
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…
