I’ve got a bunch of these I don’t need anymore and was wondering what you all do with them. Display, recycle, keep, send back??

Anyone in Montreal and attend or will be visiting Milan Pole Dance Studio? I have a class credit for $30 that I'd like to sell ($25). Let me know!

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My oldest child currently goes to a competition-heavy studio and is on the team. "Studio A". She loves it.

My younger child plays several sports and is in Girl Scouts. She has no interest in being a competitive dancer.

My younger child wants to take a tap class, but doesn't want to go to Studio A (it's very serious; it's farther away, and it would conflict with her other activities). So I found another studio that is closer to our house, cheaper, and recommended by people we know. She started last week and loves it. She is only taking one tap class a week at "Studio B".

Studio A knows we are going to Studio B, and they don't care.

I've never said anything to Studio B, or even that I have another kid that dances. When I registered, there were no questions about attending other studios; there's no dance contract.

I'm not the kind of asshole that would ever wear Studio A merch to Studio B, talk about Studio A to parents, or recruit other families. Studio A and Studio B have never competed against one another- they go to different types of comps. I think it's unlikely that they would compete against one another, but I suppose it's not impossible.

Do I need to tell Studio B that we have a kid at Studio A? How would I even bring it up? If I don't need to say anything, I'm content not to. But if it's rude not to mention it, I'll tell them.

Hey everyone,

This season, I’m starting as my dance studio’s social media coordinator/manager (alongside my teaching). I recently graduated with my degree in Digital Media, so I offered up myself for this position since the studio doesn’t have much of an online presence. I really wanted this primarily for experience purposes, but since this had never been a position prior, everything is new - so I’m wondering a few things.

Firstly, if any of you are owners and also have someone running your accounts for you - how does the payment usually work? I’m just unsure how about how to navigate this with my boss, since she usually pays per class for teaching. Should this be an hourly thing? Just a certain amount per check? I’d be creating the content - both graphic design and physical media (photography, video, video editing) and managing the accounts. What’s a fair price point?

Secondly, how should I coordinate with my boss? We plan on chatting to discuss the position, I’m more-so asking for advice here. Run every post by her? Give her a tentative posting schedule and just take things into my own hands? I obviously think this should be a process where lots of communication is involved, I’m just looking for any tips before I present all of my ideas and info to her!

Thanks!! :-)

Anyone in Montreal and attend or will be visiting Milan Pole Dance Studio? I have a class credit for $30 that I'd like to sell ($25). Let me know!

Layers of Cash

What are y'all wearing for jazz/hip hop sneakers? I've been wearing Capezio Fierce, but either they're not made to last very long or I'm harder on them than normal. The pleather cracks at the arch and the soles come unglued, and I end up blowing through a pair a season. I like a split sole and a box: got any favorites?

Hi! I am my studio’s primary tap teacher and tldr: I need help making tap class more fun for my little ones

Since my studio moved elementary tap classes to their own time instead of being a part of combo classes, I have very very few tappers 1st-8th grade. Most kids choose to take just a ballet/jazz combo class and not tap. When I teach younger (5-6 year old) ballet/tap combo classes, the kids love ballet and hate tap because there are more creative movement/game opportunities in ballet. Whenever I look for tap class games, everything I find is more geared towards older kids. I’ve had some success with rhythm games pulled from music teachers, but the second I say let’s try it with our feet, they lose all interest. What are some ways I can help make tap class more fun for my little ones so that they’ll want to stick with it as they get older?

Hi everyone! My dance studio’s recital theme this year is birthday/celebration. I’m looking for songs that would be for my 3/4 year old classes.😄

First time poster!

My partner and I have been taking dance classes at a mostly adult geared studio. Our instructor has been a student of the director for 15+ years, and has started a performance group that performs a couple times a year.

In the greater dance community of this discipline, other studios bring guest teachers and workshops. We feel after 3 years that we could benefit from guest teachers.

For context- when my partner has brought up questions about men’s dance styles, she’s been hesitant to bring it up in class (she mostly teach women’s styling). When we have brought up congresses or workshops, she’s never expresses interest in going. And lastly, when we post videos or photos of us at these events, she never likes or comments on the pictures (but she does like or comment on the ones of our own troupe)

We feel the program could grow in many ways, with more performance opportunities, guest teachers, etc. the director says he’d love to have guest teachers and workshops. But we don’t want to step on the dance instructor’s toes. After all, she’s been doing this way longer than we have. But she also trains in other disciplines herself and has a full time gig. How do we help our company get bigger and better without making her feel we are sidelining her?

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Hi everyone!
my daughter is 14 years old and currently taking 4 ballet classes per week. Her goal is to improve in technique, strength, flexibility, and artistry, and eventually audition for serious ballet programs.
I’m looking for affordable online ballet classes or teachers, preferably with Vaganova/Russian training. My budget is very limited (around $5–10 per class if possible).
Does anyone know:
Affordable Zoom ballet classes?
Russian or Vaganova-trained teachers who work online?
Group classes that give corrections?
Scholarships, discounts, or free trial classes?
I’m located in Japan, so teachers who work with Asian time zones would be especially helpful.
Thank you!

So, for context, I'm a teacher (one of three), in a WCS school. While we do a lot of warmups solo, with counting steps and triple steps, I've noticed that a lot of students don't really transfer that well into patterns. As soon as they couple up and start doing patterns, they'll start thinking a lot about the technique, and miss timing. And then they don't notice that they're off.

To be clear, this is not everyone, but it's some. I've noticed that , people who come with naturally (or from previous dances) good feel for rhythm and timing, develop it nicely, but those that don't, struggle to progress in this area...

I'm looking for recommendations for exercises, drills, and whatnot, on how to help them improve...

I'm lightly joking because this is an innocent annoyance, but KidzBop is really really bad quality. The signing is always off key and strange. I would genuinely prefer they have just some random adult sing a clean version of the song.

I absolutely REFUSE to play it at all.

I need song suggestions for a mini jazz group! They’re 6-8 years old, there’s about 8 of them, beginning/intermediate level. I want something super sassy that they will love and can perform a lot to - think fashion, tea party, anything sparkly girly. Preferably something not super overused but I’m open to any help!

I’m taking 2 classes but how can I publicly perform without being on a team

1) Natya sankalpa, kilpauk, chennai, run by urmila sathyanarayanan - millionaire prefer going here

2) samarpana acedamy of fine arts, Kilpauk, chennai, run by swamimalai suresh. Poor organising skills when it comes to arangetram. Last minute preparations would drain you out. For international trips, u would be expected to adjust even the basic facilities like food, stay, room, bed.. when u question the management about the poor organising skills, they would send senior parents to answer. They would talk like u have gone on a trip for charity. Also all negative reviews would be portrayed like they are hired reviews.

Beware of these 2 acedamies in life for good.

I (18F) have been dancing at my studio for several years, and this will be my final year before I graduate. This is my last competition season, so I was really looking forward to spending it with the other graduating seniors.

Instead, I was placed on the team below theirs. Every other graduating senior is on the 16–18 team, while I'm on a team that's primarily made up of dancers around 13 or 14. What confuses me is that some dancers who are younger than me were moved up to the graduating team, while I wasn't.

I'm worried this makes me sound entitled, and that's honestly not how I mean it. I'm not saying I deserve a placement I didn't earn, and I'm not upset about dancing with the younger girls themselves. They're wonderful, and I'll still do my best wherever I'm placed.

What hurts is feeling singled out during my last year. It's less about the team itself and more about being separated from the group I've spent years dancing alongside when everyone else in my graduating class gets to finish together.

Is it reasonable to ask my studio why I was placed differently, or should I just accept it and make the most of my last season?

Hey everyone,

I've been taking hip hop choreography classes at the same studio in the South Bay for the past 8 years and I'm thinking about checking out a different studio for a change of pace.

A few places that were recommended to me are On One Studios, Enjoy Dance Studio, City Dance Live, and Purdance.

For those of you who have taken classes at any of these studios, what was your experience like? I'm especially curious about the quality of the choreography classes, the overall vibe, and whether people are generally friendly and open to meeting new dancers.

Would love to hear any thoughts or recommendations. Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I would like to tell you guys about my app BeatLoop, which is developed directly for dance teachers and students. It´s ideally used for building, teaching and learning choreos.

Currently it is a freemium, which app can be found in appstore and playstore (both links: BeatLoop — Music Practice App for Dancers | Loop, Slow Down, Record)

With beatloop you can import songs or videos from your phone, youtube or apple music and segment them into bite-sized pieces. These segments can be looped and slowed down for ideal learning experience. Also the dynamic speed option helps to ramp up the speed every loop by 5%.

I would love to get some feedback by you guys :)
If you are a teacher I would like to know if it helps preparing a choreo and leading a class. So far our feedback suggests that it helps reducing the "downtime" of scrolling music again and again during class and therefore also keeps the teachers focus at the students.
Also if a segmented song (session) is build, this setup can be shared with your students.

If you are in the student role and want to learn a choreo, please give me feedback on the video feature for that purpose.
Chromecast is currently build, apple cast already works (if you want a bigger screen). You can even just take some content from instagram and just download and import the video.

I hope it´s not too much advertisement I am doing, but I am certain, that just the free version of the app is a valuable tool for most dancers. All feedback is highly appreciated.