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Finding ballet leotards that offer proper support shouldn't be a treasure hunt. Our community has shared their tried-and-true favorites for

Five tips to help you establish trust with your ballet students. When the ballet class is full of trust, dancers learn and progress more qui

Using phrases that model the future that we see possible for our students is so important. By this point in the dance season, students are

Ballet dancers could write the book on perfectionism. But that mindset isn't healthy or helpful, so here are 4 tips to help shift towards gr

Do you ever feel like your class is behind? Of course you do--we all do. But "behind" requires us to compare our class with someone else's

People with ADHD are often hyper-sensitive to criticism. They aren't being dramatic--their brains genuinely react more strongly. So how can

I know "turtle" is not the animal most dancers would like to be described as. Most of us would prefer to be called a swan, or a gazelle, or

An invitation to teach at a new-to-me studio led to discovering one of the healthiest, growth-oriented cultures I've seen in a while.

A welcoming ritual helps set your class time apart from other distractions during the day and fosters learning.

Three tips to help make ballet class more recuperative for when dancers need rest but are not in a position to stop, like the week of a show

Another great idea from Daniel Coyle's book The Culture Code is the idea of Sneak Previews to help build images of success for your students

I'm sure he didn't mean to, but Kurt Cobain perfectly summed up my approach to adult beginning ballet: "Come, as you are, as you were As...

Mid-season can be rough. Here are my favorite mantras and approaches to help get through the very important work now, which will make

It's really important for students to feel like they belong in ballet class. It makes class a place they are excited to come to.

I love the way that winter break sort of selectively wipes the slate clean in ballet class. We get to keep the progress we've made and...

I was reminded of some critical steps I haven't been super-consistent about in my teaching. I got so busy worrying about how people

I'm at a new studio this year. I've spent the last few years directing the ballet program at a competition studio and had a wonderful