Geek Out, Don't Freak Out: My Treasure Trove of Lessons Learned

Discover why flexible ballet lesson planning is key to successful dance education. Learn how to create adaptable class structures that

If you have a great curriculum and lesson plan in place but you're still struggling to fit everything in during your ballet class, it's time

Five reasons a thorough ballet curriculum will help your dance studio *business* so you can gain clients and profit while simplifying your

Do you know what your priorities are in your classroom? For today? For this unit? For this year? For next year?

Your pre-barre warm-up isn't just about getting the snaps and pops out of the way. You can use this time to really target some of the most c

There are many wonderful training systems in the ballet world. One question that I often hear is, "When should we start introducing other

Teacher trainings are an important part of a well-organized ballet program. This sample agenda will help you plan meetings that are short...

Barre work is helpful, but NOT the most important part of class. It comes first, but the work we do later has a much bigger impact on whole-

Everyone wants flat turnout. Never mind that the huge majority of us are never going to safely attain it (although most of us can get close

We've all been there. You're evaluating your teaching and the list of things you want to improve keeps getting longer and longer and longer

Do you teach pirouette in cou-de-pied? Ever? Before pirouette in retiré? After? Why? One very commonly needed correction in pirouette is to

Progressing pirouette includes what foot position you are starting from and finishing in. Here is a logical progression--although there are

We've all heard. It there is some step that dancers really want to learn and you know they aren't ready for it. So what do you do?

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

Most ballet teachers cover the steps. But a top-quality ballet education needs to include steps and concepts--and not all

Two different lesson plan models to help you best prioritize what you want to teach and what will best connect with your students.

Some teachers are really gifted at creating combinations that feel like choreography but also contain needed repetition. For the rest of us,

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

The Geeky Ballerina curriculum is full of tools to help make your teaching and student evaluations easier. The expectations to advance show

Summer ballet is very different from regular-season dance classes. It tends to either be more intense (more hours per day, more days per...