How to buy a dance studio: Step 1
You’ve grown up dancing; you’ve been a dance teacher for years and possibly even a manager or director of a studio, but you have the desire to do more. You want to own your own dance studio. When building a dance studio and community of students from the ground up doesn’t fit into your plan, you may find that your new goal is to buy a dance studio instead. So how do you buy a [...]
3 Big Ideas to Profit from Your Holiday Dance Recital
Is it OK to make money from ticket sales for your holiday shows? The answer is yes! It’s your business and you need to profit from the holiday dance recitals you produce. Online ticketing software is a sure way to make selling tickets easier for you and to provide a [...]
A Few Favorite Things: What DIDC Loves About Jackrabbit Dance
A recent conversation with Mollie Baron, manager of Dance Innovations Dance Center, provided the opportunity to talk about a few of Mollie’s favorite Jackrabbit Dance things. “We feel like we are a lot like Jackrabbit – and that makes our relationship work. Neither of us are stuck in our ways, [...]
The Best Foods to Include on a Dancer’s Snack List
Dance uses up a lot of energy and burns a lot of calories, making what your dancers eat super important in helping them master their art. Certain foods give dancers’ bodies the nutrients they need at specific times. These foods help them perform at high levels and can help them [...]
Teen Peer Pressure Just One Stressor for Dancers
Kindergarten’s recess games and favorite colors in the crayon box may be plenty of pressure for young ones, but that is nothing compared to the teen peer pressure that your dancers maybe feeling from not just their friends – but from all sorts of angles. Many people may not even [...]
The ultimate guide for ordering dance costumes
As a dance teacher, you know a lot goes into creating the perfect dance routine. From music selection and choreography, to cast and costume choice- there are multiple components you must pay specific attention to when preparing for an upcoming performance. Whether it be for a dance competition, dance recital [...]
How to Run a Successful Dance Studio
When you started your dance studio, you probably did it to share your love of dance with children. You didn’t dream about burying your head in paperwork and spending endless nights manually collecting your tuition, scheduling your classes, maintaining your website and marketing your studio. It takes time, patience and [...]
Top 19 Dance Costume Companies
Costume season is upon us! Picking out costumes for your dancers is one of the best times of the year... if you know what dance costume companies to start looking at. There are so many different vendors that it can be hard to separate the top brands from the merely [...]
15 inspirational dance quotes to begin the new season
Words are powerful. So it’s no surprise that inspiring your dancers through appropriate language is one of the best gifts you will ever give them. If you’re looking for words to ignite that spark in your dancers this season, we’ve compiled our top 15 inspirational dance quotes that are sure [...]
Reverence is More than a Ballet Move
Ballet dancers are likely to have heard of reverence and know what it is. Reverence (ray-vay-rahnss), in general, is a French word that refers to paying respect to something or someone in authority (such as a teacher) by performing an act of reverence. There are 4 classical and contemporary acts [...]
Finding Points of Inspiration and Motivation
Suzy Arredondo and her parents, Jaime and Jeremy were Emily Finch’s inspiration – and motivation. Little Suzy is friends with Emily’s daughters. Emily, owner of Dance 101 in Tempe, Arizona, thought the movement of dance might bring Suzy joy and maybe even help her a little. Emily couldn’t have been [...]
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