Once upon a time, before smartphones and tablets, some youth (children and adolescents) would be bullied at school and/or extra-curricular activities. They’d...
One of the challenges studio owners can face is bringing the entire team together. Everyone is busy, they may have other plans. It tears...
Book: Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers Authors: Nancy Romita and Allegra Romita, Oxford University Press, 2016 Nancy and Allegra Romita approach authorship...
When a student first comes to your studio, that is prime word-of-mouth time. Those first two to three weeks are really important that...
When you make a visit to New York City, there are some must-see landmarks: the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Central Park....
Today, I’m going to share with you what you need to know if you want to sell your studio, maybe not now,...
Parents! Do you ever feel like all of the costs of having a child who dances are starting to pile up, and...
In running a studio, there is a very delicate balance between pricing and retention. Every time you’re asking a parent to make...
United Dance Merchants of America (UDMA) has been connecting dance teachers and studio owners with dance vendors through its annual Dance Resource...
There’s no denying the magical charm that tap dance has with the variation of rhythms that can be made with your feet....
Groove Dance Competition is making new changes in the 2016-17 season to accommodate even more dancers! Starting this year, Groove will offer...
Around the competition circuit, and the “how does she produce so many amazing dancers?” circuit, Dale Lam at Columbia City Jazz is...
The inaugural En Avant Dance Teacher Conference, presented by Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Canada, promises to host a myriad of events...
Tony Coppola has been in the dance business for over 40 years. In that time, he has worked as a performer, choreographer,...
So the best place for us to start, when we’re talking about retention, is to first of all identify which of your...
Ahhhh, that new dance shoe smell. The feel of soft, unworn material on your feet. As we dance in our shoes, over...
“Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching,” right? Even the greatest teachers strive to learn more. They research new developments in...
Teachers and directors care about their dancers’ health, but they also understand that dance is an aesthetic art form. Sometimes, having discussions...
What are you teaching your teachers about retention? Retention is the heart of our studio and in many ways it is the...
It is now common knowledge that a social media presence is important to growing and developing a business, and dance studios are...
Picture this (and for some of you readers, it might actually seem like a scene from the movie of your life): you’re...
As studio owners, we are expert multi-taskers, adept at juggling 50,000 balls in the air at once! We’re used to memorizing everything...