Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "advice for dancers"
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3Tips & AdviceBefore getting fitted: How to prepare your feet to start pointe
Pointe shoe shopping has always reminded me of Harry Potter shopping for his first wand. There’s a big wall filled with long boxes stacked...
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7Dance HealthAre dancers getting injured more? Part III: Pushing back against the trend
We’ve all been there — you see something flatly wrong on social media, and you pause for a moment. After a sigh,...
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134Tips & AdviceHow to compliment a dancer: Being ‘nice’ with sensitivity and awareness
“You look great – you must have lost weight!” It’s a fairly common compliment (or at least something meant as a compliment)....
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360Dance HealthAre dancers getting injured more? Part II: It all goes back to technique
We all know that scene in Center Stage: Juliette (Donna Murphy) finds Eva (Zoe Saldana) working alone in the studio late at night....
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286Tips & AdviceHow to navigate your European audition tour: Part II – Shannon Maynor
In our three-part series, How to navigate your European audition tour, Dance Informa speaks with three American artists who are living the...
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346Tips & AdviceThe 7 steps of networking
Artists benefit from surrounding themselves with art. Inspiration for their own practice often comes from the art they immerse themselves in, and...
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132Tips & AdviceHow to navigate your European audition tour: Part I – Emily Wohl
Many American dancers dream of dancing and living in Europe. The culture is rich, the arts are more supported, and dance jobs...
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259Feature ArticlesAudition tips with Fran Kirmser
In past editions of Dance Informa, Fran Kirmser gave readers an inside scoop on how to Make Dance Your Business and the...
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595Dance HealthInjured and pining to dance: 4 approaches for how to cope
You’re sitting in a grand theater, watching your peers perform beautifully. Or maybe you’re scrolling Instagram and their opening night pictures fill...
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224Tips & AdviceLow residency Dance MFA programs for professional dancers
Many dance artists who decide to pursue their MFA have already established professional careers, which can often be difficult to step away...
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2.7KFeature Articles10 takeaways for competition season
As school is well underway and vacations end, there is still one season that studios and dancers look forward to — competition...
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249Dance HealthFeeling the pressure: Managing competition anxieties
Competition season is upon us and for many, that means increased pressure — pressure to perform, pressure to win, even pressure not...
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170Tips & AdviceApproaches to improvisation
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the many possible meanings of the word “improvisation” in relation to dance. On the one hand, improv...
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155Tips & AdviceThe basics of launching your dance career
Starting a professional career in dance is thrilling but knowing where to start can be stressful. To help young professionals start their...
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2.6KFeature ArticlesMake Dance Your Business with the help of Tony winner and author Fran Kirmser
Fran Kirmser knew at a young age she wanted to dance. She trained throughout her youth and went on to dance professionally...
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499Tips & AdviceMake the most of your summer dance intensive
Summer is here, and you may have a summer dance intensive coming up that you’re super excited for. Intensives are a wonderful...
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338Tips & AdviceCasting in the age of the cloud: The ballad of the overkill
Next up in our series, Casting in the age of the cloud, is about the ballad of the overkill and not submitting more...
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688Dance Health4 tips to handling rejection with greater grace
We’ve all been there: you get cut at an audition, you don’t get the role that you want, you don’t get into...
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1.6KTips & AdviceThe virtual audition: Obstacle or opportunity?
Let’s talk about virtual auditions. They started as a necessity out of the pandemic, and thankfully served as a way to keep our industry...
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1.4KDance HealthMental health: When to persevere and when to step back
“The show must go on” — it’s perhaps the most quintessential performing arts adage. Yet, human beings aren’t machines. Yes, we as...
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1.7KTips & AdviceArtist visas 101: What you need to know
Acquiring an O-1B artist visa in the United States can seem challenging, scary and mysterious. Dance Informa recently had the opportunity to...
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2.0KDance HealthComing Back to Dance
Part One Life has its seasons — shifting practicalities and needs leading us in different directions. Dance is a pursuit calling for...
