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Move. Create. Educate.
My dear readers, I have found the most perfect invention for you, your students, and your studio! It’s called the Dance Dot and it’s so fab. Wait, let me tell you about it and then I will tell you about the fabulous people behind it all. Continue reading A Dot Just For Dancing
This might seem like an obvious tool to use in class but I did Power Tap with my tap class yesterday and it was great. I wasn’t in the mood to manage and I was feeling really worn down. I don’t know about you, but most of the time I teach my best classes when I’m exhausted. Does that happen to you? Plus, they were very very chatty! Continue reading Power Tap
Yesterday was my first day back to tap class after the summer! It was great, and many of my students returned which made me really excited! Continue reading Balance of a Challenge This summer I am teaching a few private tap classes! I love it! Yesterday was our first meeting since the semester ended and we reviewed all the steps we had been learning in class. One step I find really fun and challenging for 8 year olds, and especially boys is barrel turns. They always ask to . . . → Read More: The Pancake Flip This is a video of one of my first year tap students at his school talent show. I put together this little combination for him, we had a few practice sessions, and as you will see, he brought the house down! I was so proud of him! . . . → Read More: Talent Show I still have a few hours to wish you all a Happy National Tap Dance Day! I taught ballet and movement all day today to the babies, but I was surely thinking about tap dance while I was doing it! Did you do anything to celebrate today? I hope you went to class or tappy hour! . . . → Read More: Tappy Day! |
Maria Hanley is an independent early childhood dance educator in New York City.
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