Rebecca Brettingham-Filice
PARENT: Supporting Your Dancer’s Journey: Encouragement Without Pressure
💡 Supporting Your Dancer’s Journey: Encouragement Without Pressure 💡
Parents play a vital role in their dancer’s success, but finding the balance between support and pressure can be challenging. This session provides strategies to encourage growth, resilience, and joy without added stress. ✨
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Encourage without pressuring your dancer
✅ Align your expectations with their personal goals
✅ Communicate effectively about progress & setbacks
✅ Handle competition & performance anxiety positively
🔹 Interactive Elements:
📝 Reflect on expectations vs. dancer’s goals
🎭 Practice supportive communication in role-playing exercises
❓ Q&A with real-life scenarios
💡 Leave with the tools to be a supportive, empowering force in your dancer’s journey! 🚀🩰
DANCER: Building Confidence: Overcoming Self-Doubt in Dance
🌟 Building Confidence in Dance 🌟
Self-doubt and fear of failure can hold dancers back, but confidence is a skill you can build! This session will help you trust yourself, embrace mistakes, and perform fearlessly. 💃✨
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Overcome self-doubt and reframe negative thoughts
✅ Use body language to project confidence
✅ Develop a strong mindset and bounce back from mistakes
✅ Silence comparison & imposter syndrome
🔹 Interactive Elements:
🪞 Mirror work: Practicing confident posture & expressions
💬 Affirmations & positive self-talk exercises
🤝 Partner feedback to build self-trust
💡 Step into your confidence—on stage and in life! 🚀🎭
TEACHER: The Mental Game: Helping Your Dancers Build Resilience
🧠 The Mental Game: Helping Dancers Build Resilience 🧠
Dancers face both triumphs and setbacks, making resilience essential for success. In this session, teachers will gain tools to help students develop mental strength, manage performance anxiety, and build confidence. 💡✨
🔹 Key Takeaways:
✅ Understanding perfectionism, comparison, and self-doubt in dancers
✅ Strategies to help students handle mistakes & failures with a growth mindset
✅ How to recognize burnout and support mental recovery
✅ Techniques to instill confidence & resilience in young dancers
💡 Walk away with actionable insights to empower your students both in and out of the studio! 🚀
YOUNG DANCER: Setting Goals for Success: A Dancer’s Guide to Achieving Their Dreams
🎯 Goal Setting for Dancers: Stay Motivated & Achieve More! 🎯
Goal setting helps dancers stay motivated, track progress, and reach their full potential—but many struggle to set clear, achievable goals. This interactive session will provide practical tools to turn dreams into action! 💡✨
🔹 What Dancers Will Learn:
✅ The difference between outcome vs. process goals
✅ How to set SMART goals for training & personal growth
✅ Strategies to stay accountable & overcome setbacks
🔹 Interactive Elements:
📝 Guided goal-setting exercises & journaling prompts
🤝 Partner discussions on motivation & perseverance
✉️ Write a future letter to yourself
💡 Walk away with a clear plan to stay focused, inspired, and unstoppable! 🚀🩰
Canadian Town Hall
Join us for a special gathering exclusively for our Canadian attendees, hosted by Rebecca Filice! This is your chance to network, share experiences, and exchange ideas with fellow studio owners and administrators who understand the unique opportunities and challenges of running a dance business in Canada.
💡 Whether you're looking to connect with like-minded professionals, discuss industry trends, or simply enjoy the company of your fellow Canadians, this is a must-attend event for fostering new relationships and strengthening our incredible dance community.
Let’s come together, celebrate our shared experiences, and inspire each other to keep pushing the industry forward! 🍁🇨🇦
Managing Multiple Programs: Maximizing Space, Time & Revenue (Studio Owners)
Managing Multiple Programs: Maximizing Space, Time & Revenue
Speaker: Rebecca Brettingham Filice
Today’s most successful dance studios don’t rely on just one program—they build multiple streams of revenue by diversifying their offerings. In this session, Rebecca Brettingham Filice will share how she has taken her studio to the next level by structuring a variety of programs tailored to different age groups, skill levels, and interests.
From short-term sessions like Winter 12-Week Programs & Camps to ongoing commitments like Performance Teams & Dance Troupes, Rebecca has perfected the balance of scheduling, staffing, and marketing to maximize enrollment while making the most of her studio’s space and time.
What You’ll Learn:
✅ How to efficiently structure multiple programs without burnout
✅ Scheduling strategies to maximize space usage and increase revenue
✅ How to balance short-term and long-term programs for consistent cash flow
✅ Creative marketing techniques to fill every class and session
✅ The secret to staffing multiple programs effectively
This session is perfect for studio owners who want to expand their offerings, increase revenue, and optimize operations without feeling overwhelmed. Whether you’re just starting to diversify or looking to refine your current programs, you’ll walk away with practical strategies to implement right away! 🚀