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Knowing Your Worth (Without the Drama)
"Knowing your worth isn't about walking into a staff meeting with demands. It's about walking into your work with clarity." A Conversation Years in the Making Earlier this Spring, I...
Emotional Resilience: A Skill We All Need
"Life doesn't get easier-you just get better at handling difficult situations." What I've Learned About Emotional Resilience One thing that I've learned as I grow personally and professionally is what...
Keep Everyone Engaged: Fun and Focused Caregiver & Tot Dance Class Activities
Consistent Lesson Planning is Key When planning my early childhood dance classes, I always build activities around a consistent lesson plan framework. This approach not only creates a reliable structure...
Making the Most of Your Show Lobby
Use your recital theater lobby as a place to make your entire studio shine! Your Show Lobby is a First Impression When it's showtime, we focus so much of our...
Are You Charting the Course?
This week I read a passage that comes from John C. Maxwell's book "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" and wanted to share my insight about it in this blog....
Embracing Vulnerability
When I first started my dance studio, I thought that as the leader I had to know it all. I thought I was the one that had to have all...
Preschool Classroom Success: Educating Caregivers
Educating dance families is just as important as educating our dance students. By including families in their child's dance education journey, dance evolves from a once a week activity to...
Set & Reach Your Goals in the New Year
How did you do on your goals this year? Are you where you thought you would bewhen you set your goals last December? If not, it is probably time to...
50 Preschool Prop Activities
I've collected some of my favorite prop activities to share with you. These songs are categorized by popular preschool props: scarves, sticks, shakers, bean bags, parachute/giant stretchy band. You can...
Amp Up Your Accountability
As we are nearing the end of another year, it is a great time to figure out how you can amp up your accountability with yourself. As you reflect back...
Preschool Classroom Success: Space Markers
When I look at my overall classroom management plan one of the most effective strategies that has helped with classroom flow (besides my voice) has been space markers. Today I'm...
Love Your Body
This week is Love Your Body Week, so I thought it was a great week to talk about how we can help the next generation with this concept. As the...
To Downsize, Or Not To Downsize?
I have discovered the chai tea latte with apple at Starbucks. If you already know the goodness of this, forgive me for being late to the party, but I get...
Private Lesson Success Tips
As a teacher, are you frustrated that your students don't remember what you work on from week to week or are forgetting choreography from lesson to lesson? Private lessons are...
10 Resting Activities for your Early Childhood Dance Classes
Play Video Andrea Trench is dedicated to helping dance teachers create and deliver content that is research-based and developmentally appropriate for children under the age of 6. Her primary focus is...
Coffee Talk: Season 2, Episode 5
Play Video Join Rhee Gold & special guest Rhonda Miller for some great dance talk and inspiration.
Coffee Talk: Season 2, Episode 4
Play Video Join Ashley and Rhee for an up close and personal coffee talk! Ashley will share her experience growing up in the ballet world . . . the highs,...
Coffee Talk: Season 2, Episode 3
Play Video Join Rhee Gold and Laura Giacomelli Huntowski as they talk all things dance. Their special guest will be Laurie Kanyok, the founder and director of Kanyok Arts Initiative...
Coffee Talk: Season 2, Episode 2
Play Video We are launching a brand new program for Dance Studio Owners! Join Ginger Haithcox and Rhee Gold tomorrow at 11 AM LIVE (on this page) as we reveal...
Coffee Talk: Season 2, Episode 1
Play Video Join Tammy Bolduc, Amanda Herring, Debra Steele, & Rhee for a ton of inspiration as we celebrate begin a brand new season of Coffee Talk!
Coffee Talk: Episode 21
Play Video Join Debra Steele, Tammy Bolduc & Rhee for a ton of inspiration as we celebrate a successful season and the lessons learned that will make us stronger and...
Coffee Talk: Episode 20
Play Video Join Drew Burgess & Brett Perry as they answer some important questions. What's it like growing up as a male dancer in small town America? What does it...
Coffee Talk: Episode 19
Play Video Many of us are proud to be part of a dance legacy that began with our parents and in some cases generations prior! The special Coffee Talk we...
Making Changes Confidently
Compelled To Change Change is hard, but it is often necessary or even inevitable. As much as we would love to put people, policies, and processes in place that make...