Anyone who grew up dancing competitively knows that dance teachers carry more than one title. In addition to dance instructor, choreographer, and in my own dance teacher's case, Checchetti Queen, some other jobs include second mom, drama mediator, dance mom wrangler, business owner, and more. All of...
After dancing as a soloist with ABT, guesting around the world, spending almost three decades teaching pre-professionals, and working as company and school teacher for the Orlando Ballet for over a decade, Chen began her dual full-time role at JKO last September.
The French definition might translate to "shouldering," but épaulement is actually much more than that. "It's not just a superficial turn of the shoulders—it creates energy from the inside out," says Marisa Albee, faculty member at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. It's also what can elevate technically proficient dancing to something nuanced, dynamic and truly exciting. "Think of épaulement as the punctuation at the end of a sentence," says Brooke Moore, a faculty member for BalletMet's trainee program. "The head and the eyes are the exclamation point!"
Dance Teacher is designed exclusively for dance educators with advice and inspiration for your teaching practice and your studio business.
The French definition might translate to "shouldering," but épaulement is actually much more than that. "It's not just a superficial turn of the shoulders—it creates energy from the inside out," says Marisa Albee, faculty member at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. It's also what can elevate technically proficient dancing to something nuanced, dynamic and truly exciting. "Think of épaulement as the punctuation at the end of a sentence," says Brooke Moore, a faculty member for BalletMet's trainee program. "The head and the eyes are the exclamation point!"
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This ballet lesson planner is a great way to plan lessons. It's designed for ballet teachers. The planner contains sections: warm up, barre, and centre work, each with spaces for notes about what you'll be covering in each segment. It's easy to use—just print out the pages as you need and fill them out as you go! This is a digital download file. No physical item will be shipped to you. Your file will be ready for download after purchase Format: Print ready PDF Size: A4 & Us Letter *Terms and Conditions You may not sell this file. This file is licensed for personal use only. It may not be resold, reproduced or redistributed in any way without the creator's written permission. You may not claim this file as your own.
Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
What? Football players take ballet classes? That's right! Find out why barre fitness is so good for men too and why professional athletes take barre classes.
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Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
Dance Teacher is designed exclusively for dance educators with advice and inspiration for your teaching practice and your studio business.
Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
These top 5 best ballet books from teachers cover everything from ballet basics to the very finest points of technique, anatomy, history and artistry.
Truth be told, I am not one for placing labels on people. When someone attempts to apply one to me, I instinctively pull back in horror. However, there is one label that applies to me without a doubt. I take this label and wrap up in it like a giant cozy blanket. That is how […]
Learn about beginner French ballet terms and their pronunciation!
Allow me to paint a picture in your mind… I am sixteen years old. I have had plenty of experience as a teacher’s assistant in ballet class. It is now my turn to take a class on my own and carry it for the entire year. I think I am ready. I have done all […]
Helping you stay fit by doing barre + all fitness workouts at home. Health, fitness, and lifestyle tips with a French cultural touch.
This ballet lesson planner is a great way to plan lessons. It's designed for ballet teachers. The planner contains sections: warm up, barre, and centre work, each with spaces for notes about what you'll be covering in each segment. It's easy to use—just print out the pages as you need and fill them out as you go! This is a digital download file. No physical item will be shipped to you. Your file will be ready for download after purchase Format: Print ready PDF Size: A4 & Us Letter *Terms and Conditions You may not sell this file. This file is licensed for personal use only. It may not be resold, reproduced or redistributed in any way without the creator's written permission. You may not claim this file as your own.
How to perfect your port de bras hands and avoid the 5 most common mistakes. Attention to detail is one of the essential ingredients of mastering ballet; every gesture, angle and shape has purpose and precedent, which means dancers must also be technicians in the art of precision. The hands of t
