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Dance Advantage

http://danceadvantage.net

Giving students, teachers, and parents an edge in dance education.

Added on: Apr 9th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: danceadvantage
Listed in: Dance Education
Tags: ballet choreography dance class dance studio dance teacher dance student

Recent Posts

Listening to Dance — An Exercise in Viewing Art

Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 06:00 in art, education, music, blog, Dance, visual arts, for fun

Image by jasoneppink via Flickr I’d like to have you try a short exercise. Look over the questions/suggestions below: Do any images or pictures come to your mind? What are they? Does the song cause remembrances of something, someone, or...
Streamlining Competition Registration with DanceSignUp.com

Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 13:50 in blog, web design, design, Online, website, events, competition, web application, judging, registration, venues, in the spotlight

Image via Wikipedia Twitter is a great way to discover emerging websites, services, and businesses within the dance world. It was on Twitter that I first encountered DanceSignUp, a web-based application designed to bring together dance competi...
Trick or Treat Tracks for Halloween

Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 08:00 in music, blog, children, kids, holidays, album, songs, ballet, cd, halloween, featured, michael jackson

Image via Wikipedia I love holidays in the dance studio and Halloween can be especially fun. Below is a list of songs and albums that may inspire you to get a little ghoulish in your classes this year. The categories just give an idea of which...
Lifting Your Leg From Underneath and Other Impossible Feats

Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 17:15 in blog, extension, myth, leg, Technique, toolbox, impossible, gravity, battement, hamstrings, grand battement

In a recent article on the iliopsoas muscles, I skirted discussion of the perpetuated myth that dancers can lift their legs “from underneath” or use their hamstrings to raise the leg in battement. Synchronously, a related question appeare...
Introducing the Iliopsoas

Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 17:10 in blog, health, Dance, wellness, extension, hip, leg, stretching, Technique, featured, toolbox, lift

The iliopsoas is the only muscle (well, technically group of muscles) that attaches to the spine, pelvis, and femur (or, thigh). The three muscles which make up the iliopsoas are deep, running very near the spine and beneath other major muscle groups...
1, 2, 3 Reasons to Check Out 4Dancers

Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 08:00 in blog, links, Online, brief, in the spotlight, 4dancers

4Dancers Blog has been around for a few months and I like what I'm seeing. Here's why I think you will too. Related posts:Top 10 List: Reasons Teachers Should Continue their EducationA Master Class for Studio OwnersTaking Your Website into Your Own...

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