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How to Train Students for Quick, Complex Footwork with Lauren Anderson
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PT Dr. Emily Becker on Helping Students Achieve Longer, Stronger Balances
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Teaching With a “Pilates Lens”: A New Way to Approach Alignment and Artistry
As a student of Pilates teacher Romana Kryzanowska, I remember a teacher-training session a decade ago when a young instructor asked Romana why she never got bored of teaching the same exercises. Romana answered, “I am not teaching exercises. I am teaching a person.” Catherine Earp. Photo by Debbie Troy, courtesy Kate Mattingly. This approach continues to motivate my work with Pilates––which I’ve been teaching for more than 25 years––and sparked my thinking about why Pilates training might be valuable for ballet teachers. Instead of approaching pedagogy as a script of steps or exercises, perhaps we could focus on dancers’ […]
Cornelius Carter Shares Dance as an Act of Community Service
Every dance artist begins their journey as a product of the community in which they began. While attending an all-Black school in the South, Cornelius Carter was asked by his high school dance teacher to choreograph for the school’s dance company. She noticed he had a natural talent for movement and saw the possibility of opening doors for both him and his peers. “I knew this opportunity could act as a type of currency for both myself and those around me,” Carter shares. Since receiving this life-altering request, he has treated dance as a passport connecting himself with community worldwide. […]
Viral TikTok Duo The Gardiner Brothers Push the Boundaries of Traditional Irish Dancing
When it comes to choreographing their viral Irish dance routines, the rules merely exist to be broken for The Gardiner Brothers. Professional dancers and content creators, Michael and Matthew Gardiner, 29 and 26, hold five world championship titles between them and have both performed the principal role in Riverdance, but they can just as easily incorporate disco arms into an Irish jig as they can perform traditional steps with a poker-straight posture. Photo by Paul Jennings, courtesy Gardiner Brothers. Born in Denver, CO, to Irish parents before moving to Galway, Ireland, in 2006, the pair have grown a devoted social […]
Reviving the desi Mohiniyattam repertoire
Hridya Haridas, a disciple of Nirmala Panicker, added a novel folk element to his performance
When dance captures the stillness in movements
The Platform 2025 in Bengaluru showcased January Low’s ‘Pending’ and Sooraj Subramaniam’s ‘Reflections of an Indian Dancer’, both of which shared a theme but explored it differently.
Madurai Muralidharan collaborates with Budapest Orchestra to present Kalidasa’s Abhijnanasakuntalam
Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Madurai R Muralidharan’s take on Kalidasa’s play stood out for its visualisation and teamwork
How a New Rosco Dance Floor Transformed This Studio (Literally) Overnight
Students at Impulse Dance Academy in Greenwood, Indiana, discovered a major surprise when they returned from their holiday break: The studio’s 21-year-old flooring was gone, replaced with a new Duètte vinyl floor from Rosco. “They were ecstatic,” Kerri Sullivan, Impulse’s owner, says of the dancers. “It’s been a game changer.” Impulse Dance Academy received the Rosco dance floor from the company through a giveaway exclusively offered to Dance Teacher readers. After years of putting off what can seem like a daunting upgrade, the company’s gift helped transform Sullivan’s studio for many years to come. A Dance Studio Desperate for a […]