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What is up, dancers and welcome to a new From The Top blog post! Today we are talking about a time of year that is very close to our hearts, which is convention and intensive season! This is a time to expand our knowledge and strengthen our dance training beyond its normal means. However, due… Continue reading Virtual Dance Convention & Intensive Survival Guide
Hello there dancers and welcome back to From The Top! Today we are going to be talking about dealing with your weaknesses as a dancer. Naturally, we always love to focus on the things that we do well. The amount of turns we can do, our bodily strength, how high our leaps may be, etc,… Continue reading How To Strengthen Your Weaknesses As A Dancer
Hey there, dancers and welcome back to From The Top! Today we are touching on a subject that I truly enjoy discussing which is following your own path. Following your own path can be the scariest, yet the most advantageous thing you can ever do in your life. This goes especially when it comes to… Continue reading Dancing To The Beat Of Your Own Drum
Hey there, dancers! Today, we here at From the Top are so excited to release our very first follow along barre warm-up routine! This routine has all of the elements of a basic ballet barre warm-up with exercises such as plies, tendus, degages, developpes, petit battements and grand battements, all of which can be done… Continue reading Follow Along Barre Warm-Up Vol. 1
Welcome back to From the Top, dancers! Today we are talking about ways to improve back flexibility! Back flexibility, along with back strength, is the key element to perfecting moves like arabesque, needles. penches, many more. However, for some reason or another, your upper and lower back can be one of the most difficult places… Continue reading Bending Into Shape: Stretches To Help Improve Your Back Flexibility
Today’s blog post is about something that every dancer comes up against at one point or another and that is, having an off day. An “off day” is when you have a day in class where you can’t seem to get anything right. You fall out of a turn, your leap doesn’t get enough height,… Continue reading Off Days: Everyone Has One
Improv, the art of dancing without any planned choreography or premeditated direction in movement, is easily one of the most commonly known genres in dance. Since there is no choreography involved, improv has a big reputation for allowing dancers personal freedom of movement and expression. However, improv can actually be a bit of a challenge… Continue reading Improv 101
Hey there, dancers and welcome back to From the Top! In today’s blog post we’re talking about a small issue that most every dance teacher faces and that is figuring out how to get the most out of your one-hour class timeslot. In the world of dance and teaching, there are literally so many things… Continue reading Teacher Tips: How To Get The Most Out Of Your One Hour Class Time
Make yourself proud. What does that really mean? The answer, though very sought after, is fairly simple. Sometimes we focus so much on making the people around us, such as our parents, dance teachers and friends, proud of the progress that we’ve made and what we’ve accomplished, but what about ourselves? How do we (italics)… Continue reading Make Yourself Proud
Hey dancers! Did you know the key to dancing choreography well isn’t completely in the dance steps? That’s right! The dance moves are not the one and only key to doing an amazing job in a dance. There is actually a combination of key elements that go into making a dance really pop! But what… Continue reading How To Slay Choreography In Any Genre
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