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Happy Friday, dancers and welcome to the first blog post of 2024! With the year just beginning, we decided this would be a great time to do another edition of teacher tips! So, with that being said, let’s dive into the topic of substitute teaching a dance class. A part of being a teacher in… Continue reading Teacher Tips: Substitute Teaching
Hello From The Top Family! We hope you’re doing oh-so well this Friday. As dancers, we know that injuries can be a common occurrence from time to time and one of those injuries are those pesky shin splints. The irritating tinge of pain that can surface on your shins can be tedious, uncomfortable and can… Continue reading Shin Splints: How Dancers Can Prevent & Heal Them
Hello From The Top Family and welcome the final installment of our music favorites for 2023! In this post we’ll be counting down our music go-tos of the year for tap! We’ll be diving into some real chart toppers that took 2023 by storm, along with a few reasons that we believe that they should… Continue reading Our 2023 Favorites For Tap
Hello FTT Family and welcome to the second installment of our yearly music countdown! Today we will be talking about our favorite 2023 tracks for your next hip-hop class. In this post, we’ll be covering everything from great tracks for your class warm-up to songs that will make great performance numbers for any and every… Continue reading Our 2023 Music Favorites For Hip-Hop
Hello everyone and welcome back to From The Top! Today we will be discussing some ways in which we can better ourselves as choreographers. As choreographers, we have the task of creating the art that will be put out into the world. And while this may sound like pressure for some, it’s an absolute joy… Continue reading Honing Your Skills as a Choreographer
Duets are one of my favorite categories to choreograph and discuss! They have a certain element about them that really has the ability to leave an impression on an audience. The process of both creating a duet and dancing one is always a memorable experience and one that you learn so much from, both as… Continue reading It Takes Two: Duet Tips For Dance Teachers & Students
Hello everyone and welcome to the first Friday and FTT blog post of the new year! With a new year comes new goals for everyone and the opportunity to try something, well, new! If you are a dance instructor like myself, I’m sure that you have been receiving lots of calls, emails and such about… Continue reading Choreographing An Awesome Solo
Hey there, FTT family and welcome back to another blog post! As you all know, we are in the midst of heading back to our favorite studios for another dance season. And as we prepare to get back to the grind, let’s talk about a very important aspect of being a teacher: the responsibility of… Continue reading How To Keep Your Dance Studio Germ Free
Hello my lovely From The Top Family and welcome back to another chat here on the blog! Today we are talking about the classic, the staple, the scary? Petit Allegro! Done in literally every ballet class everywhere, petit allegro is a sequence of small, quick jumps done in center. However, the truth is, petit allegro… Continue reading Mastering Petit Allegro
Good afternoon, night or morning to all of our From The Top Family all over the world! Thank you so much for dropping in today for another blog post! In today’s entry, we are talking about floorwork! That’s right. Whether you love it, hate it, or even love to hate it, floorwork is a skillset… Continue reading Floorwork Fundamentals
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