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From The Top: Weekly Lesson Plan For Dance Teachers

Hello FTT Family and welcome back to another blog post! Today we are so excited to introduce a new resource for the dance teachers in our community. Say hello to our new Weekly Lesson Plan For Dancers! In this new installment of our teaching and class resources, we have a created a one page log… Continue reading From The Top: Weekly Lesson Plan For Dance Teachers

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Best Gym Workouts For Dancers

Hello FTT Family and welcome back to another blog post! Today we are working on our fitness. That’s right, pack your bags, because we’re heading to the gym! In so many ways, the gym and dance go hand and hand. This is because when we work on strengthening our bodies outside of the studio, it… Continue reading Best Gym Workouts For Dancers

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Is My Student Ready For Pointe?

Hello From The Top Family and welcome to another blog post! Today we are talking about pointe! However, this time we are looking at the subject from a teacher perspective. For every student longing to hear the “Yes” to start pointe, there is a teacher that must give that yes. So in this post we… Continue reading Is My Student Ready For Pointe?

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Halloween Costumes For Dancers: 2023 Edition

Hello and mwahaha, FTT Family! With spooky season underway and halloween festivities kicking off soon, today we are back with a 2023 edition of our Halloween costumes for dancers! A few years back we made our first post on how to turn your everyday dancewear into a great last minute halloween costume for the season.… Continue reading Halloween Costumes For Dancers: 2023 Edition

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Our 2023 Music Favorites For Hip-Hop

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

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What Not To Do During Your Dance Journey

Our dance journeys are always a unique process. From our first class to our first booked job, all the way to retirement, dance is quite frankly a lifestyle. Now, we are always open and talkative about some of the things to keep in mind or put in place to ensure a wonderful dance journey. However,… Continue reading What Not To Do During Your Dance Journey

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Our 2022 Music Favorites For Hip-Hop

Hello From The Top Family and welcome back to our second installation of this year’s Music Favorites! As we previously did with jazz, today we will be counting down our favorites in music for Hip-Hop! This is a genre that we can always so easily find music for since hip-hop, rap and r&b music has… Continue reading Our 2022 Music Favorites For Hip-Hop

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Across The Floor Jazz Routine: Vol. 2

Hey there, dancers and welcome back to From The Top! Today we are back with volume 2 of one of our newest community favorites: our “Across The Floor Jazz Routine”! That’s right, a new Jazz class companion has hit the FTT streets! In this routine, we’ll be upping the ante a little bit with multiple… Continue reading Across The Floor Jazz Routine: Vol. 2

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What’s In My Dance Bag: 2022 Update

Hey there, dancers! Today we wanted to share with our a community the newest addition to our IGTV series! In From The Top tradition, I like to take a fun moment and share with you all what’s in my dance bag, the teaching and class essentials that I keep on hand, as well as any… Continue reading What’s In My Dance Bag: 2022 Update

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Beginner Pointe Tips: How To Build Up Your Tolerance En Pointe

Hey From The Top Family and Happy International Dance Day! Whether you’ve spent the day at the studio or in the comfort of your own home, we hope you got up and got dancing today! With that being said, we would love to be your dance day entertainment with a brand new IGTV episode! Today… Continue reading Beginner Pointe Tips: How To Build Up Your Tolerance En Pointe