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You might get a kick out of this. Every CRS summer dance session there’s an opportunity for kids to do the Student Choreography Project. There they get to create their own dance and have it showcased at our Summer Concert. Few kids think they have the chops to do it. I usually have … [Read more...] about Ashley rockets

Here’s some of the best biz advice I ever got: “Focus on the clients who are cooperating with your policies.” You know how it’s so easy to feel forced to give your attention to those who are misbehaving? A kid, a mate, a pet, a neighbor or a co-worker? They suck your attention better than a … [Read more...] about Adult-sized negative attention demanders

Let’s do a bit of random “Q&A” today. QUESTION: What are the best attended dance days? Christine: Believe it or not, bad snow weather. The parents we cultivate (resilient) are like the mail deliver’s motto: through rain, sleet or snow… Q: What’s teachers least favorite day? Christine: … [Read more...] about Dance studio owner takes random questions

Have you heard this? There are websites where college kids can rate their college professor as to, (sit down for this)… …how fun the professor is. Whoa. Let’s get right into this. Imagine a college kid checking out these sites to see which professor to sign up for, based on fun. Is … [Read more...] about You’ll have to sit for this one

The other day I read in a Dance Spirit magazine that dance is about creativity. True, said me. And that dance is about expression. Possibly true, but of what subject? The article showed girls in crop tops (that’s bare midriff and often low cut in the front.) The magazine said, “dancers … [Read more...] about Why I don’t let girl students express themselves with the crop top

Chloe Kim, age 17, in the 2018 Winter Olympics is killing it. She does the snowboard half-pipe. She has what looks like a flat skateboard on her feet and she goes up the snow covered angles to turn, turn and turn mid-air to land and go downhill and repeat again and again. She started at age five … [Read more...] about Developing the wow factor in a kid