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
Why I don’t let girl students express themselves with the crop top
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
Developing the wow factor in a kid
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
Christine gets crotchety
I’m going to sound a little crotchety and maybe old-fashioned here. My mom told me of a conversation with a first-grade teacher she knows from church. The teacher held her make-up snow day class for her first-grade students. The school district picked last Saturday for the make-up. Guess … [Read more...] about Christine gets crotchety
A Look Beyond: Seeing Raw Talent In Yourself And Others
This article originally appeared on TEDx Lincoln Square - New York City Looking beyond our societal-limitations and book-cover judgments of others opens a playground of possibility when raw talent lurks. Sometimes you must rattle a few cages (including our own) to get to the next … [Read more...] about A Look Beyond: Seeing Raw Talent In Yourself And Others
Interview With CRS Student Meena Jain
Christine Rich: Meena, now that you have trained year-round for 16 years, did you ever think when you were young that you would be dancing the lead principal part in our ballet this year, Raymonda’s Dream? Meena Jain: It became a goal for me the beginning of high school, but not when I was … [Read more...] about Interview With CRS Student Meena Jain