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“There’s more than one way to skin a cat.”  It’s an old adage; one that in my younger years I

One time when I was in my teens, I was sitting at school with a ballet dancer who grew up

There is a reason that I don’t look at CVs anymore.  There is method behind my madness (and I do

When I was asked to write a chapter on “What is Dance?”, I thought, “I can tell you what dance

Too much experience blinds us. There is often a disconnect that happens between the artistic creator and the average person–someone

There is a battle that goes on between two main aspects of every choreography that no one even knows is

There is a certain simplicity to learning that seems to often be unnecessarily made complicated when many teachers teach.  I

One of the most common comments I hear from contestants at dance competitions I judge runs along the lines of:

The Creative Process is a tricky one, one with multiple facets, personal approaches, and sometimes undefinable methods.  Some debate as

“Hi, my name is X, and I’m a dancer, teacher, and choreographer.” With the economy and inflation as it is,

We live in a world where everyone has advice to give, and where the occasional “Audition Tips” article pops up every now and again giving people the “Do’s and Don’ts” of auditioning, “Audition Secrets”, “How To”, “Top Ten Audition Mistakes”…  I’ve seen articles warning against being “too needy”, asking too many questions, not chewing gum, not talking out of line, not eating and drinking during the audition, waiting your turn to go across the floor…you’ve read some of them, I’m sure.