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• Get Some Winks: A Quick Guide To Better Sleep May 31, 2012
  About half of Americans are sleep deprived. That could include you or your students. Dance and health writer, Nancy Wozny shares this quick guide to getting a better night's sleep. Follow these tips and not only will your sleep improve but your dancing may too!
• Engaging Preschoolers with Puppets May 23, 2012
  Puppets are a wonderful way to add depth to a dance and back you up when you need help. Discover the benefits of adding puppets into the preschool dance room.
• John Jacobson Shares Tips For Staging Your Own Flashmob May 20, 2012
  Music educator, composer, philanthropist, and youtube sensation, John Jacobson has choreographed for "mobs" of dancers, including the staff and crew of the Ellen DeGeneres show. Get John's tips on how to stage your own flashmob and learn more about his true life's work and positive message.
• Outside the Bubble: Encouraging Students to Develop Their Own Dance Community May 10, 2012
  Nowadays, social media is a way of life and a way of interacting in a community. Online communities provide a sense of identity, belonging, and opportunities that don’t exist in traditional communities the way they once did. Personally speaking, I find it easier to find like-minded colleagues online than in my own neighborhood. Here, I [...]
• The Fit Dancer: Fueling your fouettes with fabulous fruit smoothies May 3, 2012
  Dancers are athletes. Just like any other athlete, it’s important that we be conscious about how we are fueling our bodies.  The stereotype of the stick-thin waif who dines on lettuce leaves and cigarettes is long gone, and as our field becomes increasingly physical, so too must our fitness and nutrition. Here begins the start [...]
• Nutrition On The Move: Veggie Muffins April 26, 2012
  Vegetable rich vitamins and minerals in the convenience of a muffin! Make ahead and pack these easy snacks in your dance bag.
• Celebrating The Arts: Decorating The Dance Room While Connecting to Class Content April 24, 2012
  If I had a studio space to call my own I would have a lot of fun decorating it. Big empty walls and mirrors, windows and doors at my disposal. I would be in dance studio heaven. Since I don’t have my own walls, my refrigerator is decorated with splashes of color and drawings of [...]
• “Black or White” to Black and White: Dance History and the Music Video April 17, 2012
  “The only thing new in dance is you.” A friend shared that quote from an Ohio University professor years ago and it has stuck with me.  Every year I find myself chuckling to myself as I listen to kids claim movements as “their” choreography when really many are sampling from the limited palette of movement [...]
• Less Email, More Dancing: 4 Ways to Tame Your Inbox April 13, 2012
  Manage your dance studio inbox with time-saving tips that strengthen your communication with parents and streamline your business, leaving more time for the things you love (like dancing and teaching).
• What I Learned From A Performance Fail April 1, 2012
  We all make mistakes. I share one of my own performance fails in this month's Circle Time roundup as well as a few inspiring quotations. Meanwhile some other dance bloggers shed some light on what they've taken away from their on and offstage mistakes. Don't forget to add your own fabulous faux pas to the comments!