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Support your child to grow from Eisteddfods

Dance 21 Aug, 2014

By Kate Histon Eisteddfods & competitions can be an amazingly heart-warming experience seeing our children up on stage under those lights being their brilliant selves. It can also be one of disappointment and potential heartbreak. Having run my own school for over 15 years, and be… Read Article

Dance and Perfectionism

Dance 29 Jun, 2012

Stretch your knees, shoulders down, tail in, tummy in… oh that’s right it’s 2012… I mean lengthen both sides of the body equally… and now smile! I don’t know about you, but my experience of being a dancer and now a teacher has been a journey. Excuse the cliché, but I live in Byron Bay and maybe w… Read Article

LIFE'S A CRUISE!

Dance 29 Mar, 2012

Last December, I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Rhapsody of The Seas.  The 10 day cruise was very relaxing and just what my family and I needed after a hectic 2011. During the day, we relaxed, swam, and visited some of the many islands surrounding New Cale… Read Article

Building Your Team from the Inside Out – PART 2

Dance 28 Mar, 2012

Part 2 – Linking Staff Values In Part one of Building Your Team from the Inside Out we showed you what motivates a person to action.  In this article we are exploring how to align the values of your team to the ethos standards of your school. Each team member is a special piece of a puzzle… Read Article

Awakening The Master Dancer – Part One

Dance 6 Apr, 2011

Dance is the art of giving and receiving expression, of offering ideas, inspiration, creativity and wisdom through the silent movement of the human body. There is something so powerful about this creative art. Its language can speak beyond the physical realm, taking both dancer and au… Read Article

BUILDING YOUR TEAM FROM THE INSIDE OUT IN 2011

Latest News 21 Feb, 2011

Irrespective of the size of your dance school, as soon as you decide to employ or contract staff, the nature of your communication and leadership skills is critical. Many of us school owners started our schools with a purpose to teach dance our way. We prided ourselves on our creative and t… Read Article

IT'S THEIR LIFE – TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

Workshops 6 Feb, 2011

Many teenagers feel like they’re being pulled in all directions and never quite measuring up. Depression and anxiety rates among young people are alarmingly high, as are high risk behaviours such as binge drinking. Enter the two day It’s MY Life workshop for adolescents,… Read Article

PRIMA BALLERINA – INTERVIEW WITH VICKI ATTARD

Latest News 14 Dec, 2010

Vicki Attard one of Australia’s Prima Ballerina’s talks about what she is doing now and her journey in dance. With a career as a dancer spanning fifteen years, Vicki’s highlights with the Australian Ballet Company include dancing “Kitri” on the openi… Read Article

MORE THAN THE DREAM

Dance 14 Oct, 2010

So you think you can dance? That’s not enough! Do you know you can dance? Still, it’s not enough! The real question is; what are you going to do about it? Not your mum, not your dad, not your teacher, not your agent, not your manager, not your friends – YOU! With Dance growi… Read Article

YOUR EMOTIONS CREATE ART

Dance 25 May, 2010

Physics 101 – What goes up must come down! Guess what? Your emotions are the same. A great artist knows how to use their emotional cycles to create works of art such as choreography, productions, music, dance – you name it we all do it! Beethoven had a string of personal muses ea… Read Article