Hi Everyone, Having just conducted a series of teacher's workshops for dance studios across Australia, I have a lot of teaching strategies really fresh in my mind - and today I would like to share another of those with you. For many of you, more experienced tap teachers out there, you may be familiar with [...]
Hi Everyone, Today I wanted to share with you the best strategy I have found for combatting those over excited 4 - 10 year olds when they refuse to be quiet so you can speak ha ha ha. You know the ones: * the ones who love to chat and tell you all their stories [...]
Well hello to everyone, Last week I had the pleasure of actually being in the same place for more than a few weeks - and this meant I was able to organise myself to go and take a tap class in a real live studio. Now - to be clear here, what I mean is [...]
Hello to all and welcome back, Today I just wanted to discuss the beauty of a well placed pause. Having recently been watching some wonderful tapping You Tube Clips from around the globe, it has really reinforced my belief that a " missed beat" or well placed " pause " can add wonders to any [...]
As I travel around the place teaching workshops and choreography I often get asked about my choice in music. Questions like – where do you find such great music? Or – what do you think is appropriate for younger students? Or the inevitable frustration – “It is so hard to find music these days that [...]
Hello to everyone, I was recently chatting to a dance teacher about the fabulous skills that tap dancing teaches the younger tappers in any dance schools. She was really surprised at just how much her " Tiny Tots Tappers" had improved over the year and how much this had impacted upon their other genres further [...]
Hello everybody and welcome to 2017! So as you head into the new year of dance you may be thinking " just how can I get more students enrolling in tap classes?" Well there are few very simple answers to this question that I like to share with our Tapatak Oz clients and teachers, as [...]
Hello to everyone, Well this newsletter is simply to wish you all the most wonderful Xmas and New Year. It is simply hard to believe that the Festive Season is upon us once more. So without further ado and without taking up any more of your precious time, we wish you all a well earned [...]
Hello to everyone and welcome back, Today's newsletter is really short and sweet and just a quick comment on tap dance existing alongside classical ballet in your dance school. I have been asked many times, as I travel around the country whether or not children who pursue one genre can also pursue another and my [...]
Well a huge hello to everyone, Today I wanted to share with you all a wonderful moment I witnessed with one of our client's the other day. This was a client / teacher in the UK and she was sharing details of her concert with all the parents in her dance school via FaceBook [ [...]
