Perpetuating weight stigma in dance
“You have a pretty face but you are carrying too much weight" …um thanks I guess?...
29 June, 2021
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Little Thoughts, Big Impact
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Musings on language in dance
So many of us are implicitly and tacitly devaluing our students without even realising it. But what can we do about it?...
17 June, 2021
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Purity and danger in ballet
Sometimes I think my approach to ballet pedagogy makes me a fraud. But maybe ballet technique just needs to get dirty. ...
20 May, 2021
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Disrupting the silent dance class
Compliant. Obliging. Obedient. These are things I NEVER want my students to be - in the studio or in life. ...
26 April, 2021
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Your values are worthless
Sure, you've got values. But what are they doing for you? Are you teaching them and are they being embodied?...
09 February, 2021
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Using visual schedules in dance classes
Visual schedules are a great strategy to support students with autism in the dance studio. Here's a few things I've learned along the way...
18 September, 2020
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Dismantling the ‘disruptive’ child
"in this context, disruption shifts from being something powerful and full of potential into something that is negative, inconvenient, unwanted....
10 August, 2020
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Planning effective team training sessions
Sure, you need to train your team. But where do you begin? I use these three stages to plan effective and impactful team training...
03 August, 2020
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Why Disrupt Dance?
Exclusive and outdated teaching isn’t only harmful to students. It’s holding our industry back and it's also killing your profitability. I'm here to change that - one teacher, one studio, one school at a time....
27 July, 2020
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