Dance School Focus – JLC Dance Ltd Blackpool
We recently spoke to Janet and Brian from JLC Dance Ltd, a specialist in ballroom dance classes in Blackpool to find out more about what makes them unique, and what...
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Dance School Focus – JLC Dance Ltd Blackpool
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Stretching - what, when and why?
Stretching - what, when and why?
Most dancers have a reasonable amount of flexibility due to the nature of their work, however it is important to think about timing, the type of stretching and how much...
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Anonymous Dance Party Therapy
Anonymous Dance Party Therapy
It is clear that movement is the most primal form of expression, and you don’t need to be “a dancer” to indulge in it. The art of movement is a...
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Capezio Dance Active Collection Has Arrived! Just in Time for the Summer
Capezio Dance Active Collection Has Arrived! Just in Time for the Summer
Summer has arrived and it’s getting hot in here! Especially in those dance studios and glass window gym classes! So make sure you keep your cool this Summer with CAPEZIO'S...
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Is dance the right career for me?
Is dance the right career for me?
Every dancer, at some stage in their life contemplates whether dance is the right or appropriate career choice for them. A professional dancing career is one that requires passion, talent...
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Ballet as a foundation
Ballet as a foundation
Teachers constantly remind their pupils that ballet is the foundation of all dance and must be studied in accordance with other dance techniques. This is due to a number of...
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Tighter Examinations
Tighter Examinations
Across the country hundreds of young people will be facing a mountain of revision this Easter as over the next few months they will be sitting their GCSE and A-Level...
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English National Ballet School to present second USA Summer Intensive
English National Ballet School to present second USA Summer Intensive
English National Ballet School is set to present its second USA Summer Intensive in partnership with Ballet Theatre of Toledo, Ohio, following the success of the inaugural Summer Intensive last...
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Learning to...
Learning to...
Learning to dance has many other 'learning to...' connotations attached to it. Not only do children learn about different dancing styles and steps, dance classes are also a way to...
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The Yorkshire Ballet Summer School
The Yorkshire Ballet Summer School
The Yorkshire Ballet Summer School began as the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars in a church hall, taught by ex-Royal Ballet dancer and teacher David Gayle. The seminars were devised in order...
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Body conditioning for dance
Body conditioning for dance
Many dance students who have just put their first term of dance training behind them will be well acquainted with the term 'body conditioning' by now. It is something that...
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Pointe shoe problems
Pointe shoe problems
When young dancers are new to pointe work there are hundreds of questions racing around their heads. However, there are some basic things to remember at the outset. When your...
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External benefits
External benefits
There are many creams, lotions and pick-me-up remedies that are available for dancers to use, some more effective than others. Every dancer has a tube of pain-relieving gel or cream...
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Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s “Rosas Danst Rosas"
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s “Rosas Danst Rosas"
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s seminal “Rosas Danst Rosas", was created in 1983 for her then new four-woman company. It was only her third piece, yet it has had a sharp...
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Young Creatives - new for 2014
Young Creatives - new for 2014
Calling all budding young choreographers! Run since 2008, Youth Dance England Young Creatives is a choreographic programme that aims to enhance young people’s skills and knowledge of choreography, giving them...
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