What if we redefined competition, comparison, and success in dance? What if your thinking about someone else’s achievement has nothing to do with your ability…
The Keys to Balance and Wellness in Dance
Dance’s competitive aspect is apparent. Whether you’re a competitive dancer or looking for your next professional career, you’ll face competition, and that means stress. To…
5 Ways Dancers Can Work Through Food Guilt
Food is morally labelled everywhere. When we label food as “good” or “bad,” or even “healthy” vs. “unhealthy,” we can develop food guilt. Your food…
How To Protect And Strengthen Your Ankles
Dancers rely heavily on their ankles. While this means we can wear heels with greater ease than the ordinary woman, it also means we are…
5 TIPS FOR OVERCOMING FATIGUE IN DANCE
5 TIPS TO DEAL WITH AND OVERCOME FATIGUE IN DANCE When we dance and get fatigued, one of the first things we notice is our…
5 Tips All Beginner Dancers Should Know
When you first start dancing, it feels like you’ve entered an entirely new universe with its own set of rituals, inside jokes, and procedures. It’s…
CONTEMPORARY DANCE – SHOCKING RELEVATIONS
At SSDA, contemporary dance classes are all about making new discoveries: how coordinated are you, and how far can you push your body to create…
How to make a dance video CV
1 Collect dance clips for your dance reel Please find all of your best work from the past on your old hard drive and organise…
How You Should Practice After Learning A Piece
It’s the wee hours of the morning. You’ve just returned from a revitalizing dancing class, where you learned, performed, and socialized with your dance buddies.…
Dealing with Criticism
Consider yourself in class, admiring your reflection in the mirror after successfully performing a quadruple pirouette. You’ve been practising this move for months, and it’s…