September: What did you do with dance this summer and what are you looking forward to most this year?
Welcome to a new year! I’m super excited to start blogging again for the new school year. So our topic for September is what we did with dance this summer and what I’m looking forward to the most this dance year.
I will start with what I did this summer with dance. This summer was spent primarily taking my daughter to dance conventions in Arizona and California. We started after Nationals for her team by going to Camp Pulse in Arizona. Hallie danced and I did the business track. I connected with other studio owner across the nation and some from Australia. We had a great round table discussion on building classes and what does beginner/intermediate/advanced mean in the current state of dance. I had a wonderful lunch with all the choreographers on the Camp Pulse/Pulse on Tour. I also took the parent hip hop class and unknowingly became a hot topic on the instructors Instagram! I also took at teacher’s only class with Brooke Lipton that was wonderful!
We then went to Los Angeles for the first week in August. Hallie attended the Monster of Hip Hop Tour finale and for once I got to watch like a proud parent. I did go to take a hip hop class at Millenium Dance – hip hop. I’m very proud to say that I kept up with the 20 something year olds in the room! I also took an African Dance class at Debbie Allen’s studio. It was an awesome experience! We had a great time that week.
This was one summer I didn’t do a ton of things dance wise, but I did do more theatre things. I’ve started a sing/dance/act class at the studio I’m on staff at (Cedar Park Dance Company). I also did a theatre intensive over the summer that was wonderful! I’m really excited to do more of this during this dance year. I think it’s something that can make dancers more well rounded that want to pursue more opportunities in dance.
This year I’m most looking forward to teaching more classes in musical theatre. I get to use my love of dance, theatre and singing all at the same time. Who hoo! I’m also looking forward to a new year with the Junior Capital City Dancers. Auditions for anyone 7-15 years old is October 24th. This year we are going to have a pom group and a hip hop group. I’m also looking forward to traveling around the country with Hallie for Camp Pulse. She received the honor of Camp Counselor so she gets to assist the faculty at each convention she attends. This year we are going to Las Vegas, Dallas, New Orleans, Chicago, Orlando and Boston. Needless to say this year will be busy, but I don’t like any other way!
Best of luck to you all in your new dance year!
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