In Step With DC
In Step With DC
Getting to Know You: Student Helpers (part 1 of 2)!
In today’s edition of “Getting to Know You”, we are beginning the first set of a two part series on our Student Helpers! The student helpers are part of Dance Connection’s Teacher Training Program and assist in our classes each week. Dance Connection believes in providing a warm, safe, and professional atmosphere where each student […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Christina!
Today we are featuring Miss Christina in our latest edition of “Getting to Know You”! The “Getting to Know You” series helps us get to know each of the Dance Connection teachers and staff we get to see at the studio every week and learn a little bit more about them. In her free […]
Recital Company Rehearsals Are Underway!
We are one step closer to Recital Time! This weekend our Recital Company met to rehearse for the first time, and everyone jumped right in prepping this year’s performances of a Beauty and the Beast Medley, and our Petite Company’s performance of “It’s A Hard Knock Life” from the musical Annie. Rehearsal on Saturday […]
What Inspires Our Teachers?
Have you ever watched a recital performance and wondered, “Where do they come up with all of that choreography? How do they put together so many different dances?” Today we’re going to find out what inspires our teachers to choreograph, to teach, and to dance! Miss Donna: Over the years […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Melissa!
Today we are featuring Miss Melissa in our latest edition of “Getting to Know You”! The “Getting to Know You” series helps us get to know each of the Dance Connection teachers and staff we get to see at the studio every week and learn a little bit more about them. In her free […]
57 Students Auditioned for Recital Company
On Sunday, January 21st, fifty seven dancers auditioned for the 2018 Recital Company – the largest number of auditionees in Dance Connection history! Each year, the Recital Company performs a featured production number for our Annual Recital Production (usually opening the show). The company offers members a fantastic additional performance opportunity, teaching them commitment and […]
Our Teacher’s Museum Doppelgängers
The Google Arts and Culture app allows users to access artwork from over 1,600 museums across the globe and includes a feature to analyze the user’s face and find similar faces in paintings. It’s artsy, fun, and informative! Check out which paintings came up for our Dance Connection Teachers below. Who’s museum doppelgänger do you […]
The Benefits of Dancing
It’s not secret that dance benefits the body physically, keeping those who dance agile, flexible, and well-toned, but the true benefits of dance far exceed the feeling of physical well-being it provides. Here are a few of the multitude of positive effects dance has on every dancer: An agile mind: There have been several studies […]
Let’s See That DC Spirit!!!
Spirit Week is fast approaching and it is definitely one of my favorite times of year at Dance Connection. I love being able to celebrate our studio and our students and staff! If you’ve never experienced it, you are definitely in for some fun surprises! The whole studio is decked out in the DC colors […]
Checking In On Your Progress
January is a time when most people are starting to work on all of those resolutions that they made at the end of last year. They have new goals to reach and are trying to put together a plan to see them through. For dancers at our studio, January is the perfect time to check-in […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Victoria!
Today we are featuring Miss Victoria in our latest edition of “Getting to Know You”! The “Getting to Know You” series helps us get to know each of the Dance Connection teachers and staff we get to see at the studio every week and learn a little bit more about them. In her free […]
Getting to Know You: Miss Erin!
Today we are featuring Miss Erin, our Public Relations Coordinator, in our latest edition of “Getting to Know You” for our 2017-2018 dance year! The “Getting to Know You” series helps us get to know each of the Dance Connection teachers and staff we get to see at the studio every week and learn a […]
Healthy, Happy Dancers
Dance, like any physically demanding activity (it’s art form and sport to be perfectly honest!), requires you to take good care of yourself to keep at peak performance condition. Whether dancing one class a week or 6, it’s very important that a dancer pays attention to the cues that their body is giving them and […]
Dance’s Positive Affect on Your Dancer
It’s no secret that learning to dance does more than teach students how to execute the steps of a routine, but we often forget while watching the physical and tangible progress through the windows there is so much more that our students are learning. Dancers are usually very active people. They get tons of exercise […]
Giving Tree – Thank You for your Support!
Thank you to all who supported the giving tree this year! Your generosity has really helped several families in our community who are less fortunate than us, may it be because of unemployment, illness, family death, etc. We will never find out who the families we’ve just helped are, just as those helped will never know […]
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