Wow!! 1 year of Dance Teacher Pep Talk podcast! I am so beaming with joy at all that this podcast has become and will continue to become and I thank all of you for your listens & support & more through this incredible year!
This episode serves as a recap of this wild year, but also goes into a deep dive on the topic of purpose as the podcast was primarily started during a huge part of my search for purpose. I share my realizations, learnings, and more in the hopes that they will help those of you who are on your purpose journey and to let you know all steps along the way are so seen, so valid, and so important—even when you feel like things are not happening fast enough for you.
I also share a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT at the end of today’s episode <3
Thank you all so much for this amazing year and I look forward to sharing, speaking on, learning, and more with you in Dance Teacher Pep Talk seasons to come!
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On our 1 year anniversary of announcing the Dance Teacher Pep Talk podcast, I am doing so much reflection on the amazingness that was this year—from the sharing, to the learning, to the listening to incredible educators about their paths, and more—I have gained so much and I hope you have too!
I definitely have more words on this that I’ll be sharing later, but for now, I loved recording this week’s episode and I highly recommend you take a listen if you haven’t yet!
Thank you all for all of your support!
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Are you looking for a method for expanding your inspiration for choreography that is fun, different, unique, and may open a whole new window of thought you have not tapped into yet?
Then today’s episode is for YOU!
This is always such a fun one for me and I am amazed at the thoughts I am able to come up with by doing it.
During the recording, I share 4 ideas for choreography right on the spot by using this method I share, and it is so easy and so fun to do!
It can be used for any style of dance and for any mood.
Don’t let “writer’s block” get the best of you and check out this episode for ways to unleash ideas that are already deep inside you . . . we are just bringing them to the surface!
And if you enjoyed today’s episode, make sure to share with a friend or colleague.
Thank you all for your support and listens!
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Stay tuned for Tuesday!! ✨💗
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It’s important to build ourselves back up to our optimal movement with starting back to dance.
Check out more reflections and insights that I will carry with me as the 2024-2025 dance season begins in Episode 57 💗✨
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music!
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I just finished up my Summer Intensive teaching for the year—now on to choreography setting and prep for the 2024-2025 year, but while getting ready for this I did some reflecting on my Summer Teaching and wanted to share some “aha” moments that I had with all of you.
In today’s episode, I go into depth about how this is a great time for preparing your Fall syllabus now and also how one major thing cannot be overlooked as we begin this new year and that is, mental & emotional support or conditioning within our programs. One of the biggest areas I feel this generation of today is requiring support is around their mental & emotional needs, and as dance educators, there are things that we can do to help them and it starts with how we build our classroom environment as well as the energy that we share and emit in the space.
Meditation, mindfulness, awareness, opportunity for community building, and more are ways that we can help to build on this.
At the end of the day, it isn’t always about the dance steps learned in your space, but the growth in our dancers as human beings. What takeaways do you want your dancers to leave with?
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There is so much value in continuing education as dance teachers. It is not just important, I feel it is imperative! Great teachers carry the role of the forever student—never stopping to learn, so that we can always be the best we can be for our own students.
Sometimes though, CECs come with a hefty cost, and it may not be as feasible to us all the time. In this case, there are still things that we can do to progress our craft as creators and educators.
In today’s episode I share 3 resources that we can use on a budget that directly impact ourselves as humans, educators, and dance creators!
Make sure to tune in on whichever is your favorite Podcast platform.
Thank you all for your listens and support!
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Have you had a chance to listen to Episode 55 featuring Stephanie Kemp yet?
Get ready to feel inspired and shift some perspectives for life and for dance by checking it out.
This is an episode to not miss!
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Today’s episode features the award-winning choreographer, teacher, mentor, author of “Success Is Just The Beginning,” and CEO of New England Dance Academy, Stephanie Kemp!
Being of the New England area, I have heard of Stephanie Kemp, but to actually sit down and have this conversation with her expanded my outlook to a whole new level.
Stephanie has grown and scaled her businesses to monumental levels and she continues to make her mark on the dance world going on 40 years in this industry.
Stephanie shares her insights into being a successful studio owner and dance teacher, ideas to propel dance education to new heights, and more in this jampacked episode .
Author of “Success Is Just The Beginning: 6 Timeless Lessons to Achieve More in Business, Love, and Legacy” she shares with us her eye-opening “W.E.A.L.T.H. Formula” in today’s episode (33:00) and really gets us thinking about what does “wealth” look like to us and how is this modeled in the work that we do and the life that we lead.
Whether you are a dance teacher, dancer, studio owner, business owner, or even interested in taking on any of these roles in your life one day, this episode is one that will leave you feeling expanded, inspired, and clear on what is important and aligned for the trajectory of your life and your journey.
A huge thank you to Stephanie Kemp for sharing her knowledge, insights, and more in today’s episode!
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When was the last time you sat down and thought about what your mission or philosophy looks like as a dance teacher, mentor, educator, etc?
When was the last time you thought about why you do what you do?
Dance educators are so incredibly important in this world, and by bettering ourselves, we better the lives and abilities of our students.
Get ready to expand your thoughts, ideas, and perspectives with tomorrow’s episode featuring Stephanie Kemp!
We ask our dancers to be the best they can be, so we too should be the best we can be, and I feel there is so much motivation in this conversation to help us to find what that might mean for us.
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You are NOT going to want to miss Tuesday’s episode launch!
I had the privilege of sitting down with the award-winning choreographer, teacher, mentor, author of “Success Is Just The Beginning,” and CEO of New England Dance Academy, Stephanie Kemp!
When I tell you this conversation is jam-packed with helpful tips for life, for dance, and for business, just wait because I had so many very important takeaways from this informative episode.
Stephanie knew her path from a young age, and I feel that we all have a little bit of that in us because as dance teachers, so many of us have followed a childhood dream.
Learn how she has evolved, scaled, and more in her life, in her businesses, and in her dance career with this episode launching Tuesday June 25th.
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For so many of us, “Summer” has begun, even if it doesn’t officially start until this Thursday!
We are in the midst of Summer Dance preparation, planning our 2024-2025 seasons for our competition teams, preparing our 2024-2025 plans for our studios, and more. And of course, along with all of this, it is so important to get some rest, refresh, and reset during our Summer if and when we are able.
I find that if I am organized and on top of things, I am that much more able to rest and refresh, because I am able to get things done when I need to and have the time left over for fun during the Summer months.
In today’s episode, I share some of the tried and true tips I use every Summer Dance season.
I hope these tips help you to stay inspired and stay on track with all your needs so that you have room for fun and relaxation as well in your day to day.
Thank you everyone for your support and listens!
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It is almost officially Summer and with that, our schedules and work line-up might look a little different and for that I’ve put together a whole episode of tips and tricks that work well for me to stay organized over the Summer with the many roles that I lead in my dance career.
Tune in on Tuesday for my tips on Summer Dance Teaching, Competition Team Coordination, and more!
See you over on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music!
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Today’s episode is not an easy topic, but it is one I feel that as dance educators we will face at least once in our career.
Today we are talking about when a dancer leaves.
There are so many circumstances and situations as to why this may happen and I discuss many of those in today’s episode, but mainly my goal is to reframe the way that we look at a dancer leaving.
The first emotion we usually feel is sadness and sometimes we even question who we are as a teacher and ask “where did I go wrong,” but one of the biggest things I have learned is to not take it personally. There is a lot that can be learned every time a dancer leaves, but there is also the awareness that we are only meant to be a part of everyone’s dance journey for a certain amount of time.
I hope today’s episode helps you to reframe your mindset around the difficulty of a dancer leaving.
Thank you all so much for your support and listens!
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Tune in on Tuesday for a deep dive into the topic of how to reframe our mindset when a dancer leaves.
This is never an easy situation but there is a lot of value in taking a look at the circumstance as a whole.
I try to offer a variety of perspectives and scenarios in Tuesday’s episode to help us to start thinking about this topic differently.
Though this is emotionally a difficult topic, I hope there is a lot to take away from Episode 53!
Check back Tuesday!
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Though many of us are just closing out our season, so many of us also have choreography on the brain for the next year, the next show, the next competition grouping, etc. Sometimes those ideas flow easily, and sometimes we really need to take the time to sit down and think on things.
I thought this would be a great time of year to share 3 tips that I have used to help find inspiration when searching for choreography concepts in my career. I have so many tips, but these 3 are a great starting place and a fun one to incorporate if you have any down time at this “in between season” state you may be in.
If you are short on time, skip right to 5:00 where I begin diving into tips!
I hope these tips are helpful and inspiring for you and if they are, I’d love if you would pass the episode on to a friend of colleague!
Thank you all for your listens and support! Have a beautiful day!
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There are years where my ideas flow for choreography concepts so naturally.
There are years where I find incredible music so quickly and I know, “I have to use this!”
But then, more often than not, there are times where I feel I am pulling at my brain to think up the next creative item, the next concept, the next piece that wants to flow through me, and “writer’s block/choreographer’s block” can be tough!
Over the years to help me overcome this, I have pulled a bunch of tips and tricks to find inspiration and create memorable pieces that I hold near and dear to my heart.
In Tuesday’s episode, I share 3 of those tips with you in hopes that when you are needing inspiration, these may help you as well!
Happy Choreographing and Tune in on Tuesday to hear all about ways we can find inspiration for our next work of art!
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In today’s episode, I share about something that has been very beneficial in my teaching and that is musical cueing.
So many of us do this naturally, whether it is “singing” the steps or giving sounds to the steps, but there is definitely a bigger reason behind this.
I dive into what I have personally seen by being a musical teacher in not only my dance teaching, but in my Pilates instruction as well.
Aside from teaching musically, I also discuss the importance of teaching and guiding musicality as much as we can in our dance classrooms—as music is a huge part of what we do. Sometimes we do not have the time to sit down and give a full class on musicality, but there are ways we can go about it indirectly that will help our students build their versatility when it comes to the music they are accustomed to.
I hope you enjoy the tips and ideas in today’s episode to further strengthen that beautiful relationship between music and dance.
Thank you so much for your listens and support!
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Even though many of us are closing out our year, this is a great time to get inspired and think on new ideas of how we are going to approach our teaching come Summer Classes or next Fall.
For that reason, Tuesday’s episode is a teaching tip episode all about how we can provide more musicality in our cueing and also how to build on it indirectly by the variety of music we choose to play in a given subject.
There is so much more I’d dive into on musicality, but this is just a start to it!
There are also some musicality posts on Instagram that I will be re-sharing this week as we think on this topic. 🎵
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Happy 50th episode! ✨
Thank you all so much for your support, listens, and follows of Dance Teacher Pep Talk podcast. I absolutely love what this space has become and I’m so excited to see it continue to grow.
In today’s episode, I wanted to do something reflective to give back to your body, mind, and soul as you close out this season.
Prompts in the episode are given to help bring closure and awareness to all that went on in your dance life this year.
From celebrating the good, looking over the bad, and getting excited for what is to come, there has been so much growth for you this year from September to now, and it is so important to reflect on that as you wrap up your year.
I hope you all enjoy this one!
Thank you again for all of your love!
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