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Why Use A Dance Daze Dance Board?
As you may know, when the world first began changing at the beginning of Covid-19 hitting, I immediately began creating something every day. Part of this creation included me regularly recording educational dance videos outdoors in my front yard, both for children and for adults. This regular activity of creating outdoor dance videos of taking…
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Move Your Body — Indoors or Outdoors!
For the past several months, I have enjoyed dancing outside in various spaces! While my personal journey of dancing outdoors began because of COVID-19 and wanting to find new and safe ways to dance and to create dance education content for others, dancing outdoors is something I want to continue doing! While dancing inside of…
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What Are Students Learning in a Dance Daze® Creative Movement Class?
Saumirah McWoodson, dance educator, researcher, podcaster, blogger, former classroom teacher, and the founder of Dance Daze, Inc. and Dance Daze in Schools, has been developing the Dance Daze® Creative Movement curriculum for over 10 years. Often the most popular studio-based class that is offered by Dance Daze, Inc. in each seasonal session, this class is…
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Dance Classroom Management: Be Seen Looking
Hey everyone! It seems that I took an unplanned break from blogging to focus on some other areas of my dance business! But, now I’m back with new ideas and newly inspired, ready to start writing here again. A little earlier this evening, I was reading about teaching preschool dance classes, and the author recommended…
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The Perfect Playlist
It is my personal belief that the music of a dance class can completely make or break the class. Anyone who has ever taught classes for me knows that I place a huge emphasis on choosing the best music for the class they’re teaching. I believe that the music chosen for a dance class should…
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