Once upon a time, there was a brand new dance program in Alameda, California called Dance Daze. It was founded by Saumirah McWoodson, an extremely zestful dancer and educator who had been dancing all over the place since she was 5 years old. Saumirah loved dancing so much that when she grew up, she decidedContinue reading “Dance Daze Fairy Tale: A True Story”
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How Do You Reinforce Dance?
Last week, we had our last class at one of the schools where Dance Daze hip hop is taught. All of the children were very excited about what I had gotten them as gifts for their last class of the semester. When one of my 6-year-old students asked me, “Did you get us candy?” IContinue reading “How Do You Reinforce Dance?”
Let It Snow!
Greetings Everyone! It’s been a while since our last post! For the past several weeks our Director, Saumirah McWoodson, was busy preparing for her lead role in the International Ballet Theater Institute’s production of The Snow Maiden. Ballet master Alexei Badrak, Co-Founder and Director of IBTI is one of Saumirah’s former ballet coaches! Saumirah alsoContinue reading “Let It Snow!”
Insights from Last Week
I had some great insights in my classes last week that I wanted to share with you! First, I realized that 1 hour per week is simply not enough to train a budding ballerina! I’ve been working with one of my students for about 6 weeks now, and I simply love how willing she isContinue reading “Insights from Last Week”
Always Planning for the Future
Happy Sunday, Everyone! As always, I’m already thinking ahead to things that I want to do with Dance Daze in the future! I’m not going to share all of my latest ideas with you (because what would be the fun in that?!), but I will share a few. First, I’ve decided that we will beContinue reading “Always Planning for the Future”
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