Dance School Blog » dance schools http://www.dance-school-blog.com Dance School Articles Worldwide Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Any good dance schools on Long Island for an 18yr old? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/any-good-dance-schools-on-long-island-for-an-18yr-old http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/any-good-dance-schools-on-long-island-for-an-18yr-old#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:13:20 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/any-good-dance-schools-on-long-island-for-an-18yr-old I’ve looked around and all the good classes are for teens lol but being that I’m 18, I can’t join those classes. Does anyone know of any good dance schools with adult classes? Preferably jazz, modern, and/or lyrical classes?

I wish you had said where on the Island….I live in Ronkonkoma and if you are anywhere close to there may I suggest you look into Roseland School of dance (there is one in Oakdale too). We don’t do modern dance but there is a true adult jazz class(youngest girl in class is around 19-20 oldest is close to 50 and there are close to 30 of us in class). I am taking lyrical for the first time and my class ranges from me (32) to middle school. Since there are so many dance schools you can practically find one on every corner, I would call the closest one to you and ask for adult classes. I will tell you, if you have to take a "teen" class like I’m doing it’s not so bad, I’m also starting ballet for the first time and I’m dancing with kids as young as 10 and I don’t care, it’s about learning the dance style not who is dancing with you. We aren’t a competition school but you can still learn as much as you care too. It’s a relaxed place with good teachers who I have learned a lot from over the last 2 years of taking classes with them (jazz & hip hop)

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/any-good-dance-schools-on-long-island-for-an-18yr-old/feed 2 does any one know any dance schools or academies in philadelphia? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/does-any-one-know-any-dance-schools-or-academies-in-philadelphia http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/does-any-one-know-any-dance-schools-or-academies-in-philadelphia#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:45:14 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/does-any-one-know-any-dance-schools-or-academies-in-philadelphia me and my little 3 year old cousin are trying to find some dance school to join,that has ballet or pop dance classes.please answer asap.

You have the Rock school and Koresh Dance. Two very famous dance schools. I do think they have programs for little ones there too. For a three year old it would be creative movement. I think they are even too young for pre-ballet, but I am not sure.

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/does-any-one-know-any-dance-schools-or-academies-in-philadelphia/feed 1 what are some good dance schools or colleges in california? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-good-dance-schools-or-colleges-in-california http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-good-dance-schools-or-colleges-in-california#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:57:15 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-good-dance-schools-or-colleges-in-california I am going to be a senior in high school and I really want to dance professionally. I’m going to be 17. I don’t have a lot of dance experience but I absolutely LOVE dancing and I am willing to get better just to go to a school for it. I want to know what schools are in CA and will they accept me if I am a okay/good dance and want to become a professional? I love dancing so much!

Hi Dani! I had a roommate last year that’s mother owned a dance school and my response to your question is: is there a certain area in California that you want to practice? If you do (or even don’t) check out California College Search. From here you can look at colleges by zip code or city, type or name of the college, or by the degree, dance, you would like to go into. When you find a college(s) you are interested in fill out the corresponding form and they will send you free information about their program, price, etc. Good Luck!

http://www.californiacollegesearch.com/california_visual_and_performing_arts_colleges.html

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-good-dance-schools-or-colleges-in-california/feed 2 What are good dance schools that teach hip hop in Las Vegas? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-that-teach-hip-hop-in-las-vegas http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-that-teach-hip-hop-in-las-vegas#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:54:13 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-that-teach-hip-hop-in-las-vegas I’m fourteen and my sister is eleven. It needs to be as cheap as possible but still a good quality school. Also, starting August 30 I will be in school from 7-1:30, and my sister gets out at 2:30.

Well, just go to http://www.yelp.com/ , search "dance studio", enter your zip code or city and state, and click search. It’s the best local businesses/reviews site ever, and it’s very popular so you’re gonna get a lot of reviews. If the business has a website, it’ll be listed there on its profile. Go to the business’s website and look at the tuition and schedule/calendar. If the site doesn’t have it, call up and ask. Don’t email because they rarely answer. If they do, they take weeks.
Hope I helped! Good luck!

Love, MiMi
XOXO

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-that-teach-hip-hop-in-las-vegas/feed 1 What are good dance schools in Exeter that teach Street Dance? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-in-exeter-that-teach-street-dance http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-in-exeter-that-teach-street-dance#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:11:09 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-in-exeter-that-teach-street-dance Some friends and I want to learn street dance, any good schools in Exeter?
Thanks.x

YAY! Exeter, i live in Exmouth

and no, i’m sorry i don’t know anywhere

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-good-dance-schools-in-exeter-that-teach-street-dance/feed 1 What are the top dance colleges and schools in the world? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world-2 http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world-2#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:18:18 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world-2 What are the best dancing schools / colleges in the world for different types of dancing.
for ballet, tap, ballroom, salsa and hip hop.
Please comment if you know what the top school is for any of the 5 styles.
Thank-You!

There are no colleges for hip hop.
Ballet dancers go directly into companies not college, but there is Indiana U and Butler U.
No college for ballroom, or salsa either.

Most college/conservatories are contemporary based like Juilliard or NYU Tisch. Some offer a stronger ballet focus like the ones I mentioned. Others offer Jazz as well, but none are for the 4 stiyles other than ballet that you mentioned.
(Juilliard does have tap as an elective)

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world-2/feed 2 What are the top dance colleges and schools in the world? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:46:13 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world What are the best dancing schools / colleges in the world for different types of dancing.
for ballet, tap, ballroom, salsa and hip hop.
Please comment if you know what the top school is for any of the 5 styles.
Thank-You!

Arizona State University (asu.edu)
Butler University (butler.edu)
Florida State University (dance.fsu.edu)
Indiana University (indiana.edu)
Juilliard School (juilliard.edu)
Marymount Manhattan College (mmm.edu)
NYU, Tisch School of the Arts (tisch.nyu.edu)
North Carolina School of the Arts (ncarts.edu)
Ohio State University (osu.edu)
Point Park University (pointpark.edu)
Southern Methodist University (smu.edu)
SUNY, Purchase (purchase.edu)
Temple University (temple.edu)
Texas Christian University (dance.tcu.edu)
University of Arizona (arizona.edu)
University of Kansas (arts.ku.edu)
University of Michigan (umich.edu)
University of Oklahoma (ou.edu)
University of South Florida (usf.edu)
University of Utah (utah.edu)
University of the Arts (uarts.edu)

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-the-top-dance-colleges-and-schools-in-the-world/feed 1 What are some dance schools for kids in the puget sound area of washington? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-dance-schools-for-kids-in-the-puget-sound-area-of-washington http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-dance-schools-for-kids-in-the-puget-sound-area-of-washington#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:07:13 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-dance-schools-for-kids-in-the-puget-sound-area-of-washington are there any schools that welcome newcomers to dance like tap or jazz that are in the puget sound area? dance schools like dance premier. im 13 and going to be taking tap or jazz for the first time and i want to ind a place that will have begginer classes with girls my age and then classes that i can move up to.

I’m not sure exactly where you’re located, since the Puget Sound area encompasses quite a distance and a lot of cities. However, for starters, since you’ve mentioned Dance Premier, and if you’re already familiar with this studio and its satellite location in Issaquah, you might want to contact the owner or manager at http://dancepremier.com/ or by phone at (425) 427-2328 about beginners’ classes. If Issaquah is too far for you, you can still contact Dance Premier to see if they can recommend a studio with beginner tap and jazz classes in *your* area.

There are quite a few dance studios and places that offer beginning jazz and tap dancing classes for teens in various parts of the Puget Sound area, including the following:

All the Dance in Seattle at http://www.all-that-dance.com/

YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties at http://www.ymcapkc.org/page.php?id=182

Puget Sound Gymnastics & Dance in North Bend at http://psgdnorthbend.com/default.aspx

Carrabba Dance Theater & School in Seattle at http://www.cameodance.com/teen-classes.html

Velocity Dance Center in Seattle at http://www.velocitydancecenter.org/

Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle at http://www.spectrumdance.org/school/featured-items.php

Dance Fremont! in Seattle at http://www.dancefremont.com/

5th Avenue Theater in Seattle at http://www.5thavenue.org/education/danceclasses.aspx

I’m sure there are other places, as well (including your local Recreation & Parks Department and/or local Community Center, etc.), and you can certainly ask for recommendations when you contact the places I’ve mentioned above. You can also do a web search for "dance (or jazz or tap, etc.) class + [your city]" for studios and classes that are closest to you. You’ll also notice that there’s a wide range of prices for these classes, and usually, by purchasing a block of classes in advance, you can save on the per-class cost. Some places might offer scholarships or reduced class fees, as well. You’ll just have to check — and ask! :-)

There’s a good article entitled "How To Find a Dance Class " online at http://dance.about.com/od/getstarteddancing/ht/Find_Class.htm that also has links to other good articles on dance and getting started, etc. I’m sure you’ll find all of them helpful.

I truly wish you the best! Enjoy your dancing experience!
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]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-dance-schools-for-kids-in-the-puget-sound-area-of-washington/feed 2 what are some great dance schools in the Huntington New York area? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-great-dance-schools-in-the-huntington-new-york-area http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-great-dance-schools-in-the-huntington-new-york-area#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 23:01:01 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-great-dance-schools-in-the-huntington-new-york-area i have taken dance before tap jazz ballet and very little hip-hop i would like to try lyrical and some type of recital or competition i really want to start up again because everyone at my school is now a really competitive dancer and i really want to make dance company. btw im 14

The competition dance schools in Huntington are pretty bad, Schools like Dancing Feet and Platinum Performance have poor facilities, dangerous dance floors, even poorer teachers not to mention high over priced classes. They teach a dance not how to dance. If you are looking for skills try Variations on Spring Road. They have several companies and performance opportunities although do not do recitals and competitions. They have state of the art dance flooring, well trained teachers and a wide range of dance classes at many levels. They also have guest teachers from the top schools and professionals from NYC. If you live in or near Huntington, you are lucky to have a place like that to study. They have had guest teachers from Broadway, Principal dancers from NYC Ballet, Mia Michaels, Savion Glover for tap. The list goes on. If you can’t get to NYC for classes. This is the closest to that experience on all of Long Island.

]]> http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/what-are-some-great-dance-schools-in-the-huntington-new-york-area/feed 1 The Gambler – Do I Hold, Fold or Run? http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/the-gambler-do-i-hold-fold-or-run http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/the-gambler-do-i-hold-fold-or-run#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 04:17:14 +0000 admin http://www.dance-school-blog.com/dance-schools/the-gambler-do-i-hold-fold-or-run

Today’s home buyer is concerned with a variety of things: good neighborhoods, good schools, employment opportunities, quality recreation – but overriding everything are the questions, “Should I buy now.  Have prices bottomed out?  Will the price be lowered later?  Should I rent?  Watchful waiting is a solution for prostate cancer…maybe it’s the solution here as well?”

As a Realtor we have seen the pendulum swing from the Seller’s side of the table way over to the Buyer’s side.

It wasn’t so many years ago that you’d come to Bellingham, Washington looking to purchase that home of your dreams & we’d drive down any street in Bellingham (or Whatcom County for that matter) & what we’d see were “Sale Pending” signs. We’d write an offer on the perfect Bellingham home that just came on the market only to find that there were 4 offers in front of us & the doggone Seller wasn’t even going to look at the offers until the following week. In order to compete in this arena we’d virtually be forced to write our offer for more than full price, waive the financing & inspection contingencies, give the Seller everything he could possibly want only to get a response back from the Seller telling us that it still wasn’t good enough (more than full price is not good enough?.) We’d be told to re-submit the “Best Offer” we could write & he would make his choice. The problem was that the Buyer was really forced to dance to the Seller’s tune because there was little inventory, his wife & family were living out of a suitcase in the Holiday Inn & his moving truck was 2 days out of town.

Fast forward to today – July, 2008.

The pendulum has swung to the Buyer’s side of the table & then some. We drive down the same streets in Bellingham & Whatcom County & what do we see but “Priced Reduced”, “New Price”, “Re-Visited Price”, “Price Modified” – in fact there was one Realtor that subscribed to the theory if one is good, 2 or more has to be better, so he festooned his sign with multiple “Price Reduced” signs. There are Seller concessions, agent concessions, lender concessions – everybody is willing to give the Buyer something in hopes that he / she will step up & buy. I saw an ad that talked about an attractive Florida divorcee who had her house on the market & couldn’t sell it, so, since she was in the market for a husband anyway, she decided to market herself & the house in a single package – Yankee ingenuity is great but I’m not sure that the general public would find this an acceptable strategy for either buying or selling.

The Buyer still has a dilemma though. Everything that the Buyer hears, reads & sees makes him / her wonder if he buys today will the home be worth less tomorrow. Maybe he should just wait. That philosophy is hard to fault, however a Buyer really needs to analyze the particular market he’s moving to & determine just how speculative this specific area really is. Our oldest son lives in Mountain View, California & tells us there are areas in Stockton, California where home owners are not only leaving their homes by the dark of the moon but leaving their pets as well, often times locked up in the now vacant house. The problem is so widespread that the Humane Society is urging homeowners who are faced with foreclosure to take their animals to an animal shelter rather than leaving them unattended.

Now I’m here to tell you if you are considering a move to one of these areas, the prudent thing for a Buyer may be to wait & see how the market sorts out. Bellingham, Washington & many other areas are something else altogether. While the media paints with a wide brush & you see examples of their embellished articles every day in the morning newspaper, a Buyer certainly needs to be site specific in determining whether to purchase today or to wait

A Buyer today is well advised to step back & look at a community statistically to see what has & is happening regarding inventory, prices & consumer confidence to determine how they as Buyers or Sellers should respond to the market. Analytical tools that Buyers & Sellers both can use to determine the state of the market & then help them decide if it makes sense to buy or sell are available through local MLS’s, real estate offices, city assessors offices & often times through local universities all of which can be used to track sales, inventory & absorption rates. It’s by drilling down & analyzing this data by area, price range & date over a period of time that you’ll be able to get a clearer idea of what is really happening in your community.

One of my all time favorite Country Western songs is “The Gambler” by Kenny Rodgers. In it, there is the lyric “You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away & know when to run”.

So, in terms of The Gambler, I admit there is very little good news coming out of the media today about real estate. However, I firmly believe that if you wait for every light to turn “Green” before you head to town, you’ll never get out of your driveway. So do your homework – there are good buys out there in every market, Sellers are motivated like they have never been before, interest rates are excellent & time is on your side. Depending where you live, if it’s Bellingham Washington or an area like Bellingham Washington, don’t wait for all those lights to turn green before you go into town – get into the game & play your cards.

Meet us on the web at Johnson Team Real Estate

Rich Johnson
http://www.articlesbase.com/real-estate-articles/the-gambler-do-i-hold-fold-or-run-680379.html

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