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A dance studio is a school which is established to teach dance. They are often based locally and offer classes to interested students who live nearby. Depending on the studio, a variety of styles of dance may be offered, or only one.
The word studio is derived from the Latin word, studere, meaning zeal. So, one could interpret this as meaning that a dance studio is a place where there is devotion to dance in any form. Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.
Dance studios have the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) code of 611610.
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The Art of Making
Dances
The art of choreography, including the design, dynamics and rhythm of dance.
The Art of
Teaching Ballet
Interviews of ten exceptional teachers, representing different artistic lineages, employing
distinctive classroom techniques, and structuring a range of varying exercises. Each profile
combines philosophical discussion and anecdotal history with sample representative classroom
exercises.
Ballroom
Dancing
For nearly 70 years, Alex Moore's book has been a favorite guide to standard techniques of
ballroom dancing - for beginners, for competition dancers, and for students of ballroom dance
courses. Now in its tenth edition, this classic and comprehensive handbook has been revised to
bring it up to date in keeping with changes on the dance floor and in the rules of dance
competitions.
Conditioning for
Dance
Techniques for strengthening the body's core while improving coordination, balance, alignment,
and flexibility, designed especially for dancers.
Dance Anecdotes :
Stories from the Worlds of Ballet, Broadway, the Ballroom, and Modern Dance
A book of stories by and about dancers - entertaining and informative anecdotes that capture
the boundless variety and richness of dance as an art, a tradition, a profession, a pastime, an
obsession, a reality, and, for the dancer, an ideal.
Dance Imagery for
Technique and Performance
This text and reference provides 583 imagery exercises designed to improve dance technique,
artistic expression, and performance. More than 160 illustrations highlight images and
exercises that can be put to use immediately in movements and choreography.
Dance Technique
and Injury Prevention
Resource book covering functional anatomy as it relates to the dancer, the analysis of posture
and movement as it relates to the classical dancer, the typical injuries sustained by dancers,
and their management and rehabilitation.
Essential Guide to
Business in the Performing Arts
This text addresses the business skills that are essential to those involved in the performing
arts. With increasing emphasis on freelance and small-scale work in the arts, this book
provides an introduction to areas such as marketing, finance and fundraising.
The Performing
Arts Business Encyclopedia
This reference offers explanations of the most significant business and legal terms and
practical issues relating to the performing arts. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order
and are written in easy-to-understand language.
Teaching Beginning
Ballet Technique
Provides specific information about the teaching/learning process, understanding the
theoretical foundations of ballet, constructing and managing the class, and assessing student
progress, along with a logical, sequential plan that guides instructors through the actual
teaching of exercises, steps, principles, and progressions.
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Dance College
Guide
Searching for the right college dance program just got easier: 600+ Listings; Program Profiles;
Expert Advice; Student Perspectives; Graduate Study; Somatic Practices.
Dance
International
Features regular and special reports from correspondents around the world in the field of
dance.
Dance
Magazine
Focuses on classical and contemporary dance worldwide. Features the most talked about companies
and performers, dance news, reviews of performances, dance books, films and TV.
Dance Now
Contains reviews of choreography, dancing and dancers as well as education and training.
Dance
Spirit
Published six times a year, Dance Spirit covers ballet to hip hop, jazz to funk, and is written
to serve the needs of professional dancers. Each issue includes dance techniques and interviews
with notable members of the dance community.
Dance
Teacher
Includes dance techniques, business and health articles, plus seminars and competition
calendars for teachers of all dance forms: ballet, jazz, modern, aerobic, ballroom and folk.
Dance Theatre
Journal
Professional journal covering all aspects of contemporary dance, ballet, dance education, and
training.
Journal of Dance
Medicine and Science
Articles with a focus on the identification, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of
illness and injuries in dancers. Articles emphasize the application of scientific principles to
current practice.
Pointe
News about upcoming and major companies, education and job opportunities, profiles of the
masters and the stories behind major productions.
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