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Dance Teacher Diaries

Dance Teacher Diaries

By: Sarah Jean Watts
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 As a lifelong dance educator, studio consultant, choreographer, and owner of The Movement Mentor and Barre&Sew, Sarah Jean Watts' goal is to help you grow a well-rounded understanding of how different perspectives in the dance industry fit together. Sarah dissects key concepts and methods in dance training, digs into teacher development and studio management, and helps everyone navigate the student-parent-teacher dynamic. Join us to unlock insider information about the frustrations and the joys of thriving in dance! Explore more at TheMovementMentor.comSarah Jean Watts Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
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  • 10. The Invisible Cost of Choreography

    10. The Invisible Cost of Choreography
    Jul 11 2023

    Episode 10 of The Dance Teacher Diaries: A Real-Talk Podcast for Dancers (and Everyone Else), your host, Sarah Jean Watts, pulls the curtain back on what happens behind the scenes when creating choreography and what you’re actually paying for in addition to the time spent with dancers. We all benefit from an open conversation about both the physical and mental labor of creative work, and why it doesn’t (and shouldn’t) come for free.

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    DM your questions & topic suggestions to us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheMovemementMentor⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠@DanceTeacherDiaries⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheMovementMentorOfficial⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also contact us through our website here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.TheMovementMentor.com/DanceTeacherDiaries⁠⁠⁠⁠ (let us know if you want your questions to remain anonymous)!
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    29 mins
  • 9. It's All Symmetric

    9. It's All Symmetric
    Jun 6 2023

    Episode 9 of The Dance Teacher Diaries: A Real-Talk Podcast for Dancers (and Everyone Else), your host, Sarah Jean Watts, warns teachers, dancers, and parents on the dangers of only training for a dominant side of the body, and discusses why we NEED to be working symmetrically. This one isn’t just a chat about dance, it’s vital to the overall health and longevity of dancers’ bodies, now and for their future!

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    DM your questions & topic suggestions to us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@TheMovemementMentor⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠@DanceTeacherDiaries⁠⁠⁠ and on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠@TheMovementMentorOfficial⁠⁠⁠. You can also contact us through our website here: ⁠⁠⁠www.TheMovementMentor.com/DanceTeacherDiaries⁠⁠⁠ (let us know if you want your questions to remain anonymous)!
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    22 mins
  • 8. Advice for Team Tryouts & Auditions

    8. Advice for Team Tryouts & Auditions
    Apr 25 2023

    Episode 8 of The Dance Teacher Diaries: A Real-Talk Podcast for Dancers (and Everyone Else) is for DANCERS (and those who love them)! Your host, Sarah Jean Watts, gives some advice about the preparation and perspective dancers need going into Tryout & Audition season for teams and studios. And yes, it’s much more than a couple suggestions about what to do the night before and morning of - there’s even some strategy in here! -- DM your questions & topic suggestions to us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@TheMovemementMentor⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠@DanceTeacherDiaries⁠⁠⁠ and on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠@TheMovementMentorOfficial⁠⁠⁠. You can also contact us through our website here: ⁠⁠⁠www.TheMovementMentor.com/DanceTeacherDiaries⁠⁠⁠ (let us know if you want your questions to remain anonymous)!

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    37 mins

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