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#AdultBalletLifeHacks
If you are just beginning you Dance Year, there are some Studio Life Hacks that might come in handy: Unless there is a strict dress...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 222 min read
New Year, New Notes on Strengthening
Adult Ballet Dancers are able to do ANYTHING they want to in Ballet, BUT we do need to talk about a few realities: Most youth dancers,...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Sep 13, 20194 min read
You Said You’d Like to Know-Part 2 (Basic Ballet Terminology, Etc.)
So, now you know some basic Ballet Etiquette and a bit about how Class is structured, so let’s get into the vocabulary parts of life......
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Sep 9, 20192 min read
You Said You’d Like to Know-Part I (Basic Ballet Terminology, Etc.)
Hi Everyone! Sssssoooo-I’m wrapping up my first week of class and there’s been one continuing thread: What are the ins and outs of Ballet...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Here We Go!!!
Let me start by saying this: I am not a goal-setter. Not traditionally, anyhow. I sort of make goals in my mind, but then don’t write...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 27, 20191 min read
Ballet History: The Podcast Blog
My love of Ballet History goes way back to 4th and 5th grade, when I became enthralled with finding out more about my ballet teachers in...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 17, 20194 min read
#boysdancetoo - Part 3
(Pictured here: My 3.5 year old son with his wonderful ballet teacher at the last class of summer session, 2019; School: COCA, St. Louis)...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 13, 20194 min read
#boysdancetoo - Part 2 Breaking down some old school thought patterns to build up some new ones...
Pictured here: My Son (3.5 years old); Ballet School: Center for Creative Arts (“COCA”); Class: Pre-Primary A Old School Thought No. 1:...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 11, 20192 min read
#boysdancetoo
This is my son. He’s 3.5, almost 4. He’s as rough and tumble as they come. He loves jumping, climbing, crashing, running, yelling,...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 8, 20192 min read
The Adult Diaries (or How I Fell in Love with Teaching Adult Ballet Learners), PART 3
So, over the past two years of working with this incredible group of dancers, here is what I’ve learned and come to understand: 1)...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 6, 20192 min read
The Adult Ballet Diaries (or how I fell in love with teaching adult learners), PART 2
Pictured Here: Leigh’s Beginner Adults, COCA (St. Louis, MO) Wednesday Night, 7:30pm (September 2017): When I walked in the studio door...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 4, 20192 min read
The Adult Ballet Diaries (Or how I fell in love with teaching adult ballet learners...), PART ONE
When we moved to St. Louis, I wasn’t sure if my days of teaching dance, ballet, character, and pointe were over or if I’d find a new...
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SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 4, 20193 min read
Tales of a Sassy Southern Ballet Mama
So, let’s begin. Why am I writing this blog? Why me? And what am I up to? Well, those are great questions. And ones I’ve been wrestling...
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