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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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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,...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 22, 20242 min read
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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......

SassySouthernBalletMama
Sep 13, 20194 min read
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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Sep 10, 20192 min read
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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 30, 20192 min read
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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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#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)...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 17, 20194 min read
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#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:...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 13, 20194 min read
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#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,...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 11, 20192 min read
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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)...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 8, 20192 min read
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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 6, 20192 min read
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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 4, 20192 min read
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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...

SassySouthernBalletMama
Aug 4, 20193 min read
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