5 Tips to Balance Dance, School & Life

With the new school year underway, it can get tough to balance everything. You're probably eager to maintain the momentum of your summer training, but now there's also homework, studying for tests, catching up with friends, and making new ones ----  all while adjusting to a new routine. Here are some tips to avoid feeling overwhelmed and make the most of it all.

1)   Sleep! It might be impossible to get as much sleep as you should be getting every night, but really try. Conventional wisdom prescribes 8 hours of sleep a night, but for teenagers getting as much exercise as dancers get, 9 or 10 hours are recommended. Foregoing proper rest has serious consequences. Your body recovers more slowly. You're less coordinated. You're more susceptible to getting sick. It's WAY harder to learn combinations (not to mention anything at school), and it can lead to weight gain, anxiety, and depression. So while it's tempting to stay up to watch one more video, read one more chapter, or talk to friends late into the night, being disciplined about your sleep schedule will pay off big time. READ MORE TIPS


by Tamara Johnson
 
STEPS on Broadway Professional Training Programs
 
Are you preparing for a professional career in concert or commercial dance?  STEPS Conservatory Program may be a great option for you.  The 2-year curriculum-based intensive program with either a ballet/contemporary or a theater dance/jazz focus offers individually designed courses of study for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 17-26. This audition-based program requires a minimum of 15-18 hours of classes per week while it strengthens your technique and artistry and provides an introduction to NYC's professional dance community. The upcoming Spring semester is January 26 - June 5, 2015.  Auditions will be held October 26th and the application deadline in November 2, 2014.  READ MORE


 
New RNZB Artistic Director

The Royal New Zealand Ballet announced the appointment of 36 year old Italian Francesco Ventriglia as the company's new artistic director. Ventriglia trained at the Ballet School of La Scala, Milan, joining the ballet company of La Scala in 1997. During his dancing career he performed solo and principal roles in a wide range of repertoire. As a choreographer, he has created works for leading dancers including Roberto Bolle, Ulyana Lopatkina and Svetlana Zakharova, and for prestigious venues worldwide.

 

"Being nominated as the Royal New Zealand Ballet's new Artistic Director is an honor that I take on with a deep emotion and great sense of responsibility, commitment and humility. I am very excited." says Francesco Ventriglia. "I want to say a big thank you to the Board of the Royal New Zealand Ballet for their trust, and to Ethan Stiefel for his amazing work, which I would like to continue to reach more and more important results for the company and its artists."

 

Ventriglia will begin his new appointment as RNZ Ballet's 11th Artistic Director in November 2014. 

 
Keep It Tight Tilapia

This quick and easy Tilapia recipe will keep your metabolism burning calories with it's fiery bite. RECIPE

 

 
World-Class Dance Comes Home to San Diego's Lyceum in October

 

The PGK Dance Project, San Diego's most widely-travelled top-tier contemporary dance company, will perform October 8 - 12, 2014, at Downtown San Diego's Lyceum Space Theatre. Over the past 20 years, The PGK Dance Project has danced on stages around the world, serving as a Cultural Envoy of the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Education and Culture. 

 

Locally, PGK is best-known for its critically-acclaimed San Diego Dances, performed twice-yearly since 2009 in locations not normally associated with professional dance, such as a hair salon, a wine bar, and a former gas station. "There are many people, particularly the younger generation, who are no longer raised attending the theater. Others are simply no longer able to afford it," says Kalivas. This became the creative catalyst for a return to a theater space as part of The PGK Dance Project's  21st season.  Buy tickets online or call the Box Office at 619.544.1000. 

 
Ugandan Dance Group Raises Money

Choreographed dance videos by young Ugandan dancers have provided an opportunity for these children to raise money for their poverty-sticken communities and families.

Ghetto Kids Dancing Sitya Loss New Ugandan music 2014 DjDinTV
Sitya Loss New Ugandan music 2014
Ghetto Kids
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
 
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Harlequin Floors Scholarship

Back in the studio? Share your moves with The World Dances

Post your video today to enter Harlequin Floors September Video Scholarship Contest.  Four winners will receive $250 each this month to put toward their dance dreams

 

 
A shout out to one of our most favorite people ----  Here's to a quick recovery Lil Buck!
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Gangsta Walk Anthem 2014
Lil Buck & Prime Tyme
 
 
Career Transition For Dancers' Anniversary Jubilee October 6th
 

 
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Publisher: Karla Johnson

Editor:       Tamara Johnson

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