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January 2015 Blog Posts (5)

Wearing Many Hats

Very few of us are just a dancer or just a dance teacher, we are usually trying to juggle many different roles at the same time and it can be challenging. When I owned my studio I was constantly switching between studio owner, teacher, choreographer, office manager, grant writer, artistic director to name a few. It can be draining, confusing and sometimes, less than…

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Added by abc for dance on January 18, 2015 at 11:34am — No Comments

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Added by Tatjana Sehic on January 15, 2015 at 2:52pm — No Comments

New York Dance Scene, January 2015 Updater

January 15^th, 2015

Dear Dancers,

Instead of reposting all of my reviews from BroadwayWorld.com, I’m giving you this constantly updated link to my BWW archive with all of my reviews: http://www.broadwayworld.com/author/Sondra-Forsyth#.UxoKUV6vzC8

My most recent reviews are of “Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” and the Broadway show “On the Town”. Next up, the…

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Added by Sondra Forsyth on January 15, 2015 at 11:18am — No Comments

Increasing Your Traditional Media Exposure

Keeping your studio or company name in front of the public is a challenge for most dancers. Paid advertising can be effective, but costly and sometimes it's hard to know how to get exposure otherwise.

The adage "You don't get something for nothing" is pretty much spot on when you are looking at marketing, but that doesn't mean it has to cost money. If you want…

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Added by abc for dance on January 10, 2015 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Dancing in Heels

Dancing in heels is nothing new. Throughout the history of many dance styles heels seem to come in and out of fashion. Historical pictures have documented dancers in heels going back as far as the middle ages for both male and female dancers for social dances, but it's only been recently where I've seen classes actually being promoted simply as "Heels".