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Danceable Thoughts
Ideas that will Inform, Inspire, and Energize You - Daily and weekly resources for Thinking Dancers and Performing Artists
Get back in the Rhythm of a New School Year -- with Angela and Danceable Thoughts and Meet Your New Spirit Animal!
Take a minute to analyze your feedback from a new perspective and then give these practical, simple ideas a try in your next rehearsal
Companion audio for the new Booklet and Checklist Resource for Rehearsals for Dance Educators
An Unauthorized :) but completely heartfelt little pep rally for all of you bringing your performance groups!
If you are so inclined -- send up a prayer for my friend, Mary Ashley who is beginning chemotherapy today
That Iceberg image seems familiar even if the current temps are reading 90 degrees and higher!
For your team and classroom experiences -- New ideas to ponder and and evaluate the work that got you to this point
A bit of an awkward start with the new tech but that’s not going to delay a good intention —jump in
A Simplified Idea about TIME Management!
Getting back into the groove by going a wee bit RETRO
This conversation is geared for our DANCERS -- A discussion about what it takes to create PRECISION for a performance!
More thoughts on DESIGNING your dance program with best outcomes in mind.
Find out what all those "S's" are about!
We're Back for a New School Year! Check out this new stuff -- about a 18 minute discussion about making changes that have long-term positive outcomes!
Lots of ideas about ways to look at perfecting dances for performances and adjudication
Power and Internet Outages Yesterday delayed this post
but hey -- the theme is Meeting Deadlines -- so we got this to you as fast as we could!
Empowering more than just the designated "officers"
Enlisting the skills of many of your team members to encourage "buy in"
A Day in the Life a Texas Dance Team Director is currently almost ALLLLLL about Rehearsing -- Join Danceable Thoughts for a discussion about planning a Daily Agenda for Effective Rehearsals! -- about 18 minutes!
This is your 2 minute warning :) Find your paperwork, Grab a Beverage, Sit in a comfy spot -- the full length Season Premiere, "Practice Book" is now available!
Visit www.DanceableThougths.com for downloadable supporting documents to bring more life to your planning for rehearsals and new energy that you can bring to the practice environment
Two Week Challenge is for YOU!
Trying out a new format for the new year.
I know it has been awhile but we're very close to getting back to our regular routine.
We will be starting the year with a series of 30 posts that match the "Make Your Mark" motivational bookmarks! First Debuted at TDEA Convention.
for info on the Bookmark items --- contact Angela@DanceableThoughts.com
Where and how to you spend your time and energy after the first round of feedback? Here are some ideas.
7 is the number of the day -- and here's a series of 7 thoughts about ways to make any rehearsal or practice a little bit different
Performing arts groups, athletics -- any group that's already into an establish groove could benefit with a few minor changes to their everyday expectations
Performing arts friends of all types will get a boost from these acknowledgements and affirmations regarding things that will make your rehearsals better!
All about keeping YOURSELF and the kids going! True confessions and a few tips on motivation
Thoughts about dancers as elite athletes -- what they may or may not be doing to find the power to get through a performance
Some fun ways for students to make rehearsals more meaningful and useful to them personally
Starting with a Quote by Muhammed Ali, A guy who knows about WINNING -- this week renames "Contest Season" into "Rehearsal Season" and pursues a thought: where is the battle, fight, trophy really won? In a few fleeting minutes on the competition floor -- or at practice!