Dancing At Home
How to make the most of your child's home dance space and experience!
Backdrop It Like It’s Hot
Installing a backdrop in an at-home dance space (on the cheap and easy) With coronavirus cases spreading again, we are all on pins and needles as we wonder if/when the axe will fall; here in New Jersey,…
Live From Our House, Part 2
How we staged (and survived) a virtual dance recital Make sure you read Live From Our House, Part 1 first! On the second day of the virtual recital, the sun rose with a blazing hot fury that…
Completely Floored
With little space (and an even smaller budget), we needed to get creative to install a dance floor over a weekend. Here's how we pulled it off!
10 Tips to Motivate and Support Your Dancer At Home
“Ugh, I don’t wanna…” Is this the response you’ve gotten from your dancer when you reminded him or her that it’s time to take a virtual dance class? If so, you’re not alone. So much about the…
Setting Up a Dance Space at Home – Part 5 – Tools of the Trade
Try as we might, there are just some things we cannot control while setting up an at-home dance space for our kids. When asked what the biggest challenges they faced with home dance practice, parents cited issues…
Setting Up a Dance Space At Home – Part 4 – Mirror, Mirror
Update (4/26/22): I realize with shame and horror that I never updated this, and we’ve had the mirror going on two years! Yes, we did buy another mirror from The Mirror Company (see below), and my girls…
Setting Up a Dance Space at Home – Part 3 – Meet Me at the Barre
If your dancer has a space to practice at home, providing a barre for them to work with can be a game changer.
Setting Up a Dance Space at Home at Home – Part 2 – Flooring
Ideally, any floor your dancer is working on should absorb some of the shock and impact from the movement; otherwise, there is a risk of straining the joints. Floors such as tile, for example, have the potential…
Setting Up a Dance Space At Home, Part 1 – The Space Itself
In this age of sheltering in place, we all want our dancers to continue working on their craft. Let’s face it: we parents have spent a great deal of time and money on our children the opportunity…
