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A Parent’s Guide to Getting Ready for Your First Concert Experience
As the month progresses we will start learning our dancers for the concert and you are sure to feel the excitement in the studio as the date gets closer. At PSD we keep our concert experience light and fun for our little dancers. We want their first...
Why are we all so worried about dance?
There has been significant press lately regarding dance and concerns around the early sexualisation of young girls. Let me get one thing straight! I am firm believer that kids should be free to be kids. As a mum to 2 girls and a boy, and the principal of...
Dance Moms’ has tarnished the Australian dance education industry
iVillage Article There has been some unfortunate press lately relating to dance and dance school environments. When I was contacted by a journalist earlier this week I jumped at the opportunity to respond. Click HERE to read the article on ivillage. Parents you...
Tips on how to choreograph a Dance
Students strut their self-choreographed stuff! Each year the Peninsula School of Dance Choreographic Competition is keenly anticipated by our students. It’s a long held tradition at our school with our perpetual trophies dating back to the early 70s. Some of...
Another notice to read!
Our studio’s at Peninsula School of Dance are buzzing at the moment. Term four is here and the excitement is building. Coming off the back of a very cold Melbourne winter students and teachers are peeling of the winter woolies, enjoying the lengthened daylight...
How a Dance School business grew and moved into a warehouse (Part 2)
In my last post I shared 5 tips on how my dance school orchestrated a move from the rented space at the back of a community hall, to our own dedicated Dance Studio in a warehouse in a business service area of the peninsula. Once Mr Bank Manager had given us the nod...
How a Dance School business grew and moved into a warehouse (Part 1)
The Peninsula School of Dance has been operating out the Rosebud community hall and before that in Mornington for over 53 years. Formerly known as the Rosebud Ballet School it started its Rosebud beginnings in 1961 with 23 students, pianist and a talented dance...
2013 – It’s a wrap!
What a year!! It has been enormous on so many levels. It goes without saying that we could not have achieved our move into our new studio without the incredible support of many wonderful people. In particular, my husband Robbie who worked day and night for months...
Apps – A Dance teacher’s favourite Apps (with Guest Blogger, Miss Carla)
I’ve been a dance teacher at Peninsula School of Dance for many years now, and have been steadily growing my teaching qualifications through the Cecchetti principals. Along the way, I’ve also enjoyed complementing my teaching program through incorporating some...