Dance News Worldwide Magazine - August 2021 by thebusinessescommunity

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Will you be the Popdance Partner in your area? Issue 4 - August 2021

Sharing dance news, events and opportunities from across the globe.

Contents

Top tips on time reduction, learning and utilising data from EMD

Six Steps To A New You with Popdance

My Yoga Journey from Yogibird

5 Questions We Asked A Dance Business with Fit4Tap

Did You Know - with David Outevsky

Let’s go shopping!

Dance Directory - let’s get dancing!

Tips To Reduce Stress from Bridgette Mansﬁeld

New Class For You To Try

Making Online Gaming A Positive Experience

Get Tapping For Children In Need

Do You Run A Dance School?

Top Tip - How To Capture Movement On Film

Advertise Your Business

Job Opportunities

Hello August! This month, we bring you all the latest from EMD, 5 Questions We Asked A Dancer, new classes for you to try, gorgeous products, dance schools to visit, top tips from BT plus we invite you to take part in the Tapathon for Children In Need! Phew! So sit back, grab a cuppa and enjoy the read.

And, if you have a story to tell, an exciting class that you’ve tried, or some good old dance trivia get in touch at hello@ dancenewsworldwide.com to tell us about it Enjoy! The Dance News Worldwide Team

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Three things dance teachers can do right now for free The best things in life are free? Let’s ﬁnd out… 1. Reduce your admin time One of the bugbears of being a dance teacher is the amount of class admin. You would rather just be out teaching your classes, right?

These are free to view on the EMD UK YouTube channel here. (Pro tip: best to subscribe as they’re releasing more content soon!)

classﬁnder, the UK’s largest database of group exercise classes, recently partnered with bookwhen to form classﬁnder Bookings. This new booking platform allows you to promote your classes, manage bookings, take payments, issue class passes, and transfer bookings in one easy place. And the best part is, there’s a free plan that any teacher can access! Find out more here.

2. Learning with the experts As the saying goes “Knowledge is power” and better still if you can get that knowledge for free. You don’t always need to do a course or qualiﬁcation to expand your business knowledge. There are many widely accessible resources for you to choose from. During lockdowns last year, EMD UK, the national governing body for group exercise, ran a series of webinars on differe≠≠nt business boosting topics. These included how to reach new people on social media, how to create a marketing strategy for your business, and how to monetise on-demand content.

3. Utilising data Although you may know your current class participants inside out, how much do you know about what’s going on in your area? Keeping up to date with current trends and participation levels can help you understand how and where to attract new clients. It may even give you ideas for events and where you can apply for project funding. Handy right? Download Sport England data here.

Admin is boring, right? Listing classes here, managing bookings there, taking payments somewhere else. You deserve better.

classfinder Bookings let's you do all your class admin in one place for just £9+VAT per month. Easy. Start your journey to more you time today. Click here.

My Yoga Journey

So far, the launch of this wonderful magazine has presented me with the opportunity to provide you with a brief introduction to yoga, a little idea of what to expect at your ﬁrst class, as well as present you with evidence as to why yoga is so good for our mental health. Therefore, this month I thought I would share with you a little about my yoga journey. As a child and teenager, I was extremely sporty and an accomplished gymnast, 08

representing my school and county. But gymnastics was where my passion lay and maybe that’s what drew me to yoga as I got older - I somewhat viewed it as gymnastics for grownups. It was over 20 years ago I visited my first class but that was where my yoga would start and finish – on the mat. I enjoyed my ‘workout’ and stretching myself into ‘shapes’ but it has only been in more recent years that I have come to realise, yoga is so much more than just exercise and reaches way beyond the mat. In 2013 I left my sales and marketing career and studied for a more challenging and rewarding one in teaching. A few years later I had what I can only describe as a calling and took steps towards gaining my yoga teacher qualification and completed my diploma in 2017. Nothing could quite prepare me for how my training would change my life and I soon realised this was literally just the start of a whole new chapter. This led me to study and train in more specific areas of yoga, such as Yin, Pregnancy

and Nidra - I am a self-confessed course addict! I love to learn and am continually updating and expanding my yoga and teaching knowledge and love sharing this with my students.

So why do I love yoga so much? Well, as someone who has ‘burnt out’ and experienced injury and illness, as well as long standing issues with my weight, I know first-hand the physical and psychological affects this can have on an individual. I totally understand how difficult it can be to love yourself and find the courage to go to a class for the first time. Especially when you are carrying extra weight or harbouring old injuries and negative self-belief. I believe yoga is for everyone and every body. I love creating a safe nonjudgemental space where people can come and practice yoga. An environment we can all benefit from.

So, whether it be working towards a fitter, stronger more flexible you. Or taking some ‘me time’, reducing anxiety or learning to relax. It’s all there within reach via yoga. I like to call it ‘yoga magic’. I recently celebrated my 50th birthday - I think, feel, breathe, and move better than I have ever done. But like most I am definitely a work in progress and my age comes with many new challenges – the biggest being the menopause (queue Menopause Teacher Training and next feature) Quite honestly, I don’t know how I’d survive without my yoga – it has changed my life and literally gives me superpowers! Therefore, it is my intention to help you find ‘your yoga’. So, I invite you to join me on the mat… Bat cape and tights are optional.

If you would like to know more, you can reach me via my website – www.yogibird.co.uk

5 Questions We Asked A

Dance Business fitness choreography which would impart both cognitive and physical health benefits. The idea of ‘Fit4Tap’ a head-to-toe (literally) Fun ’n’ Funky tap dance fitness work-out came to life in 2015.

We caught up with Sue from Fit4Tap and asked her our famous questions Hi Sue, What made you start your business? I was already teaching other dance ﬁtness programs and I wanted to offer my existing clientele something new. I had the idea of presenting a brand-new dance ﬁtness program that included a dance skill fused with dance 10

My Tap-Tastic clientele were happy to be my guinea pigs from the very first class - Thank goodness they trusted me lol! What does your business offer it’s customers? Fit4Tap offers beginner tappers the chance to learn to tap dance as well as enjoying a cardio fitness workout. A non-intimidating environment, instructor led & tap dance fitness class.

What kind of customers are you looking for? Are there any other types of businesses you would like to collaborate with?

What piece of advice would you give to another business owner?

Prioritise your time well (still learning) and when things The main Fit4Tap program get tough always remember is aimed at adults 18+ but the reason why you first we also branch out and offer started your business. Kids and Senior Fit4Tap Surround yourself with programs. We love working encouragers and those who alongside other dance share your vision. fitness programs at charity and fitness events. Find out more about What’s the toughest part of running your business? Stepping out of your comfort zone in areas you wouldn’t normally feel comfortable doing.

Fit4Tap at www.ﬁt4tap.com If you would like to take part in this feature, simply send us your answers to the famous questions, along with images and a call to action link and we will do the rest - send to hello@ dancenewsworldwide.com

Does your organsiation need to improve connection, creativity, health and well-being?

Did you know that using evidence-based movement interventions helps organisations to improve relationships, problem solving, emotional and physical well-being?

Movement in Practice offers the training you need from short CPD courses to becoming a fully registered Movement in Practice Facilitator.

When You Move, You Improve

Each month, we like to bring you a bit of “did you know?” action - this month, David Outevsky shares this gem with us: “Bruce Lee is known for his impressive moves: his high kicks, devastating punches, and quick legwork. ... But did you know, that in 1958, Bruce Lee became the Crown Colony Cha Cha dancing champion of Hong Kong. Yes, cha cha. Perhaps we have this early training in Latin dance to thank for the grace and poise of his martial arts style.”

Do you have some dance or ﬁtness trivia to share? Get in touch at hello@ dancenewsworldwide. com

Let’s go shopping! Bringing you a variety of products from around the globe Steps Out Of Time is the second Mystic Bunny Boy book, and the story centres around transition to a new school / new class and managing any feelings of nervousness and anxiety that children might feel surrounding this. £7.99 available on Amazon

Character Skirt in Pink Dress Up and Dance - £25.99

Standard Size Gym Mirrors Made2Measure - £80

Dance Floor (Pink) Limited Edition A2 The Native State - £40

The Ultimate Dance Business Planner Dance Business Lab - £38

101 Marketing Tips For Dance Teachers book –Sue Wybrow Amazon - £11.55

Dance Purse/Make Up Bag Dance Wear Central – £8.99

Ballet Pencil Set Seriously On Pointe Bettie Confetti - £8.95

Do you have a product to share? Send us a image of it, a simple sentence as to what it is/what it does, how much it is and where we can buy it from. It’s completely free to feature – ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served, limited places – email hello@dancenewsworldwide.com

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Tips To Reduce Stress from Bridgette Mansﬁeld Hypnotherapy And what a stressful time it’s been!

due to school or peer pressure. However, a situation that feels stressful to one person may be motivating to someone else and this can be down to our past experiences, our learnt behaviours, our thought processes and our own level of self-esteem.

So how can hypnotherapy help reduce stress levels……………..

Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure, when you feel unable to cope, which can cause health problems We all experience stress at one stage or another. It can be caused by health issues, money worries, constant worrying, loneliness, pressure at work, no work, lack of control, family problems, bereavement, divorce and many other reasons. Stress is recognised to be one of the main causes of sick absence from work and it seems that more and more children are suffering with stress

Stress is caused by our subconscious protecting us. We may go into a ﬁght or ﬂight response when we are in an uncomfortable situation. Our subconscious can’t tell the difference between what is real and what we are imagining so it sometimes acts as if we are in a life threatening situation when in fact all we are doing is for eg. a presentation in front of 20 people or starting a new job! We are then left with all this extra energy with nowhere for it to go. This can leave us with feelings of stress, anxiety, anger, depression, frustration, insomnia and mood swings

Being stressed is a physical reaction as much as an emotional one. Stress is everywhere in our lives these days. You cannot change that, but you can change your reaction to it. The aim is to ﬁnd ways of managing stress and using it to our advantage

Self-hypnosis – tips for relaxation Hypnosis is known to be a powerful tool to help reduce stress. In fact, hypnotherapy for stress can be effective even after just one session You can complement your hypnotherapy sessions with selfhypnosis at home.

whether it’s a tropical beach, a beautiful garden or maybe your home. 4. Then repeat positive afﬁrmations. For eg. I am calm…..I am relaxed…..I am in control Whatever you say to yourself in your mind, make sure it is positive (so don’t say to yourself…I am not stressed… as the subconscious does not recognise the negative.) After approximately 2 mins, you can count out 1,2,3, open your eyes and continue with your day. If you do this every day for two weeks, you will ﬁnd that you start to think more positively.

1. Find a place where you can relax and be free of too many distractions e.g. your favourite chair, lying on your bed. 2. Take in a slow deep breath, imagining you are breathing in positive thoughts and feelings and then gently close your eyes. As you exhale, relax your body as much as you can and blow away any worries, stress and negative thoughts. 3. Count down from 10 -1 with each deep breath, feeling yourself sinking deeper and deeper into the chair. When you get to 1, imagine the most peaceful place for you,

Feel free to contact Bridgette to ﬁnd out more or to discuss how to de-stress with hypnotherapy www.123relax.co.uk

New Class For you to Try Hello Dance News Worldwide This is Beatrice Mia... I’m a Modern Dance Student in state Conservatory; and I’m ready to share my story, my journey, my technique, and my top tips with you to teach you BALLET AT HOME !!!

!!! ANY AGES AND ABILITIES !!! So I’m offering online Ballet + Yoga + Dance Fitness classes on Zoom platform for Beginners into Intermediate levels, Adults including in group and private lessons. All you need is your body and passion to learn and a small space to move at home. So contact me please to save your spot ! Can’t wait to see you there !!!

Find me on : Instagram : Beatrimiaa Facebook : Beatrice Mia Gmail : Kimiakate@gmail.com Yes you heard right, you can learn Ballet At Home with me and the technique, the secret key exercises to improve, stretch and strength and my top tips + YOGA & DANCE FITNESS

Do you have new classes you’d like us to know about? Send your information through to hello@dancenewsworldwide.com

Top Tips with Tania Bringing you tech tips from BT Skills for Tomorrow Make online gaming a positive experience for your family With the Summer holidays upon us, do you worry that your kids will be spending more time online gaming? Gaming has been the single most popular digital activity during lockdown with over half of school age children gaming every day from their mobile devices – and they’re not just using gaming platforms to ‘play games’. Research conducted by Internet Matters, a not-for-proﬁt online safety organisation, suggests that children are using games to connect with friends, discover new interests and to learn and participate in online events - so just like playing physical games, playing games online is a huge part of your child’s development.

Whilst there are many positives to online gaming, there is still a real worry from parents, that their children spend too much time on multiplayer gaming. Seemingly unable to disengage or simply ‘pause’ the game. As the sun ﬁnally comes out, there is the daily battle of trying to get kids off the screen and outside for some physical exercise.

Gaming has been the single most popular digital activity during lockdown

Kids don’t have to be gamers to participate in the gaming world -

> 61% play alone > 48% play with others

64% say they watch videos of games they don’t play as a source of entertainment* How to make online gaming a positive experience for you family It’s a ﬁne balance but make a start by talking to your children regularly about their online activity – make it part of the norm, just as you’d ask them about their day at school. As you feel more comfortable talking about their gaming activity, try introducing the following:

• Family agreement o Work with your child to agree what games and what times in the week they can play - that works for the whole family. o Try and be ﬂexible if there is a particular time that your child will be meeting with their friends for a speciﬁc game. o Why not consider a family game night where the whole family gets involved? • Agree rules and boundaries - Ensure your child knows what to do if they: -

are contacted by a stranger

are being bullied or witness bullying in a game

feel they have to play/show the same behaviour as others i.e., an expectation to behave in a certain way when gaming

o Configure your web browsers securely, using a firewall o Set up their user profile to include age appropriate language and game content, ensuring security is always set high on their profiles and accounts o Ensure your child is aware that they should never give away personal information over the internet whilst playing or downloading games o Help your child create and use strong passwords, which should never be shared Want to help your family get the most out of tech?

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Head to BT Skills for Tomorrow to ﬁnd a range of free courses and advice – from parental controls and gaming advice to digital wellbeing.

Setting Controls Although not 100% effective, parental controls and privacy settings can provide conﬁdence that you’re giving your child the best chance to be protected from harm. Reviewing the settings on the app or games console, as well as wi-ﬁ settings should provide a good digital boundary and the main things to consider are:

Tania Young leads on BT’s Digital Skills programme for older and vulnerable customers. *Source: www.superawesome. com/resources/reports/

Get Tapping for Children In Need! TAPATHON is the UK’s largest annual Tap dancing event bringing together, trained and non trained dancers to perform in unison, the choreographed routine on the same day at the same time and brought to you with support from BBC Children In Need.

dancing event, is the event that can help bring us all back to dance, while raising money for some of the UK’s most disadvantaged children. No matter of age or dance ability, the TAPATHON 2021 invites you to join, in it’s 12th annual event which will be a sure way to revive dance again. To register and ﬁnd out more information on TAPATHON 2021 please visit www.theperformersproject.co.uk/ class/Register.asp

TAPATHON events are to be held in different cities throughout the UK on Sunday 21st November 2021. Following the unprecedented year, which has undoubtedly affected our dance community, this national tap

Thank you for your support and we look forward to your participation. www.facebook.com/ ThePerformersProject

Do You Run a Dance School? International Dance Company, Popdance, are looking to partner with dance schools across the world.

The partnership would give you: •

Additional revenue for your dance business with things like Popdance parties and workshops

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Marketing support for your dance school - so we will actively promote what you have on offer - including all genres of dance, ﬁtness and well-being

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A team of like-minded people there to help and support you

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Endless choreography at your ﬁngertips

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Get paid to choreograph dance routines

It’s just £25 per month to be a Popdance Partner - that’s it no other fees payable. And, you will make on average, £180 per party and £65/hour for workshops. Get in touch if this is of interest and we can book in a call to see if we are a suitable ﬁt together - be the Popdance Partner for your area - info@popdance.co.uk - or ﬁnd out more here www.popdance.co.uk/join-the-team

TOP TIPS

We love learning - so we will be sharing lots of Top Tips with you over the coming months. This months tip is from Dance Educator, David Outevsky from Bespoke Dance Education: Top Tip: To capture the movement of the dancers on Camera move (dance) with them as you are ﬁlming. Get a gimbal tool which will help you stabilize your camera while you are in motion. If you have a tip to share, email hello@dancenewsworldwide.com

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dance, fitness or well-being business, or whether you are Reaching thousands a participant in dance, fitness of people working or participating in dance, fitness or well-being - we want to or well-being via email, social hear from you. media and on the Dance There’s lots of ways you can News Worldwide website get involved - take a look here It’s perfect for showcasing your classes, products, services, parties, workshops and information. Prices start at just £50 for the whole year!

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Job Opportunities Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK Stagecoach Borehamwood are looking for an early years teacher (for 4-6 year olds) to join their Saturday morning classes from 18th September. Salary £23.70 per hour. Teaching dance, singing and drama. Please send your cv to Beverly at borehamwood@stagecoach.co.uk Bournemouth, UK Bounce Studios are looking for fun dance instructors for dance parties - contact info@bouncestudios.co.uk Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK Dance Fusion Fitness are looking for a dance and ﬁtness instructor to cover maternity leave from December onwards - contact laurasimms111@hotmail.com for more info

Sunbury-On-Thames, Surrey, UK KH Dance Academy are looking for an enthusiastic and fun teacher to teach Nursery, Reception, RAD PrePrimary, Primary and Gd1 ballet, mini tap & jazz, ISTD Primary tap and Gd1 tap To start in September to work alongside the current teacher for 1/2 term before handing over after then. Suitable for a qualified RAD or ISTD teacher or in training contact khdaprincipal@gmail.com or call 07891 675753 Student Internship Opportunity for student or group of students - unpaid initially (with potential for future paid projects) for Marketing and Social Media Management for Marketing Students or teams to start as soon as possible. Contact Dr David Outevsky at admin@ outevsky.com with the title “internship” to find out more If you have job vacancies, or are looking for work in the dance, fitness or well-being industry, email hello@dancenewsworldwide.com to submit your listing absolutely FREE OF CHARGE

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