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Your magazine has
surpassed all magazines. It is wonderful, a collector’s item.
I tear out articles in other magazines, but yours stays intact
and I save the whole thing for future reference. I would also
like to thank you for the articles on older teachers and
selling, etc. [Studio Owners in Transition, Dance Studio
Life, October 2007]. They have become invaluable in my
decision to downsize. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
After 30-odd years of running a studio I am focusing again on
what I really want to do, and that is teach dance.
Morwenna Assaf
Art/Dance
Academy, Oceanside, CA
I was very upset to
see the article in Thinking Out Loud, “Lift a Rock, Watch the
Sky,” by Ann Murphy [Dance Studio Life, October 2007].
This article highlighted a very negative and erroneous
statement about the Catholic Church. Negative and attacking
comments about any church have no business in a dance
publication.
The sentence “The
Catholic Church of my childhood frowned on dance” is simply
not true! Dance in most Catholic churches is not used during
the Mass, [which] is a time to calm our mind and body and give
thanks and praise to the Lord. Dance and performances take our
attention off the Lord and onto the performers. We as
Catholics have always been free to dance to our heart’s
content outside of Mass.
I fully understand
the Church’s limitation on anything that causes us to lose our
focus on God during our time of prayer. God bless you and
please respect the faith of others in the future.
Ginnie Meyer
Hoffman Estates,
IL
Editor’s note: In
Thinking Out Loud, writers express their opinions and personal
experiences. We do not censor their viewpoints, which do not
reflect the opinions of anyone affiliated with Dance
Studio Life.
I was so happy to
read your article “Teaching With Love” [Dance Studio Life,
November 2007]. I always felt that I was the odd teacher
out since I never have followed the “old school” way of
teaching. I feel that every child has a unique way of
processing information and varying degrees of ability to
reproduce what they are shown. Negativity only brings down
their self-esteem and kills the love they have for what they
are doing. No dancer should be left out or behind! This has
been tested this year as I was seriously injured in a car
accident in October and the teacher who has been teaching my
students is of the “old school.” I have been grateful for her
help because otherwise I would have had to shut down [my
school]. The children have had a hard time adjusting to the
changes and many have dropped out, saying they will return
when I do.
Thanks again for
your article; it was much needed at this time in my
life!
Amanda LeVasseur
Dance Alley SE,
Winter Haven, FL
Your magazine is a
perfect literary medium for dance studio teachers and owners.
I find valuable information in it every month. With that being
said, I had to email you in regard to your editorial column
this month [On My Mind, Dance Studio Life, December
2007]. December is the most hectic and stressful month for me.
But reading your letter inspired me to give myself permission
to let something go and I found the stress floating away. I
told my students that pre-choreographing their dances would
have to be put on hold. They were all so kind and supportive.
So thanks for a great magazine and especially for that letter.
Nancy Chippendale
Nancy
Chippendale’s Dance Studios, North Andover, MA
Just wanted to tell
you how wonderful I think the December [2007] issue is. All
the stories on tap! Finally—someone noticed tap dancing.
Debbi Dee
Boca Raton, FL
A standing ovation
for “What Are Parents Thinking?!” in this month’s [December
2007] Dance Studio Life. Forget leaving the issue open
to that page in the lobby—I am wallpapering with that thing!
Suzanne Citere
Realdance,
Lighthouse Point, FL
I wanted to tell you
how much I enjoy Dance Studio Life. The articles are so
varied and yet so relative to what we do every day. Bravo!
Please keep Diane Gudat writing! Tuesday afternoon got off to
a laughing start when I read her article [“What Are Parents
Thinking?!”] to the staff before class. We love her!
Sharon
DiCrosta
The Dancer’s
Studio, North Haven, CT
[
While reading Diane
[Gudat]’s article [“What Are Parents Thinking?!”], I was
either crying from laughing so hard or cheering! Thanks for
the chuckles, and yes, it does make me feel better to know
that others are suffering from being subjected to the same
parental madness! My office staff wants to change the schedule
to read: “Advanced Ballet 1, Advanced Ballet 2, Advanced
Ballet 3,” etc. That way [the students] can all be advanced!
Also, thanks so much
for the article on Tap the Map [FYI, November 2007].
Anthony Russo is my son. My dad was paging through Dance
Studio Life and saw the Tap the Map logo. He immediately
thought that someone had stolen Anthony’s idea! So he started
reading the article and of course found Anthony’s name. It was
a proud moment for grandpa!
Tracy
Davenport
Performing
Arts Centre, Inc., St. Charles, MO
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