Description
In the world of competitive dance-biased scoring, skimpy costumes, and toxic rivalries are the additional line items of a bill that exceeds thousands of dollars. Time and money are at stake for parents, but reputation is also at risk for students and studios. With no regulation, this third-party industry leaves you asking yourself the same question after every competition: Is it worth it?
For Chasta Hamilton, six years of sending dancers to competition was six years too many. She swore off competitive dance and rewrote her curriculum to focus on the whole person within each dancer. In Trash the Trophies, Chasta shows you how she challenged preconceived notions of success in the dance industry and embraced camaraderie, effective leadership, and philanthropic initiative to transform her studio. With the four pillars of her intensive training program-technique, performance, community, and character-you'll learn how to increase ROI for everyone involved.
Dance is a commitment to principles; an art form beyond rankings and judgment. This book will show you how to put meaning back into movement, and joy back into the dance studio.
Author: Chasta Hamilton
Publisher: Houndstooth Press
Published: 07/20/2020
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9781544514284
ISBN10: 154451428X
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Exercise | Dance
- Performing Arts | Dance | General