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We welcome the following vendors to the 2008 DanceLife Teacher Conference!

A Wish Come True
Associated Dance Arts
for Professional Teachers (ADAPT)
American Classic Costumes
Art Stone Enterprises
Break the Floor Production
Caddy Solutions
Capezio
Cicci Dance Supplies
Costume Gallery
CostumeSwap.com
Curtain Call
Danc'eM
Dansco/Fina
DreamWorld Backdrops
ETIX
Finus Jhung Videos
and CD's
Grosh Backdrops
GTM Sportswear
Hall of Fame Dance Challenge
Hollywood Connection
JackRabbit Dance
Leap N Learn
Live at Broadway Dance Center
Mind Body Online
Mode Dion Cosmetics & Training
National Registry of
Dance Educators Inc.
NUVO Productions
New York City Dance Alliance
Platinum National Dance Competition
Revolution Dancewear
Showcase Productions-Dance the Magic Inc.
Sophisticated Productions
StageStep
The Miller & Ben Tap Shoes
Weissmans Designs for Dance
White Feather
Productions


Dear Friends,

I just want to express my sincere gratitude to all of the teacher and school owners who have helped to make the 2008 DanceLife Teacher Conference such a success. We will sell-out at 550 attendees, and as of right now we have only 17 spaces remaining and all of our vendor space is filled.

Attendees are coming from every state and province in the US and Canada. We pledge to present one of the most inspiring events you've ever attended.

Thanks again--Rhee

Enjoy this month's Dance Studio Life Online and be sure to participate in our "real time" online polls.

Reader Statistics/Polls
Last month's ezine included the results of a recent survey of school owners. We have received numerous emails asking us for more. This month, we will offer polls, that will offer you results in real time. Please take a moment to take the polls to discover some interesting facts about our profession.

Dance Teacher With A Difference
By Jennifer Reinert

Disabled? No. Handicapped? No. Determined? Yes!
All dancers face certain challenges that ultimately limit them or lead them to great personal success. I'm no different, but mine has been with me since my first breath.


Readers' Guide to Advertisers

These are the companies who make Dance Studio Life possible; please let them know you appreciate it!


Giving Back: Small town, big heart
By Lisa Traiger
Educating Our Youth Through Volunteerism is Griffith's baby. Over the years she has created a series of opportunities to bring her dancers--as young as 3 and up to parents and grandparents.

Words To Live By
By Diane Gudat
Over the years I have become attached to a handful of inspirational sayings that I like to share with my students.

Teacher In The Spotlight: Shelly Beech

Owner and teacher, Art of Motion Dance, Bartlesville, OK.


Tickets To Success
By Shevon McBride
The pros and cons of ticketing for performances.

Attention, Teachers!
We are looking for teachers to interview for a story on non-dance–related problems that occur in the classroom. If you have had to deal with disruptive behaviors or compromised learning abilities in your students that resulted from eating disorders or other psychological issues, physical abuse, drug abuse, attention-deficit disorder, or any other kind of problem, we’d like to hear from you. Please respond to cheryl@rheegold.com with your name, email address and phone number, school name, city and state, and a brief description of the problem and how you dealt with it. If we would like to set up an interview, we will contact you. Deadline to respond: July 7, 2008

Standout Choreography
By Debbie Werbrouck
How to make your students - and your dances - look their best.

Ballet Scene: Guys can get the point of ballet
By Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News

For many guys, going to the ballet is right up there with attending a bridal shower or a Tupperware party as a source of excruciating boredom and self-conscious discomfort. Ballet, they will announce, is performed by sissies for sissies.


Common Ground: Two faces of Broadway
By Nancy Wozny
Jerry Mitchell and Bill T. Jones take musical theatre dance in different directions.

Higher-Ed Voice: Semester One--WON!
By Jeanne Fornarola

Each fall they enter the dance studio, faces full of fake confidence or sheer panic. Some arrive for class 30 minutes early; some run in late, in breakdown mode because of morning alarm malfunctions.

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