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Inside This Issue, September 2006

Features

Winning Ways

Competition directors and teachers give us the inside scoop on competitions -- and it's got nothing to do with awards and all to do with

                                      the heart.

Legend Profile

Joe Tremaine: Jazz Dancer Extraordinaire

Performer, master teacher, and convention director Joe Tremaine is in a triple-threat class of his own.

By Nancy Galeota-Wozny

September Goldrush Online Special Section: Competition

Rhee Gold chats with Nancy Wozny.

By Nancy Galeota-Wozny

Begin At The Barre

Step up your students' ballet training and see results at competitions.

By Jennifer Rienert

Honing The Edge

Professional dancers on the value of competition.

Who Won? Who Cares!

Self-improvement, not winning, is the big motivator among our country's youth.

By Kevin Salisbury

Buttoning Up The Competition

Peer awards spread goodwill among dancers.

By Paul Savary

Clean Choreography

Make your dancers sparkle onstage by emphasizing classroom fundamentals.

By Diane Gudat

Limiting Your Liability

Take the sting out of potential lawsuits by insuring yourself at off-site venues.

By Sandra Mihaloff and David Mullins

Beyond Fouettés

The growth of artistry over tricks.

By Nancy Galeota-Wozny

E Is For Effort -- and Education

Learning opportunities make competitions worth the effort.

By Charlotte Klein

The Higher Ed Voice,

Eyes Of A Judge

Judging with integrity means bringing a critical, spiritual, and moral viewpoint to artistic assessment.

By Tom Ralabate

In  Every Issue

Goldrush Nuggets

Happenings in the dance community

On My Mind
Words from the Publisher

Ask Rhee Gold
Dance educators seek advice about teaching issues.

Contributing Writers
Introducing the writers of our September Goldrush Online

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