The DTOL listings now contain a new filter facility - you can select the type of dance you're interested in and those listings including that word will be shown. Check it out from the Map of the World page at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol2.htm

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The following reader wants dance pen friends:

vaikal
vaikkal@rediffmail.com
Bangalore, India
dance: classical and parathnatia

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DTOL's Dance Pen Friend scheme: if you would like to correspond by email with someone who shares your dance interests but is in a different country - or a different part of your country - then just email me briefly with:

* your name
* your email address
* your town, state/province/county and country
* your dance interests
* the kind of person you would like as your dance pen friend

I will then publish your details in the newsletter and, hopefully, other newsletter subscribers will get in touch with you.

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The following readers are looking for dance classes. If you know of a class in your area that matches any of these readers' requirements, please email them and let them know:

El-dorad McCallum
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Dance interested in: Ballroom
eldoradm@gmail.com

Robin Wenz
Hallam Pennsylvania (York)
Any kind of Belly Dancing/Pole dancing
sweetczz@hotmail.com

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If you want to find out about classes in your area, email me and let me know (very briefly):

- Your name
- Your location (including country)
- The kind of dance class you want
- Your email address

I'll include you next time! BUT, if you don't give it to me in this format, it may not get in.

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I thought that I would remind readers (especially new readers) of the ways in which DTOL can help you.

If you are looking for a dance class, the first place to look is the DTOL listings. You can find all the listings pages from the Map of the World page at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol2.htm. It's always worth looking, even if you haven't found a teacher there before - 21 new dance teachers register on DTOL every week on average. AND there's a new filter facility - you can select the type of dance you're interested in and those listings including that word will be shown.

If you can't find a teacher or class on the listings page, you can register your details for a free 4 week listing on the STUDENTS AND ADULTS LOOKING FOR DANCE CLASSES web page at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol14.htm. If you've done that recently, you won't be able to have another free listing for a few months. Dance teachers regularly check this web page to find new students.

If you live in a country/region where there is a DTOL representative, you could email them to see whether they can help. These are the current DTOL Reps:

Angie Gallis: main USA rep & Ohio - twinkletoez@danceart.net
Heather Tippey: USA/Illinois - htippey@hotmail.com
Jaime Isaacson: USA/Virginia & North Carolina - vbdancer82@hotmail.com
Jennifer Tyson: USA/Georgia - jen.tyson@yahoo.com
Joel Seger: USA/Massachusetts - ccsdanceacademy@aol.com
Judith Huddleston: USA/Michigan - jilona@aol.com
Patricia Meja: USA/New York - mejapatricia@hotmail.com
Julie Barker: UK/Essex - julieecarter@aol.com
Lisa-Jayne Knowles: UK/North West England - Harlequindance@hotmail.com
Chantel Milne: Canada - littlesteps@shaw.ca
Elena Christodoulidou: Cyprus - amfidromo@avacom.net
Emma Wei-Ling Tse: main Asia rep & Hong Kong - emma_tt@yahoo.com
Lourd Vijay: India - lourdvijay@hotmail.com
Fiona Alderman: France - fionaalderman@worldonline.fr
Jayne Melville: Spain - jaynem@mercuryin.es
Leon Draper: New Zealand - sonivan@yahoo.com
Alexia Cañizares: Ecuador - acanizares@on.net.ec

If you still have no joy, you can email DTOL from the web page www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/ng3.htm, saying what classes you are looking for and where and when. Your request will appear in the next Members' Newsletter, sent weekly to DTOL's dance teacher members.

If you are a freelance teacher and looking for work, keep an eye on the SCHOOLS AND COMPANIES LOOKING FOR TEACHERS web page at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol15.htm. There are always a good number of dance teacher vacancies there. You can also register your details for a free 4 week listing on the DANCE TEACHERS AND DANCERS LOOKING FOR WORK web page, which is at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol13.htm. If you want to post your listing on this page for longer than 4 weeks, you can do so for a small payment. Occasionally a teacher will try to sneak in a second free listing, but I usually keep a pretty close watch on this! (although it's perfectly OK to have a second listing some time after a previous listing - say a few months)

The SCHOOLS AND COMPANIES LOOKING FOR TEACHERS web page at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol15.htm is the place to be if you are a dance school looking to hire a teacher. Again, the listing is free for a short time - 2 weeks - but you can post for longer for a small payment.

There's also a relatively little-used web page DANCE MUSIC AND MUSICIANS at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol16.htm. This page is intended for dance class pianists seeking work, teachers seeking pianists, etc.

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Here are a few more examples of the dance products sold in DTOL's online Shop:

Seminar notes: "Professional development for dance teachers"
Teachers play many roles in helping students develop. Sometimes a mentor, often a counsellor and always a performance coach. How to understand these roles, perform them effectively and enhance your own skills as a teacher.

Pole Dancing Instructional DVD: Level 1 - Intermediate
More pole dancing instruction in easy-to-follow steps. There are 24 moves in total, together with a complete demo and 2 routines..

Ballet Through The Lens
This book photographically charts the work that Alan Foley and Monica Loughman, together and apart, have devoted to raising the status of classical ballet in Ireland.

The first of two CDs for Music for contemporary and modern dance classes by Paul Pavey, "a bird in the hand .... two in the bush" has 16 tracks, over 60 minutes of music with various tempi, rhythm, time signatures and atmosphere. Suitable for warm-up, center combinations, crossing the floor and jumps. Varied instrumentation including drums and percussion, flutes, harmonica, vocals, keyboards and dijeridu.

The second CD, "blood is thicker than water", has 14 tracks, over 60 minutes of music with various tempi, rhythm and atmosphere. All tracks are based in varied multiples of 3. Finding music on 3,6,9 or 12 can be very difficult so this album should cater for many needs and is suitable for warm-up, center combinations, crossing the floor and jumps. With an equally varied instrumentation including drums and percussion, pipes, guitars, trumpet, vocals, keyboards and electronic effects.

The third CD is "Two compositions for modern Ballet commissioned by Martin Schläpfer, Ballet Mainz, Germany":
#1 " Ein Wald ... Ein See " 42:00 - composed in 2005/6, this is a piece with constant change in atmosphere and rhythm, texture and colour. Instrumentation includes Vocals, Slovakian Fujara, Hathway Saz, Piano, Trumpet, Bodhrán and Waterdrum, electronic effects.
#2 - 3 Mandocello Suite, " in my day and night " 24:04 - composed in 2004, this piece was written upon the Paul Hathway Mandocello. It is extremely rare to find music with such texture and varied styles composed for this instrument.

The CDs can be purchased separately or as a set of 3

Further details of these products, and others, can be seen from the DTOL Shop web pages:

www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol18oz.htm - for those resident in Australia
www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol18ca.htm - for those resident in Canada
www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol18eu.htm - for those resident in the Euro zone
www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol18uk.htm - for those resident in the UK
www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol18us.htm - for those resident in the USA
www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/dtol18z2.htm - for those in other parts of the world

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The next newsletter will be on Wednesday, 24th October. If you would like to comment on any of the issues raised in the newsletters, or ask a question which other readers may be able to answer, or say anything you like about your dance experiences, just email me!

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