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This week's newsletter is sponsored by Dance Teacher Web: Providing tips, tools and tactics to gain, train and retain better students!

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DTOL member Glenda Hill (theatreworks@btinternet.com) responded to last week's item about "twinning" dance schools:

"We are based in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. My school is called Glenda Hill Theatreworks and we have been open for almost 12 years now. We have around 250 students in the school aged 4 to about 21years (apart from the adult tappers). We offer classes in ISTD ballet, tap, modern and jazz as well as drama and singing classes. We performed Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat in October last year at our local theatre "Brindley Arts Centre" and this year we will be performing there again with a dance performance. Our singing department will be in the recording studios later in the year to record our 3rd school cd and our drama department is in the early stages of preparing their performance.

I am more than sure that many of my students would love to write to students from another dance/theatre school especially from another country. I would be open to hear from anyone but think it would be very interesting for my students to write to another ISTD school. I think they would find it fascinating to discuss set work with someone in another country!"

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DTOL member Lynn Connolly (two4kix8@aol.com) from Springfield, Massachusetts, USA emailed me:

"I teach Western dance meaning: Texas Two Step, Swing, partners dancing and line dancing.  I am sometimes asked to have some line dancers to put on a performance at the mall or at a nursing home or a fair.  I wish I could find some information as to how to create dance formations used in Tap or Jazz.  Can anyone out there help me?  It is really just social dancing with very little upper body movement and is repetitive as well.  Formations, upper body movement and props would make it much more visually appealing I think.  Thank you."

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May Penfold (maynual@hotmail.com) from Hong Kong is "interested in teacher training for preschool teaching - do you offer teacher's classes in UK or elsewhere?"

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The following reader of DTOL's Mailing List is looking for summer camps/schools and can't find them on the site yet:

Edith Chi
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
janjung@hkbn.net

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Now that we have started things going for publicising this year's summer camps/schools, I thought we'd include a section in the newsletters for members who want to teach at such events.

Carl Adams (carlpadams@yahoo.com) from London, UK is "looking for work as teacher in summer dance school/camp. Please keep me posted; it seems a lot of schools do not want male teachers here, very odd."

If you want summer camp/school work, email me (briefly!) and I'll include you in the next newsletter.

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A reminder that you can perform a number of DTOL membership functions online at www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/memberlogin.asp

You can edit your DTOL listing, register your summer school/camp details and access the online newsletters and the DTOL Forum.

Changing your password is easy - log in with your existing password (above) and make the changes. Just make sure the new password is exactly 5 characters long and only alphanumeric.

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SPONSOR'S SECTION

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Presenting Dance Teacher Web, founded in 2007 to provide dance teachers and studio owners with proven tips, tool and tactics to gain, train and retain better students. Our number one goal is to give ongoing support for teachers to reenergize and refresh! The sharing of ideas, knowledge and your success is our mission.

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"Ways to promote yourself and increase your value to your employer", Exciting new short choreographed pieces by Simone DePaolo (afro jazz) and Mike Schulster (tap), helpful "how to's" demonstrating teaching techniques to improve axels plus new preschool material. Listen to the playback of the teleseminars on "Unique business building ideas for 2008" and on "How to get the most out of your students" with special guest Raymond Lukens from American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Ballet Pedagogy Faculty member of the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School. Looking to get that boost of energy and inspiration? Here's your chance, sign up now for special savings!                               

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Dance Teachers & Studio Owners from around the world are joining.  Will you be next?

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NEWSLETTER COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SECTIONS
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EUROPE SECTION
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Lorraine O' Neill (lorraine.oneill@hotmail.com) from Galway, Ireland wants to "know if there is anyone available to do a belly dancing class for about 20 people on a Hens weekend on Saturday 17th of May in Galway. We will be staying in Eyre Square."

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Marina (donamarina_attar@yahoo.co.uk) from Kensington, London is "looking for locking and popping, modern, hip hop dance teacher anything new!"

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ASIA SECTION
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Nisha (ajy2019@yahoo.co.in) from Miraroad (Mumbai), India has "an interest to learn western dance so pleas can u tell me some nearby in miraroad only some dance western dance classes so I can join immediately may be also can u tell me about kalakendra dance classes in miraroad if u know or some other western dance classes in miraroad."

Tom Edwards (tomtomedwards@hotmail.com) from Shanghai (Puxi), China is looking for "a break dancer teacher."

Sona (sona_arora2003@yahoo.com) from Ludhiana, Punjab, India wants "a dance teacher who trained me every dance like khathak, kuchipudi, western, salsa, belly."

Liz Horne (lizardh9@yahoo.com) from Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong is interested "in starting dance classes, not 100% sure what type of dance. Am looking to learn near to Lok Fu or Sha Tin."

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Dawn (tallulahtapx@yahoo.com) from Dubai, Utd Arab Emirates is "looking for individual/private salsa lessons, total beginner!"

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USA SECTION
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Tiffany (GhettoAzz_4@yahoo.com) from Dupo, St.Clair/IL has "been interested in doing hip hop dancing since I was little. I was wondering if you could help me find a way to learn dancing and then doing choreography somewhere in St. Louis. Thanks."

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THIS WEEK'S NEW DTOL MEMBERS

The reason for listing new members each week is to foster DTOL's community. I hope that, from time to time, you will find a DTOL member in your area, or who is teaching your specialism in another area, and you will want to make contact with them, to share experiences. That's what DTOL's all about! But the listing is also a "welcome" to the new members. Perhaps you can take a minute this week to email one of these members to welcome them to DTOL.

The second line in each case is what each member says about themselves.

Effie Sotira, Greece. Email: efsot@hotmail.com
Ballet teacher

Avatâra Ayuso, London, United Kingdom. Email: avatara.ayuso@gmail.com
Ballet, Contemporary, Composition, Improvisation skills (www.avataraayuso.blogspot.com)

Victoria Brown, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Email: victorialouisebrown@hotmail.co.uk
Specialising in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Street Dance and First Wedding Dance Choreography.

KalaAnantarupah Dance school, India. Email: kalaanantarupah@gmail.com
Bharatanatyam ,folk dance ,contemporary,free style dance , special children-dance class

Bea Puno-Neri, Philippines. Email: bea.p.neri@gmail.com
Ballet Teacher (RAD)

Deirdre Brennan, Ireland. Email: deirdre@peelodance.org
Ballet, Modern Jazz, Freestyle Hip Hop, Tap, Musical Theatre, Theatre Craft

Lameez Narkedien, South Africa. Email: LameezN@gmail.com
Belly Dance, Beginners welcome

Tiffany Hannan, Oklahoma, USA. Email: thannan24@student.sosu.edu
Experienced teaching in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz and acrobatics

Lisa Cutler, New South Wales, Australia. Email: marismaris@yahoo.com
Proffessional level teacher / choreographer. Ballet, contemporary, choreography

Laura, Wales, United Kingdom. Email: info@bliss-dancers.com
Street Dance & Modern Jazz.  Classes £3.50 for ages 7 to adult. www.bliss-dancers.com

Carl Adams, London, United Kingdom. Email: carlpadams@yahoo.com
Looking for work as dance teacher for summer courses, as ballet teacher

DTOL now has 6,143 members, in 88 different countries.

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