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This week's newsletter is sponsored by Mandy Fouracre LRAD B Phil (Hons), author of the Lafour Prima Dance syllabus

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I'd like to remind members - particularly those of you who have recently joined DTOL - of various services and products available through the DTOL web site.

Silver Membership of DTOL is available at a very low annual cost and may suit members with their own web sites. The main benefits are that a link to your web site is included in your DTOL listing, and that listing has a priority on your listings page.

Of highest priority on the listings pages, Gold Membership listings are suited to those members who do not have their own web sites. DTOL will create a web page for you, hosted on the DTOL site, and a link to this will be included in your Gold Member listing.

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Two excellent ballet books are available through the DTOL online Shop:

"Mime In Ballet" is a stunning and unique book - this is a 'must' for teachers, dancers, students and ballet enthusiasts. 20 graduated studies in Classical Gesture as used in Balletic Mime, culminating in a detailed description of Carabosse and the Lilac Fairy from the Prologue of The Sleeping Beauty.

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

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The DTOL Shop also includes an extensive range of class music CDs for teachers:

"Music for the 21st Century Dancer": Dance Class Volume 1. 26 tracks for ballet class - Barre, Centre and Allegro - plus a 15 minute track for choreography. Composed and performed by Richard Kenwood-Herriott and produced in association with Northern Ballet Theatre.

"Ballet Class in America": 3 CDs, including performance pieces, from Stephen Barnes, accompanist for Pacific Northwest Ballet.

"Dance with Margot" Vols. 1 to 6: Margot Kazimirska was Principal Pianist with the Frankfurt Ballet for 20 years, where she played for classes, rehearsals and for many performances in Frankfurt and on world-wide tours. She has also played as guest pianist for the Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet, the Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet. She plays for all the performances of William Forsythe's acclaimed ballet "Artifact Suite" for Scottish Ballet and for the Paris Opera Ballet. Margot freelances as pianist for many teachers in England, where she now lives. Her music for ballet class series, "Dance with Margot" is very popular with teachers, students and dancers.

GUY DEARDEN - Music For Dancing Class (41 CDs covering a wide range of dance styles): Guy has played for dancing exams for nearly 20 years and is very well known in the UK theatre dance scene. He has been a major supplier of music to the dance industry since 1987. Guy's music is used by the Imperial Society of Dance Teachers (ISTD) and the National Association of Teachers of Dance (NATD) for their Tap Grade Exams. Both these Societies are recognised worldwide. Guy actually played for Jennifer Ellison's tap exams before she became famous! He now provides a large selection of top quality music CDs for teachers of the theatre dance world wide and prides himself on being able to provide music that teachers, children and students just love to dance to.

KAREN MACIVER - Ballet Class for the Aspiring Professional (3 CDs): Karen MacIver has played piano for Ballet Class with dance companies all over the world and has written and arranged music for you to really enjoy taking free class! My CD's are created especially for the aspiring professional dancer.

PAUL PAVEY - 3 CDs for contemporary and modern dance classes: For more than twenty years Paul has worked with dance and theater, accompanying classes and composing music all over the world. A multi-instrumentalist and performer he has also given workshops to dancers (breathing and rhythm) and musicians (approach to accompanying modern class) in many reputable schools and companies.

RICHARD MADDOCK - "Ballet Studio Inspirations" and "As Creation Unfolds" CDs: A native of Ontario, Canada, Richard Maddock has accompanied dancers for over twenty years, and has worked as a dance class and exam accompanist at numerous dance schools, including: Joyce Turley's School of Dance; The Art of Dance; Dancespace; and The Randolph Academy. Richard currently holds the position of Head Accompanist at The Pia Bouman School of Creative Movement and Ballet, in Toronto, Canada.

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Further details of these services and 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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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

Thank you to the DTOL members who came to say hello at Move IT 2008 @ Olympia in early March. It was a pleasure to meet you all. Move It was quite an event from an exhibitor's perspective but I wonder how visitors rated the experience? If you attended on any of the days it would be interesting to hear your viewpoint.

I was surprised by the number of overseas visitors. It was especially pleasing to meet those teachers who have already introduced the Prima syllabus in their schools and to learn how the programme is working for them and their students. Meeting the teachers is definitely one of the privileges of creating this teaching resource.

A frequent comment from student teachers/dancers in training who visited the Lafour Prima Dance stand was how little training they have received (if any) with regard to the teaching of young children (3-4yrs). Consequently many of them purchased the new booklet 'Bubbles, Wings and Sparkly things' which is a guide to teaching dance to young children. When establishing a new dance school it is highly likely that the majority of pupils will be young children so it seems odd that this is an area neglected in teacher training. If the programme is not interesting or the delivery uncertain children become distracted which can rapidly lead to an unsatisfactory experience for child and teacher!

Interestingly since Move It and the Education show I been approached by principals of Teacher Training colleges who have shown a particular interest in teacher training being offered with the Lafour Prima Dance syllabus

The Education Show at the NEC in Birmingham at the end of February revealed a similar picture. Many Early Years teachers recognise the benefits of an early years dance experience for children in school. Again the teachers were very much in favour of receiving training on the syllabus so that they could deliver the Prima Dance programme with confidence.

For dance teachers who are new to teaching younger children or who would welcome a fresh perspective a '1 to 1' workshop in conjunction with the Lafour Prima Dance syllabus could be of great benefit. Many teachers prefer this approach to attending 'group' workshops which can be a little exposing. 1 to 1 workshops ensure that your individual needs are met and will take place on your own premises.

Competitive rates available with purchases of the syllabus.

For further details please contact

Mandy Fouracre t - 01344 466017
info@lafourprimadance.com

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NEWSLETTER COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SECTIONS
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ASIA SECTION
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Jessica (smells-like-funk@hotmail.com) from Marine Parade, Singapore has "just drop out of school and now I am looking for a private dance teacher that teach hip hop. Pls contact ASAP."

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MIDDLE EAST SECTION
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Asad (jurej@hotmail.co.uk) from Dubai, UAE would "like to learn breakdance so I want to know if u have course about that and tell me where is ur location."

Shinny (k10karen@emirates.net.ae) from Sharjah, Utd Arab Emirates is "highly interested in learning jive. Is there any dance tutors who teach jive in Sharjah? Pls help me."

Malik Adil (adilabrar@yahoo.com) from Pakistan is "coming to Dubai for doing job and I want to dance classes. I am not rich person. Thanks."

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USA SECTION
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Jeanne Wozunk (jeannewozunk@comcast.net) from Hainesport, New Jersey is "Looking for dance teacher for fall 2008 - certified ballet/pointe priority."

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UK SECTION
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John Cameron (Cammy_0h7_ycb@hotmail.co.uk) from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire "would love to learn to break dance please if there's any teachers in my area or Glasgow please contact me thanks."

Lisa Jane (li13@hotmail.co.uk) from Norwich is "looking a for a dance school in Norwich which teaches street and modern dancing, but is not full of really young girls maybe 16+ as I would feel a bit silly dancing with younger students. Many thanks."

Claire (ljaym@aol.com) from Leeds is "looking for a dance school that both myself and sister can join and participate in classes together problem I am 28 my sister is 14."

Kim (kimberley.dyson@btinternet.com) from Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire is "looking for a street / hip hop dance class near cleckheaton west Yorkshire. I'm 19 and would love to get into dancing as I did street when I was about 15 and loved it but had to leave due to unforseen circumstances. Can't wait to hear from someone. Thanks."

Rhian (rhi_west@hotmail.com) from R.C.T, South Wales is "looking for street or hip hop dance classes. I've danced before and that was Latin and disco, however I would like to try street or hip hop!"

Angela (anzele65@yahoo.it) from Enfield, London "would like to take step private lesson in my area (London enfield) can you help me? Thank you very much."

Sarah Holtom (blondebimbo302@hotmail.com) from Redditch, Worcestershire is "interested at doing street dancing either in a class or on a 1 2 1. I am 20 and I work fulltime so timing is a bit limited for me! Please get in contact! Thank you."

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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.

Sharon Philbrick, Pennsylvania, USA. Email: sharon@shinedancestudios.com
Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Creative Preschool Dance, Modern, Liturgical, Mommy and Me

Suzanne Burnham-Jones, Kent, United Kingdom. Email: bluebellschool@bigfoot.com
Classical ballet tap modern jazz pointe street disco singing adult classes

Amanda MacKinnon, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Email: ballet_babe110388@hotmail.com
highland dancing (uka)

Barry Gazaway, Texas, USA. Email: qes3000@yahoo.com
We specialize in quality instruction for a reasonable price - Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Etc

Lesley Gaines, Florida, USA. Email: danceelitedestin@yahoo.com
Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Pointe, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Ballroom, Acting & Theatre, Music

Megan Flynn, New York, USA. Email: megdanceuk@yahoo.com
Ballet, modern/contemporary, creative movement, pilates, & tap.  Ages 3- Adult.   US & UK

Debra Wertz, Michigan, USA. Email: BellaPointeDance@aol.com
all types of dance, toddler - adult

Donna Mueller, Illinois, USA. Email: mueller@uti.com
Styles include jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, lyrical, modern, hip hop,preschool and tumbling

Martha E Duran, Mexico. Email: dancemeacademy@hotmail.com
www.danceme.20m.com Ballet Tap Jazz Musical Theatre Bellydance Bhangra

Sheryl Andrzejczak, Alabama, USA. Email: Carolelainedancestudio@hotmail.com
Ballet, Tap, Acro., Jazz, Hip Hop, Hawaiian, Rhythm- Comp. Teams  For Pre-school to Adult

kevinson anyoha, Nigeria. Email: sokagee4u@yahoo.com
iam into break dance I have many local class like the poupular topklass in anmbra state

Jenny Challis, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Email: jenny.challis@ntlworld.com
Ballet tap modern and jazz. RAD and ISTD classes held in Tring

DTOL now has 6,176 members, in 88 different countries.

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For further information about Lafour Prima Dance or to order the syllabus please view the Lafour Prima Dance website @ www.lafourprimadance.com

email Mandy Fouracre at info@lafourprimadance.com

or call + 44 (0) 1344 466017

Office address:
74, Frensham Road
Crowthorne
Berkshire
RG45 6QH

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