January 1st
Happy New Year! I was sitting at my desk this morning reflecting upon the past year and setting new intentions for 2009. I am so grateful to have my dance community. As teachers, nothing makes us feel better than to share our knowledge with others, it is a win/win situation. I thought about how wonderful [...]
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December 7th
Announcements! I now have a facebook account – and I invite you all to become my friend! If you have an account just search for me…. Deborah Vogel. (there are actually 10 women on facebook with my name – but I’m the only one holding a spine:) Also…. I’m uploading videos to YouTube! You can [...]
August 7th
August 8, 2008 This week’s newsletter has a different focus. Instead of answering a question, I’d like to share an excerpt from Train Your Brain: A Teen’s Guide to Well Being, my newest book. This book isn’t just for dancers – I took some of the brain concepts I have learned and use in my [...]
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August 1st
Quick announcement: I’ll be in NYC for the Dance Teachers Summer Conference sponsored by Dance Teacher Magazine and MacFadden Performing Arts Media. I hope to see many of my loyal readers! The subject of my two classes will be, Conditioning the Body for Jumps and 10 Tips Towards Keeping Teachers in Top Shape. Hope to [...]
July 23rd
It was brought to my attention that some of you were receiving blank emails when I was sending out the notice of another newsletter being posted. I have hopefully resolved this issue! I appreciate those who took the time to let me know all was not right! Here’s the Q&A for today. Deborah, I have [...]
July 9th
Quick announcement: I’ll be in NYC for the Dance Teachers Summer Conference sponsored by Dance Teacher Magazine and MacFadden Performing Arts Media. I hope to see many of my loyal readers! The subject of my two classes will be, Conditioning the Body for Jumps and 10 Tips Towards Keeping Teachers in Top Shape. Hope to [...]
June 20th
Greetings! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer activities! Right to the questions for the week… I have had an uncomfortable tightness and pain in my left hip area for about a year. My hips easily pop now. When doing anything that involves the left leg, it won’t go as high and feels like it wants [...]
May 7th
Dancing Smart Newsletter Greetings! Recital time is around the corner – make sure you are taking care of yourself, as hard as that may be right now. When we are running on fatigue our work efficiency goes way down. Remember when you are even slightly dehydrated a decrease in mental functioning is probable – so [...]
May 1st
Dancing Smart Newsletter: Pronation –vs.- Supination May 2, 2008 Only one question for this week from Shirley. Thanks for giving permission for me to use your photos in the newsletter! It always cheers me up when I get the email notification of a new post. Because I will get to learn something new or have [...]
April 24th
Greetings! Hope everyone is enjoying the spring weather. Let’s jump right into the questions! My name is Samantha, I’m 12 and I just started ballet around 1 and half years ago. I’m in grade 5 and I have really bad technique, but what I am most concerned about are my knees. Whenever I pull my [...]
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