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Recent General Competition Notes

What a great few days this has been. Teaching at a NADAA event is always a treat and I get to see so many people I enjoy. I love working with the students and the teacher’s dedication to reach positive goals for their dancers is fantastic.

Classes were great and everyone was wonderfully attentive. Competition was excellent and for the first time Bethany and I were inspired to create a new scholarship because of Leah Woodward’s excellent performance and consistance over a two day Competition. Congrats Leah, we wish you nothing but success.

Every competition I make general notes that seem to pop up more than once during the event.four or five things stuck in my head….work on these and always give great attention to detail…….

1) (tap) press into the ball of the feet and dace in “pop”

2) (jazz, lyrical, contemporary) elongate and connect transitions. Treat every transition with equal importance and as if they were an individual step.

3) (all styles) careful on flashy entrances and exits. You are the major focus at that point, there is no other distractions. We SEE & HEAR everything. If you are going to dance on or off the stage w/o music for an entrance, you better make sure it is perfect!!!!!

4) No matter how many dances you do in one day, you can NOT look tired on stage when you are performing…Fight for every step, detail and movement!

5) Though most were pretty good at this, remember. It is called a QUICK change because you need to be FAST. However, breath, don’t rush, and keep calm. Breaking those general rules will actually make your change into a longer process….Also, be sure to utilize pre-sets.

6) (jazz, lyrical, ballet, modern, contemporary) When you do any type of leap or jete - lift and float!!! I do NOT want to hear you land!!!! Period!!!

O.K. hope this helps everyone out there in competition land….Break a leg. As always…..

Tap w/u Soon,

Anthony

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Dancers Health!

There is a great product called Juiceplus. It is all your fruits and veggies dried into a powder, and placed in a capsule. It is a food supplement and it is approved by the FDA. The stuff is fantastic for dancers. Bethany uses it, loved it so much she sells it to.  Go to www.mysupplementsolutions.com and dancer or not the benefits of Juiceplus are excellent for everyone! I can see the change in Bethany since she started taking it.

Tw/uS,

A.

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Interesting website!

Being a dancer I found this web site really cool. It is mechanical knee implants for injury and replacement.

Check it out at  www.makosurgical.com

Tw/uS,

A.

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Zazzle! Razzle-Dazzle

Check out this new website I was informed about. How much does www.zazzle.com rock. It is the newest form of sites like www.cafepress.com.

This zazzle however is everything in one. On my first visit I created a tee shirt and posted it on thee zazzle site, my j4t blog, and my danceregister blog. Plus I registered for the site. This was in about 30 - 40 minutes - which is the most amazing part. It’s easy, fun, and you’ll be creating in no time at all….

This site is worth checking out and putting sometime into.

Tw/uS,

A.

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Hello world!

Hi, This is my new blog that has replaced the original just4tap.com. I felt that it was time for that old style site to go and that this blog would be an appropriate way to update J4T. It will take me a bit of time to get this site going - but the best place to start is with about. So, go up to the right hand corner and click about. We will start there! Thanks for visiting. Hope you like the new layout. Oh, I posted some links as well!

Tap w/u

Anthony

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