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5 Reasons Your Child Should Take Ballet Lessons

Reasons Your Child Should Take Ballet Lessons Grace, Discipline, and Getting Along with Others Ballet is an art form and type of dance that has many physical and social benefits. From learning to position the body to holding poses with perfect posture, ballerinas are graceful and resilient individuals. Most people don’t realize that ballet is

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How to Dance at Home

How to Dance at Home 5 Tips to Help You Practice Practicing dance at home is a great way to improve your dance skills and keep you fresh between classes. It is especially beneficial if you are on a summer break or have a few weeks before your next dance session begins. Practicing at home

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Our Outdoor Dance Recital for 2021

Our 2021 Spring Outdoor Dance Recital An Explanation Of Why We Had To Change Locations Recitals Are The Highlight of The Year The recitals at the end of our dance year are the highlight of the year and are intended to give each dancer the opportunity to perform their newly acquired skills. And this year

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How Does Competition Benefit Kids?

How Does Competition Benefit Kids? 5 Lessons Children Learn Through Healthy Competition As parents, we may ask ourselves if competition is good for our kids. Over the many years working with children, I have seen that healthy competition can benefit a child’s growth and development. With proper guidance and support from an adult, children can

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Picking the Right Dance Style For Your Child

Picking the Right Dance Style For Your Child Understand Dance Goals If you are signing your child up for dance classes, the first question you may have is, “how do I choose the perfect dance style for them?” At Nan’s School of Dance in Raleigh, we offer classes in jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop, acro,

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How To Prepare Your Child For Dance Lessons

How To Prepare Your Child For Dance Lessons Getting Ready For The First Lesson It can be such an exciting time when your child is signed up for their first dance lesson. You and your child are probably equally excited and maybe even a little nervous. In order for your child to have a smooth

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Nans has types of dance of all kinds of kids

Types of Dance Taught At Nan’s

Kids Bouncing Off the Walls Start Your Dance Journey Today During the ongoing pandemic, many kids across the nation are learning remotely through increased screen time and lack the emotional and social interactions with others their own age. While most parents can agree, the pandemic has changed how we learn, socialize, and develop; they can

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make your dance resolutions come true

Dance New Year’s Resolutions

Having Trouble With Your New Year’s Resolution? Get Started Now With Your Dance Goals You know them, you make them, but you might also break them: New Year’s Resolutions. But wait, there’s hope—resolutions don’t always have to start in January. It’s not too late to get started on one and make your resolution come true!

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Dance ROCKS!

Dance Makes Lasting Memories Let’s face it…dance ROCKS! Whether you have been dancing for years or just signed up for your first class, dance is a great way to stay active and make lasting memories (and friendships). Dance is a form of expression that brings people together and allows them to be creative in a

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How Dance Benefits Our Community

Coming Together Through the Art of Dance At Nan’s Dance School of Raleigh, we wanted to understand how dance can impact our community. Like many art forms, dance can inspire us, teach us, and ultimately unite us. After recognizing the power dance has to bring people together, we also thought dance would be an awesome

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