Take home all the revolutionary concepts from the Move Like a Champion workshop series now in book format. Written by world-class dance instructors Diane Jarmolow and Kasia Kozak with Brandee Selck, Move Like a Champion: The Power of Understanding How Your Body Works will give you valuable insight into the techniques and theories that produce…
Teach Like a Pro is packed with juicy teaching tips, useful analogies, exercises, and games that have been field-tested and proven effective for teaching ballroom dancing. It is organized with your needs as a dance teacher in mind. Take your lessons home with you! Taking notes in class is next to impossible. Teach Like a…
“As a studio owner, I am constantly weighing benefits vs. drawbacks and I usually expect there to be at least a few drawbacks to every decision. But once in a great while, something wonderful comes along that produces all benefits and no drawbacks. The Ballroom Dance Teachers College-in-a-Box is one of those wonderful things. From…
Written by Roxanne Minott Original article link: examiner.com One can learn to teach ballroom dancing by attending the Ballroom Dance Teachers College, which was founded by Diane Jarmolow, who has been teaching ballroom dancing since 1978. Diane graduated college with a Math degree, and then decided to focus on teaching ballroom dancing. Ballroom beginnings Diane…
This is the most complete, thorough, and precise ballroom dance book I have ever read. I have been teaching ballroom dancing 25 plus years and thought I knew everything. I was wrong. I wish this book was around when I first started teaching. It would have saved me a whole lot of time and money….
Ballroom Dance Teachers of India By: Dolly Tavasieff, June 2009 May has always been a month of excitement and new beginnings, and this year was no exception. As a new series of teacher training classes began in the bay area, Diane Jarmolow and Alex Ivanov travelled halfway around the world to help begin the first…
The DVIDA Syllabus has been developed by some of the top instructional professionals in the world. After just five years, we have over 100 independent studios and thousand of students using the DVIDA® Syllabus in the United States and world-wide, including Australia, England, Greece, Trinidad & Canada. The DVIDA® Syllabus is recognized by the National…
I had the greatest experience with the Move Like a Champion sholder blade speading activity. We were having our little kids camp where my students teach Elementary age kids. I was working in the hallway with one of my High School kids and a parent was sitting there watching. I did the thing where you…