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Letter From the Editor: Happy Holidays, Dance Teachers!

When the casting sheet goes up, there’s one role that few students are excited to see their name next to: understudy. Some of us know what that feels like (at least I do), but as educators, it is our job to help our students navigate this responsibility and encourage them to put in just as much effort as if they were first cast. Luckily, we’ll have tried-and-tested strategies from experienced educators on DT+ this month.

We’ll also be offering tips on structuring a dance class for K–12 general-education students that strikes a balance between creative exploration, choreography, and technique; discussing the importance of making financial literacy a more permanent part of college dance education; sharing advice on what you need to consider before exiting your current teaching responsibilities to open your own dance studio; and highlighting how you can foster an environment where students feel safe to discuss injuries.

And mark your calendars now for our next DT+ Teacher Talk, “What Audition Panels Are Looking For,” which will be taking place on Thursday, January 23, at 12 pm EST. We’ll be releasing more information about this session in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned.

We hope you’ve enjoyed DT+’s resources as much as we’ve loved being a part of your incredible teaching journey this year. Thank you for being a part of our DT+ community. We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season and we look forward to connecting with you in 2025.

Best wishes,
Reanne Rodrigues
rrodrigues@dancemedia.com

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Tapas Das: Tapas Das, a young entrepreneur of our times started TWIST N TURNS in 2005. A person who is kind, generous, creative and down to earth wanted to start his own one of a kind dance academy. According to him, Dance is a language of movements that involves space, time and the human body. He was born and grew up in Kolkata, the cultural hub of India. Being appreciated in the field of dance all his life, he is extremely talented. He has been dancing since the age of four. Once he finished his high school, he learned jazz/modern and contemporary dance. His horizons were broadened even more when he started dancing Bollywood with Beat Busters for 4 years, which then was the most upcoming dance crew in Kolkata. After that exposure, he studied how to be a dance teacher, which later started helping him impart his knowledge about dance. Thus, in 2005, with the help of family and friends, he started TWIST N TURNS. Starting with a mere number of 40 students, today TWIST N TURNS currently has over 500 students. Over the time Tapas has taught and performed all over the country. He has performed in cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Jhansi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Udaipur etc. He has been an active participant in the Salsa India Congress in the cities of Bangalore and Bombay, and he has also visited various International Salsa Congresses in Europe, namely in Berlin ,Singapore, Hong Kong,Dubai. He is been also trained recently at Broadway Dance Center (New York), Alvin Alley (New York) and Steps on Broadway (New York). He is not only a dancer or teacher. He is a successful choreographer and has coordinated various shows without difficulty in our country. His leadership skills are exceptional, thus he is where he stands today. His aim in life would be to become a dance educator. He wants to share his tremendous knowledge in the right way to the right people. He is also, simultaneously running other brands like Zumba Kolkata, Bollywood Studio ArtistWala.com and India International Dance Institute.