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Why Dancers Are Prone to Impostor Syndrome

Jenn Edwards has crafted a multifaceted career: She performs with Le Patin Libre, a contemporary skating company, dances, teaches, and choreographs for gymnasts and dancers, and plays in a band. Though her breadth of work is impressive, she’s also struggled with periods of self-doubt, questioning whether she truly belonged in any of her chosen fields. “Because I’ve hopped around to different disciplines a lot, I sometimes felt like I wasn’t an expert at any one of those things—I was just sort of a fraud at all of them,” she says. Edwards’ experiences are indicative of impostor syndrome. While the intense […]

Here Are the Winners of the 2025 NDA College Nationals

Over the weekend, college dance teams from around the country gathered in Daytona, FL, to attend the National Dance Association’s 2025 College National Championships. And this year, for the first time, division winners competed in a showdown for the title of Grand Champion in each style.  Teams competed in five divisions (1, 1A, II, III, and Junior College) and four dance categories (Team Performance, Jazz, Pom, and Hip Hop). Here are the dance results: Grand Champions Team PerformanceSam Houston State University JazzWeber State University PomIowa State University Hip HopAlma College Division 1 Team Performance1. Northeastern University2. Idaho State University3. Eastern […]

Irene Rodríguez Treats Dance Students Like Musicians-in-Training

Before flamenco dancer Irene Rodríguez ever learned to dance, she learned to make music. Specifically, she studied piano, going to a professional school for the instrument in her native Cuba, where she excelled (partially thanks to large hands, she admits). “But as soon as I met dance, I really started wanting more hours of dance lessons than music lessons.”  Rodríguez ended up studying at the school of the Ballet Español de Cuba and eventually became a principal dancer of Spanish dance and flamenco at Ballet Español de Cuba and the renowned Ballet Nacional de Cuba, in addition to founding her […]