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Do you have trouble turning with confidence? The turnboard is a simple concept with a set outcome in mind. It helps you turn with confidence. The turnboard is made for dancers who have trouble spotting and turning. It’s manufactured from a strong polyurethane material with a rubber foot pad to ensure your planted foot maintains a sufficient grip to complete your turns. The manufacturer suggests the users weight be under 80kg. We tested the turnboard on our daughter, a 13 year old ballet dancer who has not yet mastered the true art of fouettes. Within 5 minutes of opening the ... Read More »

By now your end of year concert preparations are well underway. Not looking forward to the hassle of selling tickets yourself again? Are the students’ parents dreading the morning they need to line up for hours outside your studio to buy tickets? We’re sure your team there isn’t looking forward to it either! Webticketing.com.au can save you the headache of selling tickets yourself and allow your student community to purchase tickets themselves from wherever they are. We do all the set-up for you; you provide us the details and we do the rest. When you customers securely make a booking ... Read More »

Our Review We recently received a gorgeous leotard from the team at Dancewear Direct, an online dancewear store based in Toowoomba, Queensland. The first thing that struck me was how quickly the parcel arrived once we booked the review. In fact, 24 hours later the goods were on my doorstop and I was over 150km away from their warehouse. The second highlight was that the garment was well packaged and encased in a clear zip lock bag so it was easy for me to visually acknowledge that the goods that arrived were in fact what I had ordered. What struck ... Read More »

Girlz Curlz – A simpler way to curl hair As a dance mum I dread having to curl my daughters hair. The traditional curling options seems to tiresome and barbaric. Heating irons and spikey rollers are horrible and I feel like a monster putting them on her head. A friend told me about “Girlz Curlz” and it spiked my interest enough to phone up to find out more about the product. Last week the package was sent to our office and we hastily opened it up to find 4 packs. Each pack contains 10 “girlz curlz”. According to the GC ... Read More »

Choices I’ve come across several dancers who either listen to their favourite tunes on their iPod, play games on the iPad or just shop. Last week, whilst traveling in Europe,  I cam across a dancer who loved nothing more than to play poker. Her game of choice was called Party Poker. We decided to find out more about this program and see why she became addicted to this new online game based in the UK. About Party Poker Enjoy the party The more you play, the more we give you back. Our Party Points reward scheme for all real-money players, ... Read More »

Zumba Fitness Party on Nintendo Wii is a fantastic innovation to keep you active at home. This is the era where people are busy working and do not always have the time to attend Zumba classes so bringing Zumba Fitness Party out on the Nintendo Wii is a fun, interactive way to keep fit in the comfort of your own home. If you want to invite friends and family to join you there is a multi-player function.  In regards to functionality the Wii provides more fun than it’s video counterpart as it monitors and scores how well you do. There ... Read More »

There are tutu’s and there are tutu’s! Let’s face it, you only get 3 minutes to WOW a judge on stage for your Classical Ballet Solo. Your routine is important, as is your technique, but what about what you are wearing on stage. This can reflect on your overall score and add value to your dance as it forms part of the story you are telling through your solo. Pas de Basque Tutus are w ell know New Zealand company that specialize in making tutu’s to order. We recently ordered a tutu for our 12 year old daughter and the ... Read More »

Dance Studio owners have struggled for so long working between Excel Spreadsheets, Word documents and the occasional Publisher file to manage their clients, class schedules, accounts and marketing. An Australian based company has entered the market with an amazing piece of software entitled “Dancebiz”. Dancebiz includes the ability to manage your class schedules daily, weekly and also by teacher. You can quickly view your class sizes, attendance lists, capacity levels and then view that data visually using their graph like reporting feature set. The best thing about this software though is it’s ability to manage and send accounts quickly and ... Read More »

Today we received a beautifully crafted hoodie from Exodus Wear. First impression “WOW!”. The quality of fabric used and detail of finish is simply outstanding. Upon further investigation I found that their product range doesn’t just cover hoodies. Exodus produce baseball jackets, sweaters, school jackets, sports jackets, jerseys and hooded jumpers. Exodus Wear can combine screen printing with embroidery to create you a visually stunning sports jacket you’ll be proud to wear. You can control the design, fabric colours and even the inner linings can be customized. The Exodus Hoodies, Jackets, Jumpers, Jerseys and Baseball Jackes are fashionably upward yet ... Read More »

Did you know that in Australia so far this year, 8777 metres of foil-covered spandex in more than 30 shades has been sold? Almost 1000m in black. And 4126 metres of the sequined variety? Glitter and Dance are one of Australia’s leading fabric and material suppliers and, while their name might sound like child’s play this mother-daughter trio certainly know a lot about fabric and the dance industry and have just been named Australian Retail Association Queensland Independent Retailer of the Year. They have sold more than 92,000 metres of fabric already this year, supplying material to prestigious performing arts ... Read More »