To the Pointe
Beyond Exercises
An Online Supplemental Course
Add to your Studio Training Options
48 Lessons delivered over 8-21 Weeks
Video Presentation of Course Structure, Content and Q and A for Studio Owners and Teachers
Link Below
Life is Movement
Movement is Change
Change is our only Constant
Are YOU Ready for a Change in the Dance Studio?
The old paradigm of only learning dance in person is ready to be challenged.
The dance students of today are used to technology as an integral part of their lives. While nothing will ever or should ever replace the magic of in person learning and teaching, there is still space for change in the old traditional model.
It's time to embrace a HYBRID MODEL in the dance studio world.
Begin by offering a single online class that is designed as a supplemental class to support the the in studio work of teachers and students, you can begin to experiment and explore what such a model can do for you, the studio and students.
Some things CAN be taught and even have benefits unique to online teaching.
An Online Student Acceleration Programme
The To the Pointe: Beyond Exercises was designed with all content chosen to be most effective in an online class. By including self assessment, noticing skills, developing intrinsic movement, goal setting and tools and strategies for effective home practice, this course will set students up for success in all their other classes.
This class can be described as a student accelerator, helping students to accelerate their learning and growth in all their other dance classes.
The technique content was chosen for its safety and effectiveness in helping dancers to deepen strength, sensitivity and stamina in the legs and feet, ideal for transitioning to pointe work or to support 1-2nd year pointe dancers.
And by including brain integration, reflex integration and functional anatomy with imagery, dancers are given the benefit of content that simply rarely occurs in studio because of time and the need to focus on the moving part. This programme is like a series of masterclasses delivered with well thought out progressions over the course of many digestible lessons.
Keep scrolling to read info on:
- Course Structure
- Benefits for Teachers
- Benefits for Parents
- Benefits for Students
- Watch the Presentation and Q & A Session
Financial Structure and Pricing is shared in the Q and A
Benefits Overview for Studio Owners
Guest Teacher
Guest teachers are a treat for your students, and affirms to the parents that your studio is the right place to be.
Arranging a guest teacher can be expensive and require a time investment studio owners likely do not have to spare.
Increased Profit
Buy access to the course at the wholesale price and sell at market value.
Decide on market value, register students and collect payment. Then submit payment for the wholesale cost of each course access.
Embracing this hybrid model saves time and space, and guarantees much needed profit.
Improved Student Retention
By offering a unique course, you are showing your families that you are THE place to be and that you will do all you can to provide them with the best!
By working together in groups that are beyond regular classes, greater bonds and community will build enhancing the desire to stay at the studio.
Support your Teachers
Many ballet teachers need yearly continuing professional development hours. By assigning one of them to be a lead teacher and work thru the programme with the students you are giving them a much appreciated bonus!
Support your Students
Students vary in how they best learn. An online course allows students to go at a pace that is right for them with the option to review when necessary. Personal development content supports responsibility and commitment.
Support your Parents
Having parents as your allies makes everything about running the studio easier. Their child cannot miss a class when its online and they can go at their own pace and ensure success. A happy child is a happy parent.
Benefits for the Students
With this course as part of your studio offerings, you are essentially bringing in an expert guest teacher onto your staff.
The students who sign up for this course will be guided towards greater and greater responsibility and commitment to their journey.
While the focus is on the development of skills for pointe work, students of many dance genres will benefit from the detailed work on understanding all the elements needed for successful pointe work.
Strength
Balanced strength of all the muscles is essential for injury prevention and a high level success and enjoyment starting pointe work.
Stamina
Stamina refers to the ability have both physical, mental and emotional stamina while both practicing and performing.
Sensitivity
Sensitivity refers to the development of enhanced proprioception, fine motor control and well tuned vestibular system.
Self Assessment
Content develops the essential skills of effective Self Assessment and Noticing skills. required for online learning and becoming a mature enough student to transition to pointe work.
Accountability
While students may progress at the rate that is right for them, there is an end of week quiz that is required to be completed before progression. The lead teacher will be informed of completion.
Community
Online learning does not need to be lonely. An element of the course is a community for students to share questions and successes with other students worldwide, forging unique friendships.
Course Instructor: Mariah-Jane Thies
While she does have over 37 years teaching ballet experience, it is her complementary training that is what makes this course truly unique. The integration of the reflexes and developmental patterns has been a focus of study for 24 years, and informs all her teaching. Her Brain Gym certification is the foundation guiding not only the brain integration element in all her teaching, but also the creation of the learning environment for accelerated learning. It is for this work that in 2024 she was awarded the RAD Innovation in Dance Teacher Award.
Mariah-Jane also has decades of personal experience of dealing with foot problems that stemmed from a traumatic ankle injury at 10 years old. The desire to truly recover from this lead her down a pathway of discovery about fascia, foot reflexes, releasing trauma and building the arch of the foot.
Course Structure Overview
The design of the course is to facilitate layered and progressional learning by students.
Daily Lessons
8 Week: Lesson Mon-Fri
16 Weeks: Lesson M/W/F
21 Weeks: Lesson T/Th
Mix of Video and Text Content
Checklists Weekly
As the content builds and more skills are learned for home practice, checklists will reflect and guide students to organize and structure their consistent daily practice.
Live Q & A Sessions
Rise Programme:
Monthly LIVE Q & A Sessions
Releve Programme:
Studio Specific Q & A
You have questions ... and I want to answer
Please watch the Q & A Session linked below where the course structure and content is thoroughly laid out, along with the financial structure.
Also included are 3 fun and easy to use ideas you can use in studio right now!
Why to use sponges in class
Navicular Bone Trigger
Achilles Stripping
