Information for Studio Owners and Teachers
Thank you for interest in the
To the Pointe: Beyond Exercises Programme.
How can you know if this programme is right for you?
Please watch the video, read through the text and if you have more questions, watch the Q and A video which is very in depth.
You can also reach out personally with any questions.
Begin your Exploration by Looking at the Student & Teacher Programme
Below that information will be all the information on how this works as a Studio Programme.
To the Pointe: Beyond Exercises
Become a Confident Pointe Teacher who is secure in their ability to guide students safely and completely through the transformation to pointe work.
This course will forever shift your thinking of how to prepare students for safe pointe work. No more missing pieces!
It is full of Ideas, Concepts and Strategies NOT found in any other training courses.
Application of all ideas and concepts will be explored through numerous exercises and activities to use with your students.
Areas of Content in the Course
This course has many layers of content that will be shared in easy to digest chunks.
In studio application will be demonstrated with real students performing the exercises and activities.
There is a good cross section of levels and body/foot types.
Each of the 6 Key Areas outlined below will be built upon week to week.
From the very first lesson, you will have concepts and exercises to use immediately in studio with your students.
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Squish
For proper and full function the foot must be malleable and squishy, so it is where we start every time there is a pointe preparation, anatomy and exercise section.
Sensitivity
Thru the development of the vestibular system, and focus on sensitivity, students will achieve great balance skills and good proprioception.
Strength
Strength training requirements go far beyond repetitions and must include muscle balancing and ensuring a 3D pointe is available at all times.
Stamina
Students will need both the physical and mental stamina to be ready for the rigours of pointe work. Cuing healthy intrinsic motivation will be shared.
Stretch
Stretching effectively is a matter of both timing and technique. The stretching methods will come from the latest science research and applied kinesiology principles.
Support
Dynamic core support, along with support from the effective use of distance eye focus and breathing 3D is a vital and important part of the training for students.
Content Delivery Details
The course is divided into 14 weeks
Content delivered Monday, Wednesday and Friday in an easy to follow progressional order.
Content will be a mix of Text and Video
Each Lesson will have from 5-8 sections combined to a minimum of an hour of content per lesson
Teacher's Additions will include text, video and downloadable resources.
Content is dozens of exercises and explanations, functional anatomy lessons and imagery.
Unique content include basics of brain integration.
Checklists of content for assistance in class planning will be provided.
LIVE Q & A will take place monthly
Instructor of the To the Pointe Programme
Mariah-Jane Thies
Artistic Director:
The Radiant Dance Teacher
Mariah-Jane has 37 years teaching dance, with a focus on ballet and modern. She has been RAD certified since 1997 and has been a RAD mentor and supervisor for 15 years. Throughout her entire career she has studied anatomy and kinesiology and has pursued multiple complementary certifications, along with becoming a certified Evans Technique Modern Teacher, with a focus on Laban and Bartenieff.
Mariah-Jane also has experience as a studio owner, having run her own studio for 10 years.
The specific areas of study below is why this course is truly unique and pioneering. Mariah-Jane has certifications in all 3 areas and has been awarded the RAD Teacher Award for Innovation in Dance (2024).
Franklin Method
Functional Anatomy and Kinetic Chains, with an emphasis on utilizing the power of imagery for learning is the focus.
Rhythmic Movement Training
Retained Reflex integration strategies using passive and active movements, and gentle isometrics.
Brain Gym
A whole movement menu is used to help students move from the Un-Integrated to Integrated Learning State.
Studio Programme Information
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 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 1st-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 of a dance class. 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 it is online and they can go at their own pace and ensure success by the ease of review. 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 which refines balance, demi-pointe and jumping skills.
In Addition to the Content shared above in the Teacher's Section, additional elements have been added to the programme to support effective, efficient and SAFE Online Student Learning. And some FUN too!
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 safely and effectively.
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 to the next week. Progress reported to teachers every 2 weeks.
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 and lasting friendships.
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
Thank you for your interest in this programme.
I am available to you for any questions you may have and support for implementing the studio programme.
Please see the images below for the financial options for the studio programme.
Prices vary depending on the number of students enrolled.
14 Weeks @ 3 Lessons a Week = 42 Lessons!
Teacher Pricing: $9.45 a lesson!
Student Pricing:
Rise: $4.69** a lesson
Releve: $5.40** a lesson
Teacher Pricing on Studio Programme: FREE!
**Before YOUR price increase for market value/studio profit.
