"How-to" Classes, Technique Classes & Choreography Workshops to help Recharge and Ignite Your Creativity...
  • New Ballet Curriculum
  • Building a Jazz Syllabus
  • Perfect Partnering
  • Hip Hop
  • Choreography Musts
  • K-12 Syllabus


Here's just a sample of the sessions presented in 2010 - be sure to check back for all of the exciting class offerings for 2011!

From preshool to how to get your groups competiton ready. You will find inspiration for every style you teach the DTW Conference and Expo . From new preschool work by the Royal Academy of Dance to new baby jazz and tap to the latest trends in competition work, all the advice you need will be presented this summer. Learn what judges are looking for in creativity, technique and what is appropriate and what is not. Learn new ideas for teaching beginner students' technique and how to improve your most advanced dancers' style, line and stamina. New fresh choreography for all levels. You will go home with a newfound wealth of knowledge, ideas and inspiration!

Holistic Hip-Hop: Dance for the Mind, Body and SOUL!  Open your Mind and your Body will follow! As educators we will see stunning results by working on our students minds before their movement!  After all, what our body does is just a reflection of what our minds are thinking!!  If we are thinking insecure, self-defeating thoughts, then our success rate to retain choreography or even learn the specific skill being taught will decrease.  This class will focus on some of the secret tools I have learned over my 21 years as a Hip-Hop teacher that will break down those mental and emotional barriers in our students of all ages, gender and skill level so they can experience the gift dance was meant to be!!  This will be a Beg/Int Hip-Hop combination.

27 ways to improve your students technique. This class will explore how to get your students to improve their technique. which words are the most effective and the best strategy to use when a student is just not getting it! Learn new ways to deal with the problem student and ways to motivate and stimulate the jaded ones. The class will focus on basic technique through to advanced.  Quick tip: Some students learn best through visualization, some through verbalization and some must physically feel the difference in their bodies. Find out how to identify which method each one of your students responds best to!

Musicality: BE A TCUBED (Triple Threat Teacher)  This class will address a very specific and crucial skill: Knowing how to teach musicality in 3 different ways!  Learning the lyrics, the instruments (piano, bass, sneer, etc.) AND counting it all in the correct rhythms and syncopations!  These 3 abilities will nurture a musical ear that will make your students go from average to Brilliant!  Nothing is more frustrating to our students than being taught a combination that looks one way when taught but is a completely different routine when done to the music.  We must do our work outside of class to get the highest level of success within the class.  Be a teacher who can articulate the intricacies of musicality in more than one way so you can reach students who have all different learning aptitudes.  As dancers our music is our GPS!  Know how to give the correct directions!  This will be and Int/Adv Hip-Hop Combo with some Jazz Funk Flair.

Performance Technique:  The difference between dancing to impress or dancing to inspire starts with our leadership in the classroom.  We don't want our audience to watch us dance, but to FEEL us dance!  The root of this is authentic emotion speaking thru our movement.  Artistically Directing our recital or competition can be extremely stressful on us and our students.  I will address how to create comradery, combat competition, physical exhaustion, bad attitudes and use this as a lesson in accountability, community and the rewards of a strong team work ethic! I will share exercises on facials, structure, lines, levels, rehearsal etiquette, etc. that will not only yield the best results but will give the most memorable journey to the final destination of performing!  This will be a combination that has staging, musical roll offs and sound bites and will consist of Beginning to Advanced movement. that requires multiple emotions.

Building a Jazz Syllabus - Level I by Steve Sirico
Now, the only place to get this original material will be at the DTW Conference and Expo! Start with a great warm up, add strengthening and stretching exercises and then move on to center exercises, progressions and more. All of Level I will be presented at this year's conference. Class will include written notes and music content.

Partnering 101
A new twist on Angela D’Valda Sirico and Steve Sirico's Syllabus for partnering and you can only get it at the DTW Conference and Expo. Covering work for beginner through advanced students of varying ages. Discover how to spot a lift, how to develop strength for both the girl and boy. Non weight bearing to weight bearing lifts.

New Royal Academy of Dance Pre-Primary & Primary Work
Two new syllabi, which have been devised to provide a strong foundation for future dance training, appropriate and relevant to young children today. Fun to do and rewarding to teach, they will help to develop children’s physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality. This strong foundation prepares students for a successful transition to ballet and other dance genres.
Founded over 80 years ago, the Royal Academy of Dance is the largest, most influential teacher training and examining body for classical ballet in the world. The RAD Syllabus is taught in over 70 countries in the world, setting high standards of dance training for over 250,000 students each year. Our international network of examiners travel the world examining pupils in the Syllabus at every level. The RAD also provide comprehensive training, certification, and degree programs for ballet teachers.

Effectively Using Pretend Play and Props in Early Childhood Dance Classes by Beverly F. Spell
Beverly will discuss the importance of incorporating pretend play into every early childhood dance class.  Pretend play is the job of every 2 – 7 year old. By teaching each dance class with this in mind  your young students will be more engaged, have greater brain activation, and will have more fun!  She will also show you how to incorporate simple props to create excitement in all your early childhood classes.


Jazz From Around The World
This class will take you on a journey around the world. Using music and movement form Asia, South America, Africa, Spain and the Middle East! This class will get your heart rate up and have your students dancing to a world beat! Class will include progressions to combinations for beginner to advanced levels presented by Steve Sirico

Miller & Ben Tap
Tap was created as an extension of the improvisational Jazz Music, and as a substitute to percussions in the band’s rhythm section.  Therefore tap dancers should consider themselves first as musicians and only second as dancers.  Miller & Ben show in class the link between the two – Jazz and Tap – with exciting routines, sounds and humor.  The idea is: ‘If you can walk – you can tap, as long as you keep time…’ The first part of their class will be devoted to exercises designed to acquaint the dancers with the vast ‘Tap Vocabulary’ while purifying the sound of the taps. A short combination will follow in the second part, using the various styles of tap, including their own unique ‘Middle Eastern’ style.





  • Pre-school Classes
  • Modern
  • Musical Theatre
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Yoga for Dancers
  • Content for Competition


"I love the choreography. The both of you are so insightful and always give me such a creative boost. It's like getting a b12 shot of ideas, choreography and technique tips. Just what a busy teacher, Director, choreographer needs. Thanks for the inspiration. Keep up the fantastic and innovative work. Thanks a million!”

Joelle Iuliano – Studio Owner/Dance Teacher, Marlboro, New Jersey
Our goal is to bring you everything that’s unique about Dance Teacher Web-three full days of interactive sessions filled with teaching tools and class content for your beginner, intermediate and advanced students. We are committed to bringing you a syllabus you won't find anywhere else! Over 50 exciting classes to be presented by our roster of highly respected and often requested master teachers covering such topics as:
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  • Lyrical
  • Tap
  • Afro-Jazz
  • Song & Dance
  • Floor Barre
  • Turns & Leaps