Does your dancer know these 5 habits of successful competition dancers? As crazy dance mommas, we do everything we possibly can to make sure our dancers are prepared for competition day. Take them to practice, organize hair, make-up, costume, pack snacks, pack more snacks, we…
3 common side-stage mistakes and how to avoid them Did you know that the final moments before a dancer sets foot on stage can make or break their performance? Hours of work in the studio can be undone, just in that few moments before a…
Dance Mom Disaster! How to remove E6000 from a costume. We all know that E6000 is the BEST when it comes to stoning costumes. BUT…carefully dabbing all that E6000 here there and everywhere can so easily end in dance mom disaster. We’ve all been there…
How to help your dancer practice at home Helping your dancer practice at home is an important part of a crazy dance mum’s job. I know people say, I don’t have to do a thing, she just practices by herself, I never have to push…
Why healthy dancer snacks are so important Our dancers work REALLY hard – dancing for hours on end and making sure they have healthy and nutritious dancer snacks is super important. As a dance teacher and fellow crazy dance mum, I’ve seen just about every…
I was lucky enough to catch up with the incredibly inspirational Richard Elszy today and had the most energizing and motivational chat about the ideal dance parent. Richard’s mini-interview is part of the blog series, ‘Industry Tips for Dance Parents’. These interviews are designed as…
As dance parents, we are willing to do just about whatever it takes to help our dancer achieve their goals right? Problem is, many times we are limited in what we actually know about dancing, so it can make it hard to feel like we…
This week’s super hot tip for rocking your dance mum gig comes from Tina of Mississippi. Here she shows us a brilliant solution for storing all those leotards and crops. This over-the-door shoe storage solution stores a tonne of the most worn leos and provides…
Sooner or later, in your career as a crazy dance mum, the topic of dance competitions will come up. Your dancer may be asked to join a competition team or may even be asked to compete as a soloist. There are two important points to…
As a Crazy Dance Momma, there are a few must-haves, that you absolutely, on no account, should attend to attend any dance-related event without. I’m talking absolute basics here, before we even get into dance-specific items, that’s a whole other list. Headache tablets – I’m…
