Dance Mums are mega important and come in a variety of guises - not just the infamous ones on TV. They are as varied as a once a week recreational Mum of a baby ballerina to the Mum of a fourteen hour a week avid little jazz dancer who wishes imperatively to go to every competition that the chauffeur (Mum) can drive her to, and wears the skimpiest of costumes paid for by her financier (Dad) that decrease dramatically in size as they increase in price the older she gets. The a

As an adjudicator for many years in America, I'm often asked, "What are you looking for when you judge/adjudicate a dance competition?" As each person who is assigned the role of 'judge' may have different answers for that question, here are mine. In this world of glamorizing sports, sometimes the 'art' of what dance is all about can get lost to the highly technical and stylized dance we see today. I believe we are seeing less and less of creative artistic expression in the