DiscoverMaking The Impact - A Dance Competition PodcastThrowback! S5 EP 157 - Mastering Movement Quality in Dance
Throwback! S5 EP 157 - Mastering Movement Quality in Dance

Throwback! S5 EP 157 - Mastering Movement Quality in Dance

Update: 2025-12-18
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Guests - Chip Abbott and Summer Renner Disher
Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor


Today's throwback episode brings back an important topic - movement quality! Our spectacular guests, studio owner Summer Renner Disher and dance educator and choreographer Chip Abbott school us on the importance of movement quality for competitive dancers, and give tips on teaching techniques for all ages! This episode originally aired October 19, 2023. 



Topics Include:

  •  How to talk about movement quality in class
  •  Unique approaches to teaching movement quality
  •  Why the quality of your movement quality can make or break your score at competition




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Throwback! S5 EP 157 - Mastering Movement Quality in Dance

Throwback! S5 EP 157 - Mastering Movement Quality in Dance

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