I'll be honest and say that I'm terrified. :help:
But, I'm officially declaring my intentions here to open my business next year after doing some market research for location, on developing the schedule for classes, and on hiring a teacher or two and maybe an office assistant - if the business can afford to do so..........I'm assuming that I'll be shouldering the operation for a while at first.
Steve and I originally had planned on opening my studio in ten years or so, but he has convinced me to go ahead and take the plunge now. His argument that we're not getting any younger and that we'd be in a better financial position for him to retire at 55 if the studio had more time to be established in the community.
Plus, I have bigger plans for the studio than merely offering technique classes, a Nutcracker ballet, and a summer recital program. I aim one day to expand the studio so that it can sponsor semi-professional and touring professional dance companies. So, let's just say I have big dreams as an Artistic Director for my business.
I'm terrified and excited at the same time because this is a lifelong dream of mine. The studio will be a strict-disciplined one with ballet and pointe at it's core (I'm not certified by the Cecchetti council, but I'll mix in the Italian method with Russian and French techniques). Jazz, tap, modern, some electives like musical, bellydance, ballroom, and Afro-Carribean are classes that I wish to be offered, too.
The studio will not embark on any competitive dance whatsoever. We will be a school that seeks to focus purely on building the foundational skills of technique for artistic performance. The students will hopefully get their competitive juices flowing by learning the ins and outs of auditions - there's enough competition there for job opportunities IMO.
I don't see myself as a ballet mistress who will be carrying a switch with her to swat the students when they become lazy with their technique, but I may seem that way with my words, my look, and my hands when I do my rounds of corrections during the barre exercises. There's no need for me to get the whip out.
I've been told endlessly that I have more than enough experience under my belt to establish myself as a local authority............I've been asked to speak by our local Philharmonic on musical dance choreography this Tuesday to retired professionals from around the country. So, that might not be such an issue.
*takes deep breath*
Here I go, ladies and gentlemen. Wish me luck on this next step of my professional journey. I'll give updates when I can.
Peace,
Mystic
But, I'm officially declaring my intentions here to open my business next year after doing some market research for location, on developing the schedule for classes, and on hiring a teacher or two and maybe an office assistant - if the business can afford to do so..........I'm assuming that I'll be shouldering the operation for a while at first.
Steve and I originally had planned on opening my studio in ten years or so, but he has convinced me to go ahead and take the plunge now. His argument that we're not getting any younger and that we'd be in a better financial position for him to retire at 55 if the studio had more time to be established in the community.
Plus, I have bigger plans for the studio than merely offering technique classes, a Nutcracker ballet, and a summer recital program. I aim one day to expand the studio so that it can sponsor semi-professional and touring professional dance companies. So, let's just say I have big dreams as an Artistic Director for my business.
I'm terrified and excited at the same time because this is a lifelong dream of mine. The studio will be a strict-disciplined one with ballet and pointe at it's core (I'm not certified by the Cecchetti council, but I'll mix in the Italian method with Russian and French techniques). Jazz, tap, modern, some electives like musical, bellydance, ballroom, and Afro-Carribean are classes that I wish to be offered, too.
The studio will not embark on any competitive dance whatsoever. We will be a school that seeks to focus purely on building the foundational skills of technique for artistic performance. The students will hopefully get their competitive juices flowing by learning the ins and outs of auditions - there's enough competition there for job opportunities IMO.
I don't see myself as a ballet mistress who will be carrying a switch with her to swat the students when they become lazy with their technique, but I may seem that way with my words, my look, and my hands when I do my rounds of corrections during the barre exercises. There's no need for me to get the whip out.
I've been told endlessly that I have more than enough experience under my belt to establish myself as a local authority............I've been asked to speak by our local Philharmonic on musical dance choreography this Tuesday to retired professionals from around the country. So, that might not be such an issue.
*takes deep breath*
Here I go, ladies and gentlemen. Wish me luck on this next step of my professional journey. I'll give updates when I can.
Peace,
Mystic
