Send them Onstage FULLY Prepared

THRIVE ON STAGE

A Live Intensive Blending

Recital Readiness Secrets + The Diamond Method

Helping What You've Taught Show Up When It Matters Most

A 3-Day Live Online Professional Development Intensive for

Dance Teachers in the Southern Hemisphere

✓ You've taught the choreography.

✓ You've worked on the technique.

✓ You've developed their musicality.

✓ You've nurtured their artistry.

✓ You've rehearsed and rehearsed.

And then they step onto the stage...

Sometimes, what you've taught doesn't quite show up when it matters most...

The dancer who was beautiful in rehearsal becomes tense
The dancer who knew every step suddenly forgets
The expressive dancer becomes focused on getting everything “right”
The confident dancer looks frightened
The group you've worked so hard to shape suddenly feels... different

And you find yourself thinking:

“I know they're capable of more.”

What if the answer isn't simply more rehearsal?

What if there's another piece of the puzzle?

Does your heart break a little when you see that?

Not because your teaching wasn't good enough.

But because you know how much is already in there.

What if there is a missing piece between what you've taught and what your dancers can access when it matters most?

What if they don't need to strive harder?

What if we could help them THRIVE on stage with more of what you've already taught them?

Every person will respond differently to the pressure of being on stage. But, it is simply NOT necessary to wait and wonder how each student will cope.

Nor is it necessary to simply wait until students have sufficient on stage experience. This can take years and for some students no amount of performances will give them the experience to perform at their best.

TWO APPROACHES. ONE POWERFUL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE.

Thrive on Stage brings together two of Mariah-Jane Thies' signature approaches to help you prepare dancers for performance:

RECITAL READINESS SECRETS

Practical strategies for preparing dancers for the experience of performing — from the final rehearsals to the theatre, dressing room, backstage and those crucial moments before they walk on stage.

THE DIAMOND METHOD

Movement and brain-integration strategies designed to help dancers access more of what they already know when pressure, nerves or unfamiliar circumstances might otherwise get in the way.

Together, they address both sides of the equation:

How do we prepare dancers for performance?

And how do we help them access that preparation when the pressure is on?

That is the heart of Thrive on Stage.

YOU'RE ALREADY DOING SO MUCH RIGHT.

Let's be honest.

Most dance teachers care deeply about their students.

You give extra time.

You rehearse.

You refine.

You encourage.

You problem-solve.

You teach them how to do Stage Make-Up.

You teach them how to warm up.

You keep learning....you are considering taking this course!

You go above and beyond because you want your dancers to succeed.

This intensive isn't here to tell you that you're doing it wrong.

And it isn't another course about how to teach dance.

You already know how to teach.

But most of us were trained primarily to teach dancers how to dance.

We weren't necessarily taught how to help dancers access everything they've learned when they are performing under pressure.

That's a different skill.

And it becomes especially important in those final rehearsals, backstage, in the wings and in the moments immediately before a dancer walks onto the stage.

HOW OFTEN DO YOUR DANCERS PERFORM AS WELL ON STAGE AS THEY DO IN THE STUDIO?

Think about your last concert or recital.

How often did you see a dancer perform at the level you knew they were capable of?

How often did the artistic vision you had for a piece actually make it all the way onto the stage?

And how often did you quietly think:

“I know they can do more than that.”

Of course, dancers are children and teenagers.

Of course, there are developmental realities.

Of course, a student performance isn't supposed to look like a professional company.

And yes, sometimes the gap between the vision in your head and the performance on stage is simply part of working with young dancers.

But how much of that gap is actually inevitable?