Dance Studio Today: Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Set in the writing tone of Lady Whistledown First 2026 Newsletter Sunday 1.4.26

Do you have a savory gossip bite to share? This month's topic is the 2026 Competition Dance Season! Send all info to info@janndaviscompany.com

Living and teaching in New England, I have had a front-row seat to the evolution of private dance competitions, from their very modest beginnings, to my own role in shaping early competition structures, and finally to my belief that the current model is ready for meaningful change. My experience spans entering one of the earliest competitions in Massachusetts, creating and organizing a regional event of my own, and ultimately rethinking how competitions could better serve dancers, teachers, and studio owners today.

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Jann Davis, an Ivy League graduate (Harvard Kennedy School) at the masters level, is a global leader and social media influencer in studio dance education, with a focus on the Dance Classroom®. Jann's extensive influence in the dance realm includes trailblazing in competitions, creating the first adjudicated scoring system, and innovating a new format for dance student achievement events. Inspired by youth and public education sports, this format employs a rubric-based scoring system for objective assessment of dance routines. Jann's overarching goal is to support dance educators by providing tools for benchmarks, lesson plans, assessments, curricula, and effective classroom management techniques.

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