Skip to Content

Samantha Bellerose

Samantha is a wife and mother of four kids aged 3-11. She danced and acted from the age of 5 and performed in film clips, on television, and in musical theatre professionally. She also taught dance, but after leaving the profession to backpack through Europe, Canada and the USA with her husband for three years, she then completed an Education Degree and taught within primary schools in Australia. Today she is a business owner with her husband and the creator and writer for Dance Parent 101 where she hopes her previous experience as a dancer, current experience as a dance parent and the research and writing skills she gained completing her education degree will help enlighten parents on their journey with their child through the world of dance.

Easy Kids Dance Craft – Paper Plate – Ballet Dancer Puppet!

Looking for a super simple, child-centered craft that actually allows your child to be creative and make something they are proud of! This easy Paper Plate Dancer Puppet craft activity involves painting, coloring in, gluing, and cutting all of which you can get your preschooler participating in!

Read More about Easy Kids Dance Craft – Paper Plate – Ballet Dancer Puppet!

The Best Hairspray to Use for Dance & Ballet Hair

When it comes to dance hair for recitals, exams, and competitions a dance parent cannot be without a bottle of hairspray. Hairspray keeps those wispy ends stuck in place, helps buns from falling out, and can even help to get a lipstick stain out of tights in an emergency. But is a generic bottle from the drugstore going to cut it, or should you buy a certain brand?

Read More about The Best Hairspray to Use for Dance & Ballet Hair

The Best Liquid Lip Sticks & Stains for Dancers

Are you after a long-lasting lipstick that doesn’t smudge to get your dancer through a long day of performances? Or perhaps you have a young dancer and want a super-easy way to get their lipstick on smoothly and easily? Well then you should be considering a lip stain or liquid lipstick rather than a traditional stick of lipstick

Read More about The Best Liquid Lip Sticks & Stains for Dancers

Pack – The Fourth Step to Surviving your kid’s Dance or Ballet recital

Packing after a dance recital will look different for every parent. It will depend on how many items your dancer was in, whether you are taking costumes home or whether they are staying with the studio, how tired your dancer is after the recital, and how late the recital finished for example.

Read More about Pack – The Fourth Step to Surviving your kid’s Dance or Ballet recital

Perform – The Third Step to Successfully Navigate Your Child’s Ballet or Dance Recital

On the day of a dance recital as a parent you will be performing various roles and duties from chauffeur to clothes dresser, hair and make-up artist, counselor, snack supplier, medic and more before the day is out.

Read More about Perform – The Third Step to Successfully Navigate Your Child’s Ballet or Dance Recital