Silverfyre
New member
Hi all,
This may be a long one so apologies in advance!
I have been belly dancing for almost 3 years now, I have been studying ATS for that time with some tribal fusion workshops and dvds to supplement my ATS. Now, 2 of those 3 years I was unfortunately unemployed so I had ALOT of time to practice my dance, I have been dancing daily for between 1 - 3 hours as well as a weekly 75 minute class. I have been thinking lately what I want to do with belly dance in the future and I really do want to teach it, however I know that with only 3 years experience I am not as far along in my journey as I should be before teaching.
I'm planning on doing FCBD general skills next year if there is one and then do teacher training in 2014 or 2015 if I feel I'm ready. Unfortunately I haven't had the best ATS teacher, she is usually 15 minutes late to class, always lets a bad day affect her teaching, never taught us zills and she herself has not furthered her training since becoming a teacher, in fact I have learned more via DVD's and online classes than I have in her classes although I still attended so I could get some group experience. As terrible as this may sound, I know that this is definately not the kind of teacher I want to be.
So, my main focus is of course to further my study of ATS itself and get a good grounding in the moves and technique but I was wondering if there is anything you would recommend for furthering my study in preparation for teaching in the future? Are there certain courses I should take? I am considering doing a First Aid course and an Exercise To Music course, would these be valuable? Any books that you would recommend on culture, history, music? I want to make sure that when I do eventually teach, my students not only learn the moves safely and effectively but understand the culture, the music, the history, everything.
I know I stated I dance ATS, however if there are any books or dvds related to other styles that you think would still prove valuable I would be very happy to hear any suggestions
This may be a long one so apologies in advance!
I have been belly dancing for almost 3 years now, I have been studying ATS for that time with some tribal fusion workshops and dvds to supplement my ATS. Now, 2 of those 3 years I was unfortunately unemployed so I had ALOT of time to practice my dance, I have been dancing daily for between 1 - 3 hours as well as a weekly 75 minute class. I have been thinking lately what I want to do with belly dance in the future and I really do want to teach it, however I know that with only 3 years experience I am not as far along in my journey as I should be before teaching.
I'm planning on doing FCBD general skills next year if there is one and then do teacher training in 2014 or 2015 if I feel I'm ready. Unfortunately I haven't had the best ATS teacher, she is usually 15 minutes late to class, always lets a bad day affect her teaching, never taught us zills and she herself has not furthered her training since becoming a teacher, in fact I have learned more via DVD's and online classes than I have in her classes although I still attended so I could get some group experience. As terrible as this may sound, I know that this is definately not the kind of teacher I want to be.
So, my main focus is of course to further my study of ATS itself and get a good grounding in the moves and technique but I was wondering if there is anything you would recommend for furthering my study in preparation for teaching in the future? Are there certain courses I should take? I am considering doing a First Aid course and an Exercise To Music course, would these be valuable? Any books that you would recommend on culture, history, music? I want to make sure that when I do eventually teach, my students not only learn the moves safely and effectively but understand the culture, the music, the history, everything.
I know I stated I dance ATS, however if there are any books or dvds related to other styles that you think would still prove valuable I would be very happy to hear any suggestions