Safran
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Dear Gang,
I have taught with and without mirrors and been a student with and without mirrors. I have found both jobs to be much easier with. When I teach workshops, I do everything I can to try to have the sponsor find us a locale with mirrors. I have had students come up to me after class and comment on how nice it was to have them, I also limit my workshop numbers to a manageable 30. It seems unfair to students to pack them into a place like sardines and then say, "Oh, learn this. with no feedback, no personal connection, no mirrors, no floor space, no acknowledgement of YOU as a single being and not a herd animal of some sort". I HATE THAT!!!!
Regards,
A'isha
Sooo want to rep you on that, but apparently your cup is already running over with it
As for mirrors, I like having mirrors to learn with at first. Especially, if there is a luxury to have mirrors on more than one side of the room. Of course, in order to really learn you also need your time facing the wall (or the "audience"). But, I personally do tend to rely on mirrors just as much as I rely on my teacher dancing in front of the class or the really good dancer who usually dances to the left of me.