Hi Jenc,i think dancers must not teach yet untill they realy have enough stuff for a while so the beginners can not just outgrow you that easy...i realy think that a lot of people teach far far to early.....
How can you start to teach if beginners outgrow you?
that means you are not in a position to teach at all yet i believe,but that is just my opinion,have a nice day .....Lydia
Hi Jenc,i think dancers must not teach yet untill they realy have enough stuff for a while so the beginners can not just outgrow you that easy...i realy think that a lot of people teach far far to early.....
How can you start to teach if beginners outgrow you?
that means you are not in a position to teach at all yet i believe,but that is just my opinion,have a nice day .....Lydia
No sadly I am too far from Liz. I just came up with this question when thinking about what I want to be learning right now. Then I wondered where I would go next year. I am currently in a Level 1 class, which is intended to be for students who have done 20 week beginner class. This is the first year of this class. There is no higher class except the advanced group who are expected to know the technique and to learn the routines faster. I want to learn about rythmns and music and weight changes and what makes a move or a dance egyptian. I want to get feedback on my posture and other moves, in fact I want feedback. I want to learn how to begin to string movements together, what steps go with what music. I want to learn how to dance as an instrument reacting to the music as counterpoint and not dancing 8 of these and 32 of those. Anyone know any good dvds?
Thanks guys.... I am not allowed in advanced anyway....... I have been turned down twice, second time only last month. 2 dancers were allowed to go up when we finished beginners, but I was not allowed as I could not cope with learning choreo from that particular teacher (I was amazed to find out later that I was fairl average in picking things up.)
i don't really want to go up either. It's all about learning choreos that aren't in my style, and I understand you are expected to know things that weren't taught at lower levels.
Thanks for saying I am a capable dancer, Eshta. If that is based on my posts, I wish I danced as well as I understand about dancing!!
I will be looking for someone to travel to. Thanks
PS we have been asked by the teacher to prepare a short excerpt to show her. This without ever having done any exploratory work or exposure to music in class.
I said that I wasn't too worried as I knew something about how to use music because I've always been an amateur dancer. She replied "Just because you know how to mover, doesn't mean you know anything about ME music!!!!!! I've been studying 14 years and I've been told I really understand it"
I am now in class called Level 1 which is 2nd year. Up to now, I think most people left after beginners. Teacher had an attitude that beginners don't want to learn technique, they only want to learn one dance. So what you learntwas just what was necessary to do your dance. If a step wasn't in your choreo you didn't learn it. So at the end of this you don't understand weight changes, transitions, music or anything.