eden eyes
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I work at a gym on my campus as a belly dance instructor. I'm not a star-professional that has been dancing for 15 years, but i'm pretty far along and have been dancing for a few years now. i only teach beginner classes though, mainly because my students are all beginners and i feel like i haven't enough material to teach a real advanced class.
however, there is the other instructor that is a REAL beginner. she's been dancing for only a few months. she has bad form, she bounces when she does the hip drop (and she claims to teach egyptian, which i would imagine is a HUGE NO-NO especially for egyptian style). she even decided to teach a more advanced class one day, with walking undulations and lots of layering. she had 3 or 4 girls WALK OUT of her class because they were beginners and felt embarassed. i have gone to her class a few times but I CAN'T DO IT ANY MORE!! it's driving me up the wall! her music is too loud, she doesn't count, the move transitions are sloppy or completely wack! she was so confused when she tried to teach her students the walking undulation and they couldn't get it.
and it's not just me! i had a Brazilian lady come to my class who had been a belly dancer for 10 years and she said she loved my class because i reminded her of her instructor and she thought i was a pretty good teacher and dancer. she said she didn't like the other class because the instructor was so choppy and taught her students bad form and the wrong way of doing moves.
what do i say to her? do i say anything? i don't want to make her mad because i try to be nice and i don't want to make any enemies. she's just a bad teacher...
any tips?
thanks for hearing me rant btw
however, there is the other instructor that is a REAL beginner. she's been dancing for only a few months. she has bad form, she bounces when she does the hip drop (and she claims to teach egyptian, which i would imagine is a HUGE NO-NO especially for egyptian style). she even decided to teach a more advanced class one day, with walking undulations and lots of layering. she had 3 or 4 girls WALK OUT of her class because they were beginners and felt embarassed. i have gone to her class a few times but I CAN'T DO IT ANY MORE!! it's driving me up the wall! her music is too loud, she doesn't count, the move transitions are sloppy or completely wack! she was so confused when she tried to teach her students the walking undulation and they couldn't get it.
and it's not just me! i had a Brazilian lady come to my class who had been a belly dancer for 10 years and she said she loved my class because i reminded her of her instructor and she thought i was a pretty good teacher and dancer. she said she didn't like the other class because the instructor was so choppy and taught her students bad form and the wrong way of doing moves.
what do i say to her? do i say anything? i don't want to make her mad because i try to be nice and i don't want to make any enemies. she's just a bad teacher...
any tips?
thanks for hearing me rant btw