Teacher touches: Appropriate? Useful?
A Dance Forums post asked about appropriate protocols for teachers touching students. Mostly, the discussion centered around whether teachers needed to ask for permission and
A Dance Forums post asked about appropriate protocols for teachers touching students. Mostly, the discussion centered around whether teachers needed to ask for permission and
I never like being corrected. Who does? Worse is repeating errors and getting the correction over and over. “What is going on here?!” I ask
How to make fundamentals classes more appealing. Musicality is not an advanced topic. Music is foundational to why we dance at all. Music is an
Directing our movement by giving and taking away space, plus being *with* our partner by holding space for them.
Have you seen it? That shocking moment when you see in the partner’s eyes a flash of upset, surprise, even a bit of pain or
“Parents [tango teachers] try too hard to fix things.” “Let me make a mistake once.” “I’m just warming up. Give me a chance to discover
“When do I pivot; right after taking the step or when my feet come together?” Do you want my answer, or would you Enjoy a
Three promises: Nice dynamics Recognition of opportunities is better than recall of patterns. Framework for creating variations Outline: Base movement: dynamic change of direction with
I move naturally, keeping “nose over toes”. I match energy with the music and with my partner. I seek to confront (be with and chest
Match energy. If you can think-feel just one thing in your dancing, I recommend you make that Energy. (By the way, do you agree with
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