16 Dec
2009
16 Dec
'09
12:22 a.m.
David wrote:
So, what are topics that _you_ would like to see in a
workshop? Assuming that
one already has the nuts and bolts of programming an evening, teaching a dance,
and delivering the calls in good fashion, what skills would be useful to
address?
How to teach/sell 'good dancing' without seeming like a pedant. (It seems like
it's an easy trap for callers in all country dance genres to aim for
competence/efficiency in teaching _dances_, and neglect teaching _dancing_.
You pretty much have to slip that style/skill instruction in while teaching
dances, and that's a skill in itself.)
-- Alan
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