How to be a good dance teacher
Not every great dancer can be a great teacher.
How can you be a great dance teacher?
Dancing is so personal, and sometimes it can be a challenge to teach it the right way because the way we move can be so unique, and we don't really think about the way we dance, the way we feel the music; it's kind of hard to express those things even though we do it naturally.
To me, three steps can help you be a great teacher.
1 STUDY YOURSELF
Take the time to study yourself and understand how you operate because remember, we may be dancers, but we don't do things the same way, we don't dance the same way.
So you need to understand yourself clearly, how you dance, how you take the music, and how you practice.
Try to study yourself as much as possible and know yourself well enough to know your dance style, your way of practising, and what works well for you and what doesn't.
Sometimes, what you do may not fit certain dancers, so these are the kind of things you need to consider when studying yourself.
That would be the first step for me.
2 - TRANSFORM YOUR KNOWLEDGE INTO A SYSTEM
The second step would be a system allowing you to transform your knowledge easily.
With this system, it will be much easier for you to transmit everything you do because sometimes when you do something and do it naturally, you don't know how to express it, especially for us as dancers.
That's not an answer for someone who would like to do something like you.
You aim to find this system so you can easily share your knowledge.
3- BE A GREAT LISTENER
The last step would be to be a great listener.
It is important to listen and understand what people need when they come to your dance class or what they need when they ask you for advice.
Listen more than you talk because when you listen to every dancer, you will get the information you need to give them the knowledge they are looking for.
To recap, these are the 3 steps :
- STUDY YOURSELF
- TRANSFORM YOUR KNOWLEDGE INTO A SYSTEM
- BE A GREAT LISTENER
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