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DANCE EDUCATOR SERIES
Level 1 - The Fundamentals
Self-Guided Option
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Do you have students who struggle with “Short Achilles” or restricted turnout, no matter how much they stretch?
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Are you sick of cuing dancers to “pull up” or “use your core” only to see it relax moments later?
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Did you now that are ways of addressing the underlying anatomical issues with these students for immediate and long lasting change?
Our Level 1 Teacher training course - “The Fundamentals” explores solutions to the most frequent issues dance teachers come across, often in their most hard working students. From the student who struggles with flexibility, no matter how hard they stretch, to the dancer who’s feet just won’t improve, no matter how many rises they do. By diving deeper into the anatomy underlying these issues we are able to learn how and when to apply specific techniques to address the real issues, rather than pushing into range and risking injury.
For example: Many dancers think that they have a "short" achilles, which limits their plié depth, when in reality, this is very rarely the case. The common, and very well meaning cue to not "roll" in a plié can often have a detrimental effect, causing the foot to brace, and causing compression at the front of the ankle en fondu.
Learning how to identify this kind of issue, combined with multiple practical ways of improving range very quickly can make the world of difference to many dancers.
This unique course distils the most effective and efficient strategies for working safely with dancers to achieve their full potential. It will give you a deep understanding of the mechanics of optimal performance, allowing you to help them improve their technical capacity and prevent injury at critical stages in their training.
Want to do the course but can't make the dates online or in-person locations?
Try our new self-guided option!
This fantastic new offering gives you the opportunity to work through the content included in our Level One Teacher Training course at your own pace, allowing time for you to explore any individual anatomical variations, develop personalised rehab programs, and discover specific dance conditioning exercises to maximise performance.
This self-guided option includes:
- Access to the entire online portal for 6 months
- Guided progression through the entire Level 1 Course through regular emails
- Access to the library of all previous Coaching Calls
- Invitations to join any upcoming Coaching Calls
- The opportunity to ask questions live, or via email
- Ongoing access (optional) after 6 months at $29 UDS per month
- The ability to cancel your subscription at any time
Self Guided Option: $440 USD
(giving you open access to the portal for 6 months)
Any ongoing membership after this period will be $29 USD per month.
Inside the Online Portal
- The entire Level One Course: Delivered through over 250 detailed content based videos
- 12 carefully structured modules: Designed to enhance the ease of learning.
- Extensive downloadable resources: Including assessment sheets, progress charts and exercise sheets to make it easy to integrate the work into your dance classes or clinical practice.
- Certification: As you complete each module you will receive a certificate to claim CCE points with your governing authority.
- Sequential Learning: The course is designed to be completed in sequence, as each of the later modules build on the knowledge gained in the earlier modules, organically deepening your learning.
- Visual Dashboard: All of the content is arranged in an easy to navigate visual dashboard to help orientate you through the training, with handy progress wheels to track your progress.
- Live Coaching Calls: You will also be able to join me on our biweekly Coaching Calls, which are a wonderful way to deepen your understanding of the content. These calls also give me the opportunity to connect with each of you on a personal level and really help you get the most out of your investment.
- Coaching Call Library: You will also get instant access to the library of over 75 videos of previously recorded Coaching Calls and associated resources. These calls each examine a particular topic in detail and look at the application of the content in the course in a real-life scenario such as; working with a dancer with Hip Pain, dealing with Plantar Fascia Pain and Managing Back Pain etc. I have also created numerous downloadable PDF's for use in class, to make it even easier to apply the ideas to your daily lessons.
- Join the Community: Become a part of a community of like minded professionals all focussed on training healthy dancers through our Private Facebook Group. This allows you to ask questions at any time and tap into a global group of extremely knowledgable professionals from all genres.
The Modules
The course is organised into 12 different modules, each unravelling many of the common issues seen in the studio. The content is broken down in an easy to understand way, because we don't believe you need a medical science degree to understand how to help your dancers advance their technique! In-person and Online workshop attendees get instant access to all modules, while in the self-guided option each subsequent module will open once the previous one has been completed.
The Coaching Calls
It is one thing learning the in's and out's of all elements of a dancer's body, but it is another being able to apply everything real-time with the body in front of you. To create easy to follow maps for each different presentation that you may see in the studio I conduct regular (every 1-2 weeks) Members Coaching Calls. These are each focussed on one topic, usually based around a specific question from a member, for example; Pain at the Back of the Ankle. We look at all of the different elements that need to be considered when working with the issue, from the anatomy involved, right through to how to manage it in class. This is a wonderful way to learn how to apply all of the content in the base training to the scenarios you will see in real life.
Each call is approximately 60 mins long, and we usually have time for further questions at the end. Previous topics have included:
What others think!
It is always nice to hear what others think, so here is a selection of comments from Teachers and Therapists who are currently using the Online Portal and Coaching Calls.
