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For Dance Teachers and Health Professionals
Many dance teachers are concerned at the safety of their students who are working into the extreme positions required by some current choreography. They want to keep their students safe, yet do not want to hold their dancers back from succeeding in this ever-competitive world. This workshop will help you assess your students in detail and be able to offer them effective techniques for improving their range in a logical clear order.
While some young dancers struggle with their range constantly, others have excessive natural range, and will often perform "tricks" that make most adults squirm. It is also for those who are concerned at the extreme positions young dancers are wanting to work into, as it gives you safe guidelines on how to guide their dancers safely towards more extreme positions.
This intensive teacher training workshop with Lisa Howell will answer questions such as:
You will finish the course armed with a wide array of helpful retraining techniques to safely and carefully train performance artists to achieve high level skills. Each sequence is progressed in a very methodical way to eliminate the danger faced when simply attempting the full skill over and over again.
This course is conducted in-person over two days in various locations around the world at different times. Attending in person is a great option for those who love to be immersed in the learning experience, and to get personal, physical feedback on your understanding of the content. Check the dates and locations available on our upcoming workshops page, or, if you would like to host an in-person Dance Educator workshop, please fill out the Host Application Form and send through to us.
When delivered online this course is delivered over 3 weeks, with 2 x 2 hour content sessions each week. This layout allows you to ask questions and get personal feedback, just like in an in-person course, but allows you to do so from the comfort of your own home. An added benefit for many participants is having a week of integration time between each online session, to review the material, try it out on several dancers, and avoid the sense of overwhelm that some feel in a multi-day course.
The course includes a fully illustrated colour manual, along with assessment sheets and a student workbook to allow ease of application in the studio. The extreme positions discussed in the manual are delightfully illustrated by Mike Howell, Lisa's Dad, allowing us to look at the issues surround each one in detail, without harming any more young dancers!
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