How to correct a dance student without crushing them
Accuracy matters. So does confidence. Correct the action, never the person's identity, because the body hears the difference between the lead did not reach her and you are not clear.
Choose the most useful correction, not every possible correction. Give the student another attempt immediately, so the note points forward instead of back. Then notice out loud what improved.
The goal is a stronger dancer, not a smaller person.
Correction in a kizomba class should raise the dancer, not the teacher.
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Correct without crushing, step by step
A CORRECTION CAN IMPROVE THE MOVEMENT AND DAMAGE THE STUDENT.
Accuracy matters. So does confidence.
Correct the action, not the person's identity.
Choose the most useful correction, not every possible correction.
Give the student another attempt immediately.
Notice what improved.
Build the ability to self-correct.
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This lesson comes from the book
The teacher's guide · page 391
The student’s book takes dancers from the first foundations to real
feeling. The teacher’s guide gives instructors the structure to pass it on.
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