The people in front of you are the class. Watch their faces, their breathing, their energy. Notice when confusion becomes silence, and when repetition becomes boredom.
Then adjust the pace without abandoning the objective. A room that has gone quiet and stiff needs a change of energy far more than another correction.
A strong teacher teaches the room they have, not the room they planned for. Awareness is a teaching skill.
Reading a dance class in real time is a skill you can train.
Read the room, step by step
YOUR LESSON PLAN IS NOT THE CLASS.
The people in front of you are the class.
Watch their faces, breathing and energy.
Notice when confusion becomes silence.
Notice when repetition becomes boredom.
Adjust the pace without abandoning the objective.
A strong teacher teaches the room they have.
What signal tells you to change direction?
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This lesson comes from the book
The teacher's guide · page 207
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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