personal dance development
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dancingleafStolen off a thread on Bhuz....
a valuable bit of advice. - something I should be thinking about....
There are a couple of exercises I use with my private students, to help them figure out what kind of dancer they want to be when they grow up.
1. You've just danced in a show. You're in a stall in the ladies room and a couple of women come in (dancers or GP), discussing your show. What 3 things would you like to hear them say?
2. If you had a magic dance wand that would grant you 3 dance wishes, what would they be?
The responses to both of these exercises usually clearly indicate where the student's focus should be.
a valuable bit of advice. - something I should be thinking about....
There are a couple of exercises I use with my private students, to help them figure out what kind of dancer they want to be when they grow up.
1. You've just danced in a show. You're in a stall in the ladies room and a couple of women come in (dancers or GP), discussing your show. What 3 things would you like to hear them say?
2. If you had a magic dance wand that would grant you 3 dance wishes, what would they be?
The responses to both of these exercises usually clearly indicate where the student's focus should be.
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Date: 2008-09-16 06:14 pm (UTC)Confidence: yeah, nobody can really give it to you. You just have to believe in yourself. But honestly, ask what possible reason(s) could you have to NOT be confident? And then work with whatever answers appear. I've done that, too: I'm too old (bullshit); I don't have a "belly dancer's" body (hardly matters); I don't have enough time to devote in order to really become good at it (unfortunately, for me this might be true), etc. But then I figure, so what. Just do it anyway. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks; it rarely ever matters. We dance for ourselves, even when we're in front of an audience! They can either join us on the journey or not and we can't control whether they will or what they'll think, so the heck with it. ;) Also, I've found that just doing it and practicing and committing to it over the years has increased my skills and my confidence along with it. :)
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Date: 2008-09-16 08:20 pm (UTC)I do pretty well with it - I just start doubting myself and that's not productive...
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Date: 2008-09-16 08:27 pm (UTC)