Do your students pester you with questions? Do you you wish they would ask more questions?Do you wish you could always find the right answer to give them?Do they distract each other and then ask about something you just said?How a teacher handles students’ questions proves their credibility, their maturity, their empathy, and their trustworthiness. All […]
Even the best teachers with the best intentions have moments of unintentional subliminal teaching: when their teaching habits or advice accidentally deliver a completely different, counterproductive, undesirable lesson. Check your habits here! In this article, I’m going to talk about why certain advice backfires. Then I outline 14 typical teaching habits or advice that tend to […]
Myles here for another edition of TBT.
Here is one of my favorite routines we've ever done and our favorite performance of it because of the event. This was at #CanadianSwingChampionships in Montreal (COMING UP MAY 17-20!) which is the ultimate crossover event in the world. 5 styles of Swing dance and most dancers crossover... So this routine was perfect for that audience - the shoes thrown at the end are a gesture of deep respect, so we were honoured.
The routine itself is the most crossover we've done. I love dancing Balboa and Lindy hop and the song just begged for it.
We discovered the song while teaching in Ukraine: we saw the music video on a tv and begged them to turn the sound on to find out what they were doing Charleston and Lindy to. As soon as I heard it, I looked at Tessa, she looked back at me and said "Yep, let's do it". Choreo started the next day!
#TBT #CSC #Crossover #ItsAllSwing #WestCoastSwing #Balboa #Lindyhop #SoManyShoesyoutube.com
Looking forward to teaching our Steals workshop at #seattleeasterswing this weekend! This Coach's Corner article is considered required reading for anyone curious about steal-dancing. (video version included) Www.canadianswingchampions.com/steal-dancing
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