I feel as though in other intensives, instructors will demonstrate patterns and strategies, but will not connect these to the basic skills that are required to perform these patterns/strategies. Myles and Tessa do a fantastic job explaining what prerequisite skills are required to compete the task at hand, and that helps people catch onto the […]
Since working with Myles & Tessa in my Fast Track Coaching program, I feel like I have cracked a “glass ceiling” that until now was unavailable to me. I feel much more confident in my ability to follow higher level dancers, I move more gracefully and interpret the music more creatively. I’m enjoying my dancing […]
The Fast Track Coaching program the best thing I’ve ever done for my dance. Tessa is a peerless diagnostician. I swear it’s like her eyes see dance in slow-mo X-ray. She once told me to stop curling my toes while dancing… when I was wearing boots at the time!! Her teaching methodology is absolutely impeccable. […]
Every Pro should study the Swing Literacy method, regardless of how many years of experience they have teaching. If you started a fund I would donate to it. The fund would pay for all Pro’s to take the program, starting with the Swing Literacy Intensive. It would fix so many contentious issues within the WCS […]
This course helped me to discover missing elements as both a student and as an instructor. We have all wondered why some things are more difficult to learn. The Swing Literacy program changes the way you extrapolate and helps you plan your next steps in a much more “engineering viewpoint.”
I am so thankful I invested in the Swing Literacy Development Method. Myles and Tessa have put together a wealth of teaching resources and strategies for learning the fundamental movement skills of west coast swing. The course material, assignments, video clips, and practicum component were as developed and in-depth as college courses I have taken […]
I had a gut feeling that things should be taught a different way – Swing Literacy gave me the courage to step out of the box of the old school teaching methodology. It gave me affirmation, guidance, courage, valildation. It reinforced my dedication to the concept of drills & skills over patterns & footwork, and […]
Finally, a relevant PRO invented a digestible wheel! When I started teaching back in the day, I had to go through the labour of developing my own WCS program from a mish mash of random and sporadic training. With the SLDM, WCS teachers no longer have to do that. Even after my decades of teaching experience, it was still invaluable. The coursework helped me to see where I had holes or where a different order or emphasis was needed.
The Swing Literacy Teacher Development Program is a mind-blowing course that will alter the way you think about teaching and permanently upgrade your dancing.
I have tried this in many of my group classes thus far, and it has been very well received! Many students have approached me and told me that they love how I am teaching complex ideas, but at the same time making them simple to understand.
