Looking back, I wish I would have learned about the simple physics of the dance when I first started. I can see now that these foundational concepts really lay the groundwork for more complex topics and ideas. Many of my brand new students are already accelerating past those who have been dancing for years simply because […]
Rather than telling our students exactly where their feet need to be, we are providing them with the fundamental principles of the dance. This is helping my students achieve a pure lead-follow dance rather than choreographed footwork and patterns.
I took many workshops and private lessons to learn the basics, but often left more confused, not really understanding the “how” and “why”. I did the Swing Literacy program in 2016 – it was the biggest linguistic challenge ever for me, but so worth it! It’s a terrific program – so detailed – M&T’s knowledge […]
Myles & Tessa’s Swing Literacy Program is the gold standard of teaching to me. It’s so much more than a workshop – it’s a complete package that I can’t imagine teachers teaching without. They don’t teach you “their style”, or any style for that matter: they train you in actual pedagogy and how to build […]
I immediately saw results after taking the SLDM. For the first time, I had a coherent and structured approach to learning dance. It felt like I had gained knowledge and skills that would have taken many years to develop learning through other methods. As an instructor, the breakdown of the physics of West Coast Swing […]
As a full-time educator, it is vital for me to have a solid, hierarchical framework of the topic or skill that I am teaching. Although I was a competent dancer who was already familiar with Myles and Tessa’s teaching style when I started the SLDM, I did not have the level of expertise or the […]
I had a wonderful teaching experience last night with a group of dancers I only get to teach a few times per year. After giving them some of the core Swing Literacy skills, I noticed a dramatic difference in their quality of movement right away; and so did they! Their eyes were wide, and those […]
I’m an Advanced dancer and I’ve been teaching for a few years now with no real training. I’d been looking for something to help grow our community and my knowledge as a teacher. I’d always felt like I could learn more, but hadn’t found any learning programs that were West Coast Swing based teaching. When […]
It’s like having a world class teacher – who happens to be a dancer – give you the secrets you need to know to be an effective, creative, inspirational, and inspiring teacher. It isn’t just about dance… its the science behind teaching others.
It’s an intuitive ground-up approach to teaching that doesn’t spoon feed you what to say and provides some useful tools and perspectives for planning your own lessons.
