Free Dance Teaching Tips please enjoy some of my favorite ideas for your dance studio |
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| Tip #1 | Teaching arabesque for the intermediate/advanced dancer. | |
| Tip #2 | 2 beautiful ballet songs. Are you always searching for that perfect recital song. The right length, appropriate for your students? These 2 songs are considered new age, they were beautiful for classical ballet moves. I used them for high school ballet and the students loved them. Available on Itunes. |
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| Piano Fantasy by William Joseph Within by William Joseph |
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| Tip #3 | Fun with Ballet Terminology. I like to help my students enjoy learning terminology. With a little effort you can make words and language fun. With Ballet Terminology Wallpaper in your studio you will give them a head start by seeing the words visually that you are using. |
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Show the students how similar the languages are, and how easy it is to relate these new strange words to words they already know. For example: Sur le cou de pied (on the neck of the foot) I tell them how the term “pied” is from the same root that gives us ped. See how many ped (foot) related English words they can think of: pedal, pedestrian, pedicure. I always make sure my students can see the terms “a terre and en l’air” when I am teaching them. In “en l”air the air is right there in the term for them to see. In “a terre” I relate it to the Latin phrase “terra firma” meaning earth or land. This is a phrase they may be learning in science. You could bring in a clay pot and explain to them it is called “terra-cotta” - earth baked. You could also relate the words terrain, terrarium, or terrestrial. When my kids are ready for Pas de Poisson, I usually go crazy and sing a little bit of Les Poissons from The Little Mermaid. There are so many words that I point out on the wallpaper and it helps make sense to them, just because the French is one or two letters different from the English. Chat = Cat, Croix = Cross, Ronde = Round, Tour = Turn Language and words are fun. Have fun teaching ballet terminology! |
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