 Circle Dance Teacher Training Course 2012/2013
This
course is for people who may want to start teaching Circle Dance
and for existing teachers to develop their skills further. In
its planning, I have included all the things I have subsequently
discovered and wish I had known when I started teaching Circle
Dance.
Circle dancing is no longer ‘simply’ about putting your feet
in the right place. Working with a group is much more than ‘simply’
getting everyone to move together in the right direction. Teaching
a dance holds more challenges for the teacher than ‘simply’
remembering the pattern of steps.
We have come a long way since Bernhard Wosien introduced
the dance at Findhorn thirty years ago. Some of us now earn
a living from teaching, other teachers supplement their income
from teaching dance with other means, an increasing number of
us use dance in conjunction with other activities such as yoga
and many more teach maybe one group a week. But the thing which
enables us all to continue at whatever level, is the fact that
people choose to spend their precious leisure time dancing with
us - and what is more they pay us money to do so! I believe
we therefore have a responsibility to be as professional as
we can be.
There is more than meets the eye to running a successful
group and that is why I have brought in other teachers to introduce
specialist topics. How do we learn a new skill? How do we help
people make the step change from being a beginner to becoming
proficient in a skill? How do we look after the energy of a
group? How do we, the teachers, stay centred amidst all that
potential emotion? What does a 7/8 rhythm mean? What exactly
is a Pravo Oro or a Les Noto? How do we accurately record a
dance? How can we improve our own dancing skills? And perhaps
most importantly of all, how can we, the teacher, keep learning
and developing?
This course will look at these and many more questions. Amidst
the hard work, I hope that you will find it to be fun, stimulating
and rewarding. I know it will provide you with a solid foundation
to step out into the teaching world.
We WILL be working hard, but there will be lots of laughter
in the process- as well as timetabled free time where you have
the opportunity to do just as you please- more dancing, sleeping,
being....
The course will take place at Holland House in Cropthorne,
near Evesham, Worcestershire. We dance in the village hall which
is a seven minute walk (or two minute drive ) up the road. All
accommodation is in single rooms. The food is delicious and
caters for meat eaters and vegetarians. The resident community
at Holland House are warm and friendly and fully support the
work that we do.
If you would like detailed course information and a booking
form, please contact me and I will be delighted to send them
to you.
With all good wishes
Judy
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