Circle Dance Teacher Training Course 2008
 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.
This course of 2008 will be the first time that I have offered the training
over one extended period of time. The reasons are many and various, but I
believe that by being together intensively for two weeks we have a wonderful
opportunity to fully immerse ourselves in the art of Circle Dance teaching.
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....
I believe that The Abbey is the perfect environment as a venue for this
training. Our dancing space is simply beautiful- a mediaeval Great Hall; the
accommodation is very comfortable and offers a combination of single or
shared rooms (single room are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’
basis); the food is just YUMMY and the resident community at The Abbey 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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