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reflective and experimental learning

In this blog I will be reflecting on my own teaching methods and experimenting my learning and experiences within my dance teaching career.

Since the early age of 15 years old I always knew I wanted to be a dancer or dance teacher. I just never know the hard work behind it all. I started with just a small community dance class working on a voluntary basis at a local community centre every Tuesday where I would rush to a afterschool and meet all my friends there at 5pm. 
I never knew how to teach infact you can say for the first year I completely “blagged it”. I had no one to teach me teach or tell me the rights and wrongs. This is the best way to learn and experience. “Just do it” the girls would say to me. I use to cringe at the fact I was trying to express the lyrics through movement. Example would be the word “look” using my hand to hide my eyes every time Beyoncé would say the word.  I used this choreographic method every time I would hear new words I would think of ways to incorporate them into a hand gesture or movement. My friends thought I was the best to me I was just doing anything which came to mind. I taught sessions like this every week until one day I taught a full dance routine. To me the experience built up over the year my teaching method and styles became more advanced and I was able to actually teach a class. 

I sat for hours watching youtube videos and mimicking my favourite dance choreographers “Brian Friedman” was my favourite. Learning there’s moves from online dance classes and learning choreography from PlayStation games like “just dance”. I felt I was getting better and knew this was something I would love to do professionally. This was the beginning of my teaching journey and years later I began to teach as a full time job whilst training and travelling within the dance community. 

My experience is too be continued...

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