Day 12 – September 17th 2013 (By Kallum Khaos)
I am learning more and more to quiet the voice in my head telling me to do anything but work hard, push through and persevere.
We have been learning from David Moore for a while and it has made me realise just how small my dancing is.
We have all watched footage back, critiqued each other and had our own goals to work on – my goal is performance; dance bigger, perform more, stop worrying about getting it and just GET it.
Truth be told I see improvement, it's small, smaller than I'd like but it's improvement and that's enough to keep me pushing, it's only week 3 and there's a long way to go.
We had our Q+A with David Moore today and I'm glad it's my blog day because I LOVE Q+A's. When I started dancing I'd always love going to international workshops because of the inspiring things they would say in their classes, and a question and answer session is like a class, a learning experience filled with just those special moments.
Long story short we learned about his dreams, aspirations, embarrassing moments, hard ships, tips, advice, ups, downs and everything in between.
I will end this entry with a glimpse into some of the things he told us but before that.
I feel like we have gotten such a great opportunity to have quality time with David and that's such a unique experience.
These teachers enter as our heroes, our inspirations and aspirations, but they become so much more than that.
David has become like a brother, a friend, a mentor.
He told us all an area we can work on after class – mine was my hands.
I think I worry so much about picking up the choreography, the arms, the legs, the steps, that I neglect something so simple as making a fist, or completing a point.
I considered making a joke about him giving me a helping HAND … I decided against it – you're welcome!
I asked a few questions; about his advice for teaching, the legacy he'd like to leave behind, the creative process when he creates choreography and so on. The following are his 3 top tips for excelling as a dance teacher (as paraphrased by me):
1) Project your voice – Especially in LA and workshops there will be classes of 50+ people that won't hear a word you say if you're speaking to the floor, so make sure to be loud, coherant and confident.
2) Be familiar with the musicality – You have to make the class understand the beats of the song and the moments within it that you are using, if you can't articulate it well then it will make everything a lot harder for the students. Whether you teach in counts or sounds, it's always best if the students feel like they're dancing to the music before you've even pressed play.
3) Pay attention to the students – Use the class to guide the lesson, they will let you know verbally or otherwise if they are ready to move on or need longer dancing time. It's important to plan a class but at the same time be flexible to the variety of learning styles and minds that you're teaching.
Thank you for reading, until next time.
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