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Sat, 27th of October – Sun, 28th of October 2012
Most great teachers we’ve met like it nerdy… in fact, the nerdier the better. Whether they’re working full-time in their local scene, teach for their local non-profit association or hold drop-in classes at a university, the passionate ones all share this desire to improve. SwingShoes is excited to present a nerdy-weekend workshop exclusively for social dance teachers!
If you teach Lindy hop, Charleston, Balboa, Blues, Boogie-Woogie or Shag this is a perfect occasion for you to pick up many new teaching tools and concepts.
If you’ve participated in previous teachers training workshops with Ali&Katja, you can expect lot’s of new concepts and materials as well as updated and refined core concepts.
The structure of the classes is designed for you to learn a new concept, then immediately work on implementing it into your own classes in your own dance style.
You will work in sessions where you will implement a new concept and, if you like, teach a 5-10 minute version of one of your classes to get direct feedback from the group. This structure strikes a good balance between sitting down to focus on the concepts, and getting up to dance and implement what you’ve just learned into your personal classes.
New pedagogic tools you’ll learn:
- „Hierarchy of learning“ Strike a balance between „knowing, feeling and doing“
- Flow 2:0! A creative way to build impressive classes
- Communication skills to project confidence, clarity and humility
- Projection techniques to raise your students
- Words that builds vs. Words that breaks connection to your students
Core Concepts:
- use the “Abstraction Zoom” to switch between INSPIRING your students and building deeper UNDERSTANDING
- use “One Voice One Message” to talk less and let your students dance more, while still covering all the material you planned
- build fun and challenging classes that keep your students coming back to your classes wanting to learn more
Your Program:
A big part of the workshop will be on helping you create your own concepts and syllabuses to have something concrete for your next classes:
Albert Einstein said “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler”. In dance, this means taking a complex technique or move and breaking it down into smaller pieces to make it as simple as possible. However, Einstein also warned not to “over-simplify”. For your classes, this means recognizing the right level of simplicity, and instead of “dumbing down” an explanation breaking it down into a step-by-step procedure that will help you share your ideas to your students.
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Price?
600 Danish kroner (about 80€) for 8 hours of teachers training.
This is a special price that we can offer because SwingShoes is sponsoring the workshop.
The price also includes entrance to the amazing Saturday “Harvest Moon Ball” party!
Read more about the party here.
Who?
This workshop is suitable for teachers of all levels. During this workshop, we will not focus on your dance level or dance technique but only on how you deliver your message.
You do not necessarily need to sign up with a parter, since we are going to work both solo, in couples and in groups.
Accomodation
For foreign participants: If you would like us to help finding accomodation for you, please write a mail to: workshop@swingshoes.dk. We can’t promise private hosting for all, but we do have a few dorm guest rooms that can be rented very cheaply.
Sign up now for 8 hours of teachers training with Ali&Katja!
When: Sat, 27th of October – Sun, 28th of October; both days 10:30 – 15:30 (including breaks and lunch break)
Where: Idrætsfabrikken, Valdemarsgade 12, 1665 København V
Price: 600 Kr (about 80€) – Includes entrance to the Saturday party: Harvest Moon Ball.
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