Learning to dance

This is a guest post by Jenny Wells.

Your first wedding dance is going to be something you remember for the rest of your life. This is the first time you and your husband will step out on the dance floor and get to share some time together. READ THE REST

1. Someone who cares about your dancing goals and teaches you in accordance to them. A good dance teacher will not try to push their own agenda on you. For example, if you are a social Salsa dancer and that is all you want to learn, your teacher shouldn’t push Dancesport competitions on you. Surely a teacher can give you suggestions and recommendations but not force anything you don’t want to do. CONTINUE READING

From a teacher’s perspective, the best student to have is one who has a clear goal. A student with a goal will usually be more prone to take lessons consistently, practice and therefore improve. It is no surprise that teachers everywhere, myself included, love those kinds of students. I get inspired and energized when I work with them. It is important to note that it does not have to be a competitive goal, any person can have a goal that suits their needs.

Here are 5 examples of goals one might have:
1. A social dancer who wants to be able to dance an entire song without stopping at the next studio party.
2. A Pro/Am competitor who has a goal to compete on date X.
3. A wedding couple who wants to prepare for their first dance.
4. A student wanting to lose an X amount of pounds.
5. A couple who wants to perform a choreographed show piece at the next showcase.

As you can see, these 5 examples are extremely varied. What the goal is isn’t as important as just having one!
So do you have a goal?