-Michelle Dorrance
As a dancer matures in age and
experience they pay great attention to detail, in choreography, and instruction
by their teacher. All dancers are either visual, kinesthetic or auditory
learners, or a mixture of the sorts. Therefore, it is important that an
instructor recognizes this, and sees that the most helpful way to direct
chorography is by both saying and doing it for their students, and adjusting
them to change to the vision of the chorographer. I believe it is most
effective for dance instructors to use all three learning types when in class,
whether it is a technique, choreography, or competition class. Using these three
learning techniques also enables the dance instructor to showcase to their
students what they want the piece to look and feel. Students find it beneficial
because they are able to be corrected in motion, on the spot, hearing their
correction and also seeing it demonstrated by the individual who has given
their selection of choreography. This teaching method also justifies the dance teacher’s
abilities in the field. Not every dance instructor is going to be a skilled professional
in the genre, which is why some instructors only use the auditory method. It
takes more than that though, students need to be taught, and with that, be
taught correctly, most effectively achieved through visual, kinesthetic and
auditory demonstration. Displaying the dance to students to give them the best
outcome for their realization of the overall outcome of their choreography,
technique skill or dance routine. Seeing the click from students is much more rewarding than any trophy they could ever win, it begins by the instruction given to dancers.
~Julia Brewer
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