In preparation for the new class being taught on KiwiOnline & also sections available at MOVFitness.com – I have been making dance maps & tutorials. These maps show exactly where someone’s footwork should be – differentiating right & left and then have the timing for the step in the upper right corner.
There are also videos available on the websites & more to come in the future. We are designing our very own dance syllabus that is geared more towards “Show Dance” than any other format. There are American Dancing Syllabuses, International Syllabuses, but nobody has a “Show Dance” syllabus. This pretty much means we will teach people how to look good on camera with our classes. A “Show Dance” is able to capture the audience’s attention and focuses on footwork, expression, and music identification.
Dancing is taken too seriously in my opinion and if you look at the top professionals – sure they may be technically sound in their dancing, but is it honestly entertaining? If the end result isn’t entertaining then I think they’ve wasted all their training. We’re approaching dance from the entertainment perspective and making sure that even from day #1 you will find yourself entertained and also the audience will be in seeing you dance with our method.
For example… a typical lesson with another syllabus will be technical and teach you a salsa basic & a tango basic on the first day. They will tell you to bend your knees, watch how you lift your toes & where to place your heels. They will repeat this process for the first few weeks.
In our syllabus, you will learn how to connect to your partner on the first day as a high priority and then we will give you expression in your face and body that resembles the dance. From day #1, the audience should be able to see what is going on with the dancer based solely on expression – we teach as if our audience is deaf and can only see movement to depict emotion & personality from one dance to another. The first day you will most likely do at LEAST one full 8 count in a dance with points, dips, and spins. Not too bad, eh?
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