Agreed! I would also add - how to do the same with "community-building": how to make people feel welcome, glad to be there, relaxed with the other dancers, friendly, and full of good humor, all without being preachy.
M E On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing < [email protected]> wrote: > David wrote: > > > > So, what are topics that _you_ would like to see in a workshop? Assuming > that > > one already has the nuts and bolts of programming an evening, teaching a > dance, > > and delivering the calls in good fashion, what skills would be useful to > > address? > > > How to teach/sell 'good dancing' without seeming like a pedant. (It seems > like > it's an easy trap for callers in all country dance genres to aim for > competence/efficiency in teaching _dances_, and neglect teaching _dancing_. > You pretty much have to slip that style/skill instruction in while teaching > dances, and that's a skill in itself.) > > -- Alan > > > -- > > =============================================================================== > Alan Winston --- [email protected] > Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: > 650/926-3056 > Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA > 94025 > > =============================================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil chance, And the merry love the fiddle And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
