BA (Honours) Professional Practice (Dance)
I’ve chosen ‘Dance’ as my award title. I have been dancing
since the age of three and have experienced a lot of dance teaching styles from
the variety of dance teachers who have taught me. I’ve found this very beneficial
because of my aspirations to become a dance teacher. I’ve always had a good eye
for technique and performance, but I’ve never been able to grasp some of the deeper
aspects of teaching such as encouraging confidence in youngsters. I’ve finally
made a start with my dance teaching career and teach a variety of age groups at
my workplace, but there’s the issue of building my students’ confidence. Referring
to my questions I’ve come up with for my inquiry, dance is very much at the
heart of every question. Although at the start of the module I had come up with
teaching questions too, I hadn’t thought about how much more beneficial the
dance teaching questions would be. I hope to do my PGCE in teaching, so through
that I believe a lot of the questions would be answered. There are dance
teacher qualifications to gain in my future but they are for being able to put
students through exams. I’ve never aspired to be a dance teacher in a school
but my goal is to have my own dance school and do supply teaching. Dance is very
important to me, not only because of my experiences but because I love how it
makes me feel and how I can express myself through it. This is not just in
performing but in choreography and teaching. I’ve definitely found my own dance
teaching style, but the encouraging of confidence and other aspects of dance I
am very inexperienced in.
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