I am not a dancer in any way and the thought of teaching a dance lesson to pupils is a worrying thought due to my own self confidence struggles, however after this workshop I found that dance isn’t just for ballet dancers or the people in Strictly Come Dancing, and that anyone can have fun while dancing.
The aim of the lesson was to focus on travelling which is how someone can move across a room – they can shimmy, run, crawl, hop, jump etc. Due to the people in the workshop being adults I think that people held back and acted more reserved than they would in school due to feeling self-conscious about performing in front of others. I think that when in schools the children will be more enthusiastic, outgoing and want to try more interesting and exciting moves which will make the lesson enjoyable to teach.
If I get the opportunity to teach a dance lesson I will:
- Be enthusiastic and motivate the children to be as creative as they can be
- Be supportive of the children who possibly are not as outgoing as others but hopefully encouragement from myself and others in the class they can move out of their comfort zone
- Make the lesson fun and within health and safety reasons let the children choose their moves without any teacher input
- Have good timings to ensure that every group can present their short routine to the class
- Use the school IPad’s to record their dances so in future lessons they can pick up where they left off and add more to the routine
