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Re: How do Salsa instructors deal with 'extremely slow learners' ?
Posted By: (anonymous) 02/03/10 12:48 Source ID: 085b6582-edb7f248
In Reply To: How do Salsa instructors deal with 'extremely slow learners' ? 01/03/10 14:51
Whilst I agree with a lot of the things TT has said below, I have to disagree with
 | There is an obsession ( created by congresses ? ) that everything should be routine based ( the" monkey see monkey do" style of ( "teaching ?" ). |  |
I think Congresses feeds the need, if there was not a demand then people would not be teaching it.
I know a lot of dancers who look forward to learning routines, from some of the top instructors and performers and I don't see this ever changing.
I think there are a lot of teachers out there with no dance training other than what they have been taught in Salsa, what is needed, is how to get training in order to make them better instructors and not to condemn routines,
In answer to your question above, this is what works for me, I think you should forget about teaching sequence routines to the students that are having difficulty and focus on basic drills for movement and timing, I often come across students that are too busy thinking about their feet and hands and take a long time before they can cope with the addition of turn patterns, they will get there in time but they need there focus to be the basics of movement and timing of the dance accompanied by basic drills, ie: if doing crossbody: I would focus on crossbody, crossbody open breaks, cross body open breaks with turn, making this the foundation of their dancing that they can do well,
if doing Cuban the same again focus on men and women positioning, movement, dileque no, mens turn, womens turn ( and I mean turn not sequence routines),
Students I have that take the time to learn this way tend to develope a better technique in dancing when compared to some of the other students that want to run before they can walk
