New Plans

While this last session went well, I am planning on making some revisions.

I hope to have a more set and planned warm up routine. I think it was good to allow them to free dance and learn about rhythms, but I would also like to do some conditioning and things that will help strengthen them to prevent injury. I think a semi-set warm up could be useful.

I also want to include new steps (especially if there are returning students). I am considering adding side leaps, connecting the chasses and the leaps, giving more combinations and adding some hip hop into the jazz curriculum.

In some of my classes we are discussing the effects of movement and technique on the body. I have also been learning about injury prevention, and want to include some of the strengthening and preventative exercises that I have been learning into my lesson plans. I hope that by providing a sound foundation the dancers I teach will continue to be healthy and avoid injury.

I also plan to build upon the technique. I want to be adding "challenges" each time we practice basic technique so that they can always be learning and it will be less stale and boring.