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Dance — Attention and Focus in Dance
Teaching Tip: Becoming More Aware of Our Thoughts
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation For most of us, shifting attention in dance is like learning a new language that becomes more familiar with...
Teaching Tip: External Attentional Foci
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation In my direct experience of teaching dancers, I have learned that we frequently use multiple types of feedback from...
Teaching Tip: Preparing Students for After Graduation
By Ali Duffy, PhD, associate professor of dance at Texas Tech University and founder and artistic director of Flatlands Dance Theatre The first year after graduation can be overwhelming as dance students...
Teaching Tip: Working in a Systematic Way
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation There is, in general, a lack of a systematic attention and focus strategy or of consistent mental training for dancers,...
Teaching Tip: An Intro to Attentional Focus in Dance
By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation What is the power of attentional focus and what can it add to your dance teaching and performance? Here...
