
Dance — Attention and Focus in Dance

How does teaching a set choreography affect the use...
For a recent online event, authors Clare Guss-West and David Leventhal introduced the broad application of Attentional Focus and elements from their newly-released professional development resource Attention and Focus Strategies for...

Learning Aims for the Attention and Focus Strategies for...
For a recent online event, authors Clare Guss-West and David Leventhal introduced the broad application of Attentional Focus and elements from their newly-released professional development resource Attention and Focus Strategies for...

Three Areas of Attentional Focus
For a recent online event, authors Clare Guss-West and David Leventhal introduced the broad application of Attentional Focus and elements from their newly-released professional development resource Attention and Focus Strategies for...

Get to know Clare Guss-West and her work of...
By Human Kinetics Recently, the Swiss Dance Association interviewed Clare Guss-West about her dance experience and the origins of attention and focus in dance. Clare is a former professional dancer, choreographer, holistic...

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...