Dance — teaching tip

By Clare Guss-West, Director of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation  Shifting attention in dance is for most of us like learning a new language: It becomes familiar with practice....

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...

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...

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,...

By Ali Duffy, PhD, associate professor of dance at Texas Tech University and founder and artistic director of Flatlands Dance Theatre Improvisation can be a great tool as a dancer, teacher, and...

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...