The rest of my goals for classes the week of February 11th

Contemporary
Help them to understand dynamics.

"What are dynamics?  What are some opposite words we can use to describe our movement?  How can you access those in your body?  In an improv? (Try it.) In a combo? (Try it.)"

Co 1 Jazz
Breakdown Isolations

"Which muscles are working?  Why do we do this?  How will this help us with our dancing?"

Co 2 Jazz
Core strength and understanding

"What is your core?  Where is it?  Which muscles?  At what other times in your dancing do you use your core?  Be specific.  Does it need to be strong?  Does it need to be flexible?  What happens if it isn't"

Co 3 Jazz
Improve inner monologues.

Start on isolations.  Move to intrinsic hip stretches.
"What is this? Why do we do it? When did you first learn it?  How smart were you then? What size were you then?  Are you using your body to its potential?  Where does the movement come from?  What is the innitiation? What muscles are you using?"

Int Tap
Same as tap goals in last post.

Elem Jazz
To help them understand how their muscles stop and start their bodies.

"What happens when I flex this? What about if I release it?"

Use freeze dance but have them verify what muscles are tightening as they hold.  Name the muscles. (Seriously, have out an anatomy chart for naming specific muscles.)

Take it to our recital piece.  "When do you use muscles, release muscles?"

Elem Ballet
Raise my expectations of them and help them feel it.

"You are a smart group of girls.  Can you show me how smart you are?  Can you do plies without my help or Miss Bailey's help?  I want to see the whole thing, start to finish.  I trust that you are smart enough to now where it is that you start and finish.... alright smarties, let's come center."

Elem Tap
Same as other tap classes.

Stage Arts 2
Teach them how to practice splits.

Warm up first (center tap and stretch.)

Switch to ballets.  Hold under their arms and help them slide their legs out.  When they are ready they can catch themselves. Treat splits time like tumble time.

Stage Arts 1
Same same.  Establish "Splits Time."

Hip-Hop
Work rise and fall.

"Can we arch up? Pull up? Lead from back? Lead from chest?  Where else can we lead from?  Do we lead down?  With what?  Which muscles are engaged when we go up?  Down?  How will this help us as hip-hoppers?  What about in dance generally?"

Elem Ballet
Same as previous

Elem Jazz
Same as previous

Hip-Hop
Same as previous