strathspey@strathspey.org:44608

Wendy Grubb

RE: Rules for teachers

March 9, 2006, 2:48 p.m. (Message 44608, in reply to message 44607)

I usually hold the book in my hand as well since I
have dancers who enjoy finding errors in what I say. 
I know what you mean about the difficulty of what was
meant. I usually get members of my group to volunteer
to try various things if I am unsure as well as asking
other teachers who have more experience than I do or
who dance in other areas and maybe even know the
devisor.  I personally do better with words than with
pictures so I only use Pillings if I already know the
dance.  My sister on the other hand dances with a
group that uses Pillings extensively and she finds it
very difficult to read dances and understand them.  It
is good to have both since we have multiple learning
styles in dancers.  
Wendy

--- Pia <xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> I know - but where do you learn to understand a book
> and the way it is
> written?   We have a specific way of annotating
> dances in RSCDS - ok - not
> always brilliant - but it is there.   We have a lot
> of people who write
> dances - sometimes using wording which is 
> understandable to them, I would
> say in many cases because of what they have heard
> but not always seen
> written down, but not necessarily so the wording
> travels well.
> 
> Many experienced dancers/teachers forget that lesser
> mortals may not know
> what they mean by - whatever they are saying.  Plus
> the fact that one
> teacher although brilliant - may deliver the
> explanation in such a way that
> some people do not understand it.   I have teachers
> whose descriptions I
> understand very well, and others who I can't
> understand - nothing to do with
> their teaching, just the way my brain analyse their
> explanations.
> 
> I like to hold the book firmly in my hand - if
> nothing else then for the
> person who will ask 'why do we' and 'can't we do?'
> and I can say - the
> offical line is:.....
> It has of course nothing to do with me having a
> memory like a sieve, of
> course :>)
> 
> Pia
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