To the Pointe: Beyond Exercises
Become a Confident Pointe Teacher who is secure in their ability to guide students safely and completely through the transformation to pointe work.
This course will forever shift your thinking of how to prepare students for safe pointe work. No more missing pieces! And, as the title implies, this course goes BEYOND EXERCISES.
It is full of Ideas, Concepts and Strategies NOT found in any other training courses.
Application of all ideas and concepts will be explored through numerous exercises and activities to use with your students.
The creation of the content comes not only from decades of professional experience, but extensive complimentary training that few dance teachers possess in particular:
- Rhythmic Movement Training (Reflex Integration)
- Brain Gym
- The Franklin Method
Areas of Content in the Course
This course has many layers of content that will be shared in easy to digest chunks.
In studio application will be demonstrated with real students performing the exercises and activities.
There is a good cross section of levels and body/foot types.
Each of the 6 Key Areas outlined below will be built upon week to week.
From the very first lesson, you will have concepts and exercises to use immediately in studio with your students.
\Key Areas:
- Squish
- Strength
- Stretch
- Sensitivity
- Stamina
- Support
Ongoing support thru monthly zoom calls ensures that you fully understand the unique strategies and application with students. Note the variety of lesson categories below. While there are copious traditional strength building exercises, there are so many pieces to the puzzle of supporting a dancer to become a fully mature and responsible young person capable of taking on the rigours of pointe work safely.
Lessons Categories Include:
- Activities at Home
- Activities in the Studio
- Alignment and Posture
- Anatomy
- Brain Gym
- Checklists for Practice
- Developing Noticing Skills
- Developmental Movement Patterns
- Exercises
- Games/Puzzles
- Goal Setting
- Imagery
- Injury Prevention Principles
- Inspiration
- Motivation
- Practice Tips
- Recap of the Week
- Reflex Integration
- Reflection
- Quiz End of Week
- Self Assessment
- Tactile Activities
- Technique Clean Ups
- Terminology
- Vision Training
- YouTube Videos
