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This 2-day program is an introduction to a philosophy which gives followers a deeper understanding of the core skills required to develop their personality, skill, technique and style in order to be an amazing follower!
LEVEL: This is open to followers at all levels excluding absolute beginners as they need to have some basics in place. Leaders who want to learn more about ‘following’ are encouraged to attend, this is a gender-neutral workshop.
DURATION: Two days with 4 hours of teaching each day.
DAY 1: The Mechanics of Partner Dancing
The aim is to become a ‘Dynamic Follower’, one that keeps their individuality while working within the dance partnership.
Followers will learn about ‘Body awareness’ through Posture, Tone, Energy and Direction. We will focus on exercises and movement that explains and practices how it all works and fits together. Followers will know the basic ‘leading skills’ to help understand what their role is within the dancing relationship to make things work.
Objectives are to teach followers the techniques involved in delivering optimum performance; to enable followers to recognise the ‘connection signals’ in their own body as well as those in their leads’ so, they can become a more instinctive and intuitive dancer; to explore what other aspects of their dancing contributes to being ‘dynamic’ and having a presence on the dance floor.
DAY 2: Creativity and Expression
The aim is to express your individuality as a dancer and to look and feel self-assured in your movement.
Looking at making the most of what you have? We will explore how we can practice body movement and exercises on our own to facilitate change and make improvements. We will do this through the swing out, core variations for the follower’s feet and arms.
Objectives are to promote self-expression and experimentation without creative boundaries; to show how followers can practice and improve their skills on their own; to find your own voice, become visually stylish and feel confident whilst dancing; to give followers a toolkit of variations.