Bridging IADMS: Webinar 1-Dance Educators

Join Ellie Kusner and Clare Guss-West on a metacognitive journey to explore the role of attention and focus in dance teaching. This relatively uncharted territory in dance provides rich tools for teachers to enhance the performance and learning of dancers. Ellie and Clare bring ‘internal’ and ‘external’ attentional focus approaches to the dance lab. Drawing on rich practitioner wisdom of the attentional approaches used in dance as well as somatics, experiential anatomy, and Eastern movement practices they will guide participants through experiences that aim to bring greater understanding to various cueing strategies. Experiment, discuss, debrief, reflect with peers and take away attentional focus tools and tips for direct implementation in your own dance context.