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It isn’t often that we connect CB with dance teaching however CB bias can lead to a stagnant learning environment, one in which new learning is halted. Similarly if we are only looking at information that confirms our existing beliefs, objective thinking will be hard to practice.

Social media is part of our lives now. However much we say life was better without it in ‘the good old days’, those days are over and we have to embrace the changes that technology has bought.

Ten things enrolling in a dance class can enhance that you hadn’t even thought about! (and I’m not talking about all the really obvious positives, such as body strength and flexibility, balance, heart health, bone strength, minimised stress, good posture…the list goes on!)

As dance becomes more athletic; to keep up and keep our bodies safe we need to train like athletes. A style of training that is often used with athletes is cross training and as dancers we can do this too.

Attention span is a very talked about trait and something we hear a lot about as dance teachers; either from parents telling us that their children can’t focus for very long, or we see that our students have lost attention, or even as dancers and teachers we begin to feel our own mind begin to wander somewhere else during a class.

I often get asked as a top dance coach and also a judge what makes a dancer stand out from the crowd. For everyone this answer will be different as we all know that dance is subjective to personal choice, however for me the there are two answers integrity and authenticity.

So how do you choose what extras you’re going to add to your or your dancers dance timetables? Well, I recommend asking yourself these three questions before booking;