pennsicdance: Planning Dance at Pennsic

[Bess Libby]

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Susan Wensel wrote:

> 
> While on this topic of teaching in the evenings -- what can we do to speed up
> the teaching process?  My first thought is to intersperse more experienced
> dancers throughout the sets so they can do in-set teaching. Then the nightly
> organizers and teachers aren't running from one end of the barn to the other
> going hoarse.

People often do this already.  It does present some problems though.  I've
found that sometimes having people teaching the dance within the set
 causes more problems than is solves.  It adds to the general
noise level in the barn and can actually make it harder on the person
trying to teach the dance.  It's also a good idea not to have different
sets doing different versions.  I think that the idea that someone
suggested (I don't remember who, sorry... my brain is fried) about
breaking the room up into areas and having several dance masters teach a
few sets each might work better and be a little less chaotic.


> 
> I realize that a lot of you out there want to dance with other experienced
> dancers because it is fun.  I'm not suggesting that you not do that, but I am
> asking you to do the service of dancing with some newer dancers one or two
> dances a night.  That way, the newer dancers can get good, quality experience
> and become better dancers.


I think that most of us do this on a regular basis.  I know many people
who make a point of asking several newer dancers/ people they don't really
know to dance each night, and we usually try for even distribution of clue
between sets.

						-Maria




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