Improvisation: Getting Started!

A Flick of the Foot; A Flash of the Eye
Improvisation is one of my favorite things to…let’s see…you don’t teach it, you’re more like a tour guide!
It’s your job to use one of the games in the lessons posted (or perhaps a game you’ve created) to assist each individual to find their own pathway, deep inside to the core of themselves, and to help them draw upon their experiences, and express who they are through their own unique movement.
Warning: Be prepared to have your breath taken away!
Watching the miracle of a young heart opening up is very overwhelming! Each individual will draw a different emotion from you and than ultimately from an audience.
Some will find their ‘artistic soul’ right away, and have the ability to express it. For others, it may take a little longer.
Encouragement is the source of every student’s success. You will notice degrees of improvement in all of your students. Make a big deal about everything that you see! Let each student know what their improvement is, so they will be encouraged to build upon it. And they will, with your support.
This ‘soul’ quality, combined with the dance technique they are learning in class, are the beginnings of authentic dancers.
A true dancer embodies the ability to move an audience with the,
'flick of a foot, or the flash of an eye'. Having been given this opportunity to learn both dance technique and how to express one’s self as a dancer is an empowering feeling for the dancer. It’s also an exciting feeling for the performer’s choreographer, a satisfying feeling for the performer’s teachers, and a very proud moment for the student’s family and friends.