HSDS Regional Teacher Workshop - June 24th
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Huntsville Swing Dance Society is excited to present a workshop geared towards those wanting to teach social dance, delivered by some extraordinary instructors from our local scene! We aim for this workshop to be accessible to all levels of dancer and are hopeful that it will increase depth and engagement in our dance communities!
Whether you're new to teaching dance or are looking to get back into the swing of things, this workshop is for you! In this workshop, we'll work on a variety of teaching paradigms, touching on pedagogy at a variety of teacher and student experience levels. We'll focus your lesson planning and movement development, and give you in-class hands-on time teaching a small group, complete with feedback on your methods! We'll work through some specific lesson plans for beginner and drop-in lessons for your scene, and also dive deeper into exercises to help find your teacher voice. We'll also have a focused Q&A session to discuss classroom etiquette and techniques we (and your fellow participants) have found effective and useful in teaching dance. Come join us to develop and hone your dance pedagogy! Passes can be purchased by clicking the register button below and include entry to the live music dance HSDS hosts monthly. We will also happily accept cash and Venmo payments at the door the day of the event. We can't wait to see you all soon! |
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About the Instructors:
Adam and Krystal Wilkerson
Adam and Krystal are proud to call Huntsville, Alabama home. Their passion for African American Vernacular Dances has pervaded their lives for 15 years. They have taught all over the world, ranging from small community-focused events all the way up to large-scale international events across Europe, Asia, and North America including Korea Blues Camp, Blues Geek, and the Blues Experiment. They have a fervor for both competing and judging and enjoy geeking out on strategies for both. They strongly believe in teaching the context and history of the music and the dance, focusing on research in the Mississippi Delta in their spare time. Their analytical approach to connection and value for intuition in dance provides a unique classroom environment that promotes self-awareness and improvement beyond the classroom. They believe in learning through experience and experimentation, and they bring their passion for connection into all of their dancing and instruction. Their love of the dance is contagious, and they believe in injecting fun into all of their classes.
Josephine Glass
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Josephine Glass (formerly Kaye) hails from Memphis TN but now calls the woods of North Alabama home. She has been training in, researching and teaching human movement for 20+ years. She has been a gymnast, martial artist and dancer from childhood. She has been teaching and dancing lindy hop, blues and balboa for 15 years and loves teaching more than anything else (except the actual social dancing!) Josephine has an undergraduate minor in dance and kinesthetic instruction as well as graduate research on the cognitive distribution and communication within social dancing, choreography and performative improvisation. Josephine has taught Lindy hop in regional workshops through out the south east, taught American vernacular dance and dance history in two colleges and has taught swing dance studio classes for years. And after a few dance-less years due to military service and global plague, she cannot wait to teach teachers to teach more people to dance! |