Writing Styles Blog Entry Extracts One

Midnight. A silhouetted party emerges from the darkness in slow motion. A sea of silver, black and white come to life as the commotion begins. Meeting and greeting occur until the beat kicks in and a dance floor is naturally formed. At first just three girls brave the dance floor whilst more and more join in their flow, until eventually everyone, including the DJ come together to enjoy a fabulous party.

Humphrey (1951) said “The dancer with conviction has power; many a dance of poor quality has been “put across” just by the superb belief of the performer in the work.....if you believe in yourself, everybody else probably will, too”. A dancer needs to attain confidence in their work and a perfect solution in order to achieve confidence in dance is to gain as much performing experience as possible.

The YEM Theatre School proudly presents their latest street jazz number to Evacuate the Dancefloor, choreographed by Lucy Clark. The senior dance class will be performing at 7pm on Sunday 22nd November at Ancells Farm Studios amongst the School's latest solo musical theatre work. Tickets are only £3.00

Psychology of Dance

I have found this book/website particularly useful in teaching dance.

Take a look

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XuhUrxeswIQC&lpg=PP1&dq=psychology%20of%20dance&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false


It looks at topics such as motivation and confidence of your dancers and how to improve and understand it.