Tips for Seeking a Good
Instructor
Questions and
tips when looking for an Oriental Dance instructor:
1) Integrity
does this teacher have her students best
interests at heart? Is she warm, open, loves her
art and corrects with kindness? Is it a warm, inviting,
sharing atmosphere? Is she more interested in
your growth as a student than in financial gains?
Does she push performing/recitals on students too soon?
Is she too eager to have students purchase expensive
costuming and accessories they dont need?
2)
Knowledge Does this teacher still seek out and
study with other teachers? Does this teacher
acknowledge that learning this is not an instantaneous
process? This dance takes as much time as any other
to learn well. Does she go slowly enough so that the
movements can be mastered properly, or is it an
assembly line kind of thing? Learning
this dance is like learning a language. One must learn
the words and pronunciation first, then go on to build
sentences, paragraphs, and finally, a full page ( a
choreographed dance). Does she dress herself
and her students appropriately for age and weight when
they perform? (youll know it when you see it)
3)
Technique Above all, does she have good, solid
technique? The posture for Oriental Dance must always
have the knees flexed, pelvis slightly tucked, and rib
cage up with shoulders slightly back, and arms
should be graceful and flowing.
If you are seeing
locked knees, swayback, upper body leaning back from the
pelvic girdle for the sake of your skeletal
health - flee!

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