Enlighten webinars

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Open to all, our one-hour Enlighten webinars give dance teachers invaluable insights, advice, inspiration and support, drawing on the School’s extensive knowledge and experience as a world leader in dance education. The webinars are perfect for developing a teacher’s CPD portfolio and an excellent supplement to our Inspire series.

The webinars cover a wide range of topics from the technical and artistic aspects of dance training and good teaching practice to business modelling and management.

Current or former professional dancers can access funding from Dancer’s Career Development. Check your eligibility here.

‘Every single one I have attended so far has been excellent – well thought out and delivered, with plenty of food for thought and examples of how to apply in my classes and school.’

‘Informative, informal, inspiring and a brilliant reminder of how to strive towards, and maintain, excellent studio practice. Thank you!’

‘The tutor was excellent. Calm and encouraging. We covered a lot of ground. I felt inspired by the imagery she used and will be taking it into my teaching.’

Topics covered

This webinar highlights the mental and physical demands on a student dancer in different dance environments; class, rehearsal, and performance. We will explore how these demands can affect students and outline strategies for teachers to support students’ health and well-being.

Session aims:

  • To identify different types of load (mechanical, psychological and physiological) involved in dance and highlight the demands classical ballet places on the body
  • To explore strategies that can optimise a dancer’s health and well-being.

This webinar looks at ways to increase range of motion in dancers. It will reflect on current research and the evidence underpinning best practice. We will identify strategies to help teachers work with different stages of development and growth.

Aims

  • To consider the science behind increasing range of motion in young dancers
  • To highlight different techniques for optimising range of motion. Taking into account growth, maturation and physiology
  • To discuss effective methods of safely developing range of motion.

As a teacher, we aim for our students to increase their physical abilities, develop their knowledge and understanding of technique, vocabulary and movement skills, and create and appreciate dance as an art form. This session highlights how effective questioning can be used as a teaching strategy to develop student autonomy and stimulate thinking.

Session aims:

Look at the impact questioning has on the learning process
Explore higher-order thinking skills
Find ways to integrate effective questioning into our teaching.

This session will look at different pedagogical strategies that can help develop a student’s physical, cognitive and affective skills using concepts taken from the Franklin Method. The Franklin Method is a way of understanding and improving movement by engaging the body and the mind equally. This webinar will include a very small practical element, no space needed; it can be done standing up or sitting down.

Session aims:

  • To experience techniques that enhance proprioceptive and kinaesthetic feedback
  • To increase body awareness, contributing to a greater anatomical understanding
  • To explore different types of imagery that help develop a movement’s quality
  • To develop strategies to enhance the student’s ability to focus and engage in their learning process.

This session will look at different ways of understanding and enhancing good postural alignment using concepts and techniques used in the Franklin Method. The Franklin Method is a way of understanding and improving movement potential by engaging the body and the mind equally. This webinar will include a short practical element.

Session aims:

  • To explore techniques that will enhance postural alignment through proprioceptive and kinaesthetic feedback
  • To increase body awareness, which will contribute to improved balance and stability
  • To explore the use of different types of imagery that can enhance efficient postural patterns
  • To develop strategies to enhance the student’s ability to focus and engage in their learning process.

What makes a musical, artistic dancer? What can we do as teachers to help our students develop skills for communicating and expressing ideas and emotions through movement? This webinar will explore artistry and musicality in terms of the three learning domains, the physical, cognitive and affective, look at various movement dynamics and how they can help us to be both receptive and creative, and discuss ways to give our students opportunities to expand and increase their individual aptitude and potential.

Session aims:

  • To highlight areas of pedagogy that relate to the teaching of musicality and artistry
  • To identify the ingredients needed to nurture creative, responsive dancers
  • To reflect upon areas of teaching that may require further development.

Booking

Eligibility

Participants must be 18+

Fees

£25 per webinar

Current or former professional dancers can access funding for Inspire from Dancer’s Career DevelopmentCheck your eligibility here.

How are Enlighten webinars delivered?

Our expert tutors deliver each webinar at various times to suit teachers worldwide. Teachers can choose which sessions they would like to attend, creating a programme best suited to their needs.

The webinars are delivered via Zoom and PowerPoint presentations. The tutors will give advice and support during a question-and-answer session at the end of each session.

Our webinars are capped at 25 participants to ensure integrity and quality of service.

Upcoming webinars

February

27 February 2024

10.00 GMT

The art of questioning

27 February 2024

14.00 GMT

Nurturing the thinking dancer with the Franklin Method®

March

26 March 2024

10.00 GMT

Posture: efficient, effortless alignment with the Franklin Method®

26 March 2024

14.00 GMT

The art of questioning

May

16 May 2024

10.00 GMT

The healthy dancer 2

16 May 2024

14.00 GMT

Striving for excellence: developing artistry and musicality

June

13 June 2024

10.00 GMT

Striving for excellence: developing artistry and musicality

13 June 2024

14.00 GMT

The healthy dancer 2

Any questions?

If you have any questions about our Enlighten webinars, get in touch at [email protected].

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