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Stop Blaming Your Dance Students!
"I don't know what to do. My students don't wanna learn the foundations. Please help me." An organizer said that to me years ago, and it is the most common thing I hear in Brazilian Zouk.
This one is for teachers and organizers who have said out loud that their students do not want the basics.
That night I went to the social. Acrobatics everywhere, every head movement, not one Viradinha. Then he started dancing, because he was the local teacher, leading crazy moves to people who could barely do a basic step.
So Gui and I sort this into three buckets, a me problem, a them problem, or a design…
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