Hi Dance Teacher Pep Talk Audience!

I just finished up my Summer Intensive teaching for the year--now on to choreography setting and prep for the 2024-2025 year, but while getting ready for this I did some reflecting on my Summer Teaching and wanted to share some "aha" moments that I had with all of you.

In today's episode, I go into depth about how this is a great time for preparing your Fall syllabus now and also how one major thing cannot be overlooked as we begin this new year and that is, mental & emotional support or conditioning within our programs. One of the biggest areas I feel this generation of today is requiring support is around their mental & emotional needs, and as dance educators, there are things that we can do to help them and it starts with how we build our classroom environment as well as the energy that we share and emit in the space.

Meditation, mindfulness, awareness, opportunity for community building, and more are ways that we can help to build on this.

At the end of the day, it isn't always about the dance steps learned in your space, but the growth in our dancers as human beings. What takeaways do you want your dancers to leave with?