At Dance Education Canada, we believe lesson planning is an important part of every dance teacher’s training, which is why, not only do we publish a DANCE EDUCATORS’ PLANNER designed to help dance educator’s plan out their year, but we also include the topic in Part 1 of our Dance Teacher Training Program. Why is planning, progression and goal setting important? We will discuss its value today in and how it allows our dancers to achieve the fullest extent of their talents. Enlightening us with his experience and knowledge on the topic of motivating our dancers through goal setting is the Artistic Director of the West Australian Ballet Mr. Aurélien Scannella.
GUEST: Aurelien is a Belgian born dancer, ballet master, choreographer and director. He completed his training at the prestigious Royal Ballet School of Flanders and was subsequently accepted into the Royal Ballet of Flanders. After three years in Flanders he was appointed as a Soloist at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and then promoted to the role of Principal Dancer the State Theatre Wiesbaden, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Ballett Basel. In 2008, he retired from dancing to focus on teaching. Quickly, Aurélien became one of the most sought after Ballet Masters on the market working with some of the best companies around the world such as Dutch National Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet. Aurélien took the helm as West Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director in 2013 and has since developed the West Australian Ballet into a versatile and diverse 21st-century company with a total of nine nationalities represented within the company.
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