Dancing in Different Directions

This post concerns my students in Creative Dance, Combination Class and Pre-Ballet

Besides working on using dance to express how we're feeling, this month we are also working on direction during free dance. While I lead a free dance I'm calling out directions such as Dance FORWARD! SIDEWAYS! BACKWARDS! and the little dancers have to change direction on my cue. This game can definitely be played at home, but it is important to keep close watch when your little dancers are dancing backwards! Some students kinesthetic awareness develops more quickly than others so take care that your children don't go dancing into walls!