In this excerpt from More Dance Improvisations, you will find valuable insights that can benefit whether you’re a dance instructor or a student. Tips you will read in this piece will help enhance your approach to improvised dance with some highlights of essential aspects to maximize the benefits of a dance improvisation session.
Dancers of the #Seniorstars programme, Bühnen Bern Ballett, Switzerland. Clare Guss-West. Photographer: Nathalie Jufer Every Wednesday at Bern Ballet, in Switzerland, the #Seniorstars – gangs of senior women aged 65-90+ gather. They shatter our preconceptions of senior activity – they are noisy, exuberant, confident, animated, articulate, engaged. On Wednesdays they feel alive, they feel visible, they feel free, they escape physical and age-related limitations, they break boundaries, they go beyond, they dare.
Author of Attention and Focus in Dance, Clare Guss-West has recently been interviewed by the Swiss Dance Association (Tanz Vereinigung Schweiz).
In this post author of Attention and Focus in Dance, Clare Guss-West, writes about how to achieve attention and focus in dance when teaching or learning dance via online platforms.
Building a career in dance isn’t always easy. Jobs are competitive, funding can be limited and roles often aren’t full time. As a result, it’s important that as an aspiring dance professional you approach your career in the spirit of entrepreneurship in order to identify and pursue the most productive professional path for you.
The topic of when to start pointe work has been hotly debated in recent years. But, how can you tell when a dancer is ready?
In January 2018 we were joined by expert dance coach Clare Guss-West for a free webinar on ‘Energy in Motion’.
We’re pleased to announce this year we will be supported the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science Regional Meeting in Ipswich. The event is taking place at Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich on Friday 26th May 2017.
