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What a wonderful inspiring day full of dance and friendship! Texas Future Dance Educators is so very happy to celebrate another successful Fall Event. Students from each RRISD high school and various dance studios participated in a half day workshop on Saturday focusing on their skills as dance teachers and tips for the job search.
The day started with students getting professional headshots taken for jobs/auditions by Sweet Fix Photography & Design/Harlow Portraits. We can't wait to see them!
After giving tip & tricks on working with young children, Heather Hardesty of Kinderdance Austin/Cedar Park Dance Company/Jr Spurs Dance Team, lead the students through an activity creating preschool dance lessons. Each group was given a class scenario to plan for. They could use props from Hardesty and music loaded on iPads. Then then presented favorite parts of the lesson to the group with full lessons accessed on the event activity page of our website.
Next Heather O'Hara, of O'Hara Dance Agency, warmed the students up and then gave the students a number of strength building activities and advice for developing strong technique in their dancers. She then lead an activity for designing and teaching technique combos for the beginning, intermediate, and advanced dancer.
The session wrapped up with students working in pairs to create interview questions that an employer might ask a potential dance teacher as well as questions the dance teacher may ask they employer. Then they traded partners and lead mock interviews in front of the group. We then discussed the variety of dance teaching jobs that one might find as well expectations and details that one may look into when choosing jobs to apply for.
2 Fun Video Montages to see events from the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGwlxQxLrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqvL4uZ0aZM
To access the materials from the workshop click here:
In January we head to The Woodlands for the TDEA Convention, February we will begin collecting items for our newsletter, and March we will announce our Spring Events, and will continue to post our monthly blogs.
We are so grateful to Sweet Fix, Hardesty, O'Hara and the Cedar Ridge Dance Department for such a wonderful day for our members. Thank you to RRISD and TDEA for your continued support. Most importantly, we could not be where we are without our wonderful members! So blessed!
We are so excited for the TFDE Fall Event: Emerging Dance Educators on THIS Saturday, Nov 7th, at Cedar Ridge HS. There is still time to register and walk-in registration is welcome! Invite a friend! Materials from this workshop will be posted on our website.
DETAILS FOR PARTICIPANTS ARE BELOW:
TIME/ARRIVAL: Please be prompt as we plan to start right at 9:00am. We will be ready to check you in by 8:20 that morning so that you can be ready to dance! We will finish at 1pm.
ENTRANCE: The entrance to the dance studio is from the side entrance off of the faculty parking lot. When you are facing the front of the school on Gattis School Road, the parking lot is around to the left. We will have signs posted to help you. School address is: 2801 Gattis School Road, Round Rock, TX, 78664
PAYMENT: All membership or merchandise payments can be can made the day of the event. Cash or check to RRISD
WHAT TO WEAR/BRING: dance clothes and shoes, shirt for photo shoot (see below), water bottle, snack, payments
PHOTO SHOOT: Headshots will be taken from Sweet Fix Photography and Design Co. Please see the advice below for what to wear etc. You will take your photos during the 1st session and will have access to a dressing room whenever you need to change your shirt.
For everyone clothes: solid colors and/or simple patterns, no words, avoid neon colors that might reflect an unnatural glow on your face
Hair: Something that reflects you! Example: Don't wear a top knot in your headshot if you always wear your hair down
For girls: Wear makeup! Stick to neutrals for eyeshadow (example: any of the "Naked" palette type hues by Urban Decay, doesn't have to be that brand) and even coverage for your skin with blush and/or bronzer, make eyes pop with mascara and/or eyeliner, wear a sheer lip color (no dramatic lip colors)
It is with great pleasure that we announce our Fall 2015 TFDE Event:
Emerging Dance Educators Workshop
Saturday, November 7th 9am-1pm
Cedar Ridge High School: 2801 Gattis School Road, Round Rock, TX 78664
MUST REGISTER: Free to members; $8 non-members
Register: https://goo.gl/sDyHMu
Featuring Heather Hardesty and Heather O'Hara
The Austin area TFDE fall event is taking place in Round Rock on Saturday, November 7th, from 9am-1pm. This year’s workshop, “Emerging Dance Educators,” will focus on the pedagogical art of teaching dance. Interactive classes will discuss teaching from preschool creative movement, developing advanced technique classes, and the what-to-know about interviewing, job searching, and preparing for the career. If you have a student interested in attending, register on our website at https://sites.google.com/site/texasfuturedanceeducators. Come prepared to dance, grow, and be inspired! This workshop is aimed at the high school aged dancer.
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