tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post7989006328338066988..comments2008-07-11T03:29:37.880-07:00Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-12300955898800599202008-07-11T03:29:00.000-07:002008-07-11T03:29:00.000-07:00Hi Don, <BR/>I just found your article about beginners. And you are right! <BR/>Ibo and I have many problems with dancers who come from other teacher and will continue with us. They think they are intermediate or advanced. But they can not do correct basics and the leading is horrible. Also we are missing the body tension a dancer should have. <BR/>They tell us we are the only teachers who put so many focus on correct basics, body tension and leading. <BR/>We tell them if you have the correct basics, the girl knows to follow (body tension helps) and the man knwos to lead you can learn complex figures faster and better.<BR/>We have structured our classes - total beginners level 1(people who never have danced Salsa before), beginners level 2 and beginners level 3. <BR/>I do not know how it is in other places but the problems here in my area is that the most Salsa instructors are not educated teachers. They have taken a lot of advanced classes and after a while they think they can teach. <BR/>I am not only a Salsa instructor I taught many style of dances (hiphop, House, different styles of Latin, also I had to learn a lot about sport science) and when I think back how many education I had to do and how skill enhancement /further education I had to make. If I would not do it I would loose my teacher's license. <BR/>The not well educated teacher do not know how to teach total beginners. They do not understand what they think or how they feel being in their very first dancing class. I also have experience in mental training and can see / feel why some people are stressed. <BR/><BR/>And the other problem of many teacher is that they love to teach intermediate or advanced classes because they can show off!<BR/>But a good teacher knows it is harder to teach beginner than experienced dancer.<BR/>But I love to see growing process. If I see our students who started without knowing anything until now - dancing like hell with their own style. <BR/>We are happy!silviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09382993965333337565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-14888038283931234132007-05-08T10:27:00.000-07:002007-05-08T10:27:00.000-07:00Salomon is one of the instructors who makes beginners feel comfortable <B>and</B> helps them understand the value of working hard on the techniques.Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-13895573138434989562007-05-08T07:47:00.000-07:002007-05-08T07:47:00.000-07:00I like SALOMON RIVERAS for teaching enthusiasm and high technical correctnesscarriewww.carrielucas.comnoreply@blogger.com