HEARTBEAT STUDIOS’ PEDAGOGY
PROGRAM
Pedagogy involves going
above and beyond simple dance instruction. It
is a committed relationship between students of dance and teachers
of greater experience, expertise and wisdom, who will counsel,
teach, and guide their development both personally and professionally. In
addition, Heartbeat’s Pedagogy Program aims to educate the
students about the many faceted careers in dance and to help prepare
them with skills needed for a successful college career.
Goals for this program
have been built around deliberate pedagogy structures and exercise
creative freedoms for the student. The
program is designed to develop problem-solving skills and build
personal confidence while developing their artistry toward a career
in dance. Goals include: understanding of pedagogy and dance
theory in both written essays and quarterly questionnaires, participation
in group discussion, application of critiques from student, development
of teaching style, displaying a desire to learn more and applying
what they have learned toward their own performance of dance.
PEDAGOGY PROGRAM LEVEL DESCRIPTION
Students will be assigned to their classes and levels by Artistic
Director Kristin Freya.
Level 1: Beginning
1) Assist in structured warm-up (barre or floor depending on style
of dance)
2) Demonstrate and assist in student correction during across
the floor patterns
3) Demonstrate with teacher choreography for the class piece(s)
4) Attend follow-up quarterly discussion group to address problem
solving and class evaluation to gain a larger perspective of responsibility
as an assistant and understanding of dance as an art form.
5) Attend bi-monthly student group discussions of dance history,
theory and dance instruction
6) Attend dance performances of both local and national dance
companies with follow-up group discussion, or essay, to gain a
larger perspective and growth of dance as an art form.
Level 2: Intermediate
1) Create and demonstrate a structured warm-up (barre or floor
depending on style of dance)
2) Create across the floor patterns to integrate technique with
your artistic voice
3) Create choreography
for part of the final dance concert piece, keeping within the
theme and style of the instructor’s class
mission
4) Solo class instruction for child or youth level classes bi-monthly,
with supervision
5) Attend dance performances of both local and national dance
companies, with follow-up group discussion, or essay, to gain a
larger perspective and growth of dance as an art form.
6) Attend bi-monthly student group discussions of dance history,
theory and dance instruction.
Level 3: Advanced
1) Solo teach child or youth level classes with minimal class
supervision by creating a class plan for one year of structured
warm-up (barre or floor depending on style of dance), across the
floor patterns to integrate technique with your artistic voice,
and choreography for the class piece in the final dance concert
keeping with the class mission the student created for the year
2) Assisting class instruction for high level classes
3) Attend dance performances of both local and national dance
companies, with follow-up group discussion, or essay, to gain a
larger perspective and growth of dance as an art form.
4) Attend bi-monthly student group discussions of dance history,
theory and dance instruction.
5) Receive a Certificate
of Completion and a Letter of Recommendation for college entrance
applications from Heartbeat Studios’ Directors
Kristin Freya and Deborah Lysholm.
Level 4: Graduate
1) Solo teach child or youth level classes without supervision
(with pay) by creating a class plan
for one year of structured warm-up (barre or floor depending on
style of dance), across the floor patterns to integrate technique
with your artistic voice, and choreography for the class piece
in the final dance concert keeping with the class mission the student
created for the year
2) Assisting class instruction for Advanced level classes
3) Attend dance performances of both local and national dance
companies, with follow-up group discussion, or essay, to gain a
larger perspective and growth of dance as an art form.
4) Attend bi-monthly student group discussions of dance history,
theory and dance instruction.
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