Kris Blindert and Ali Taghavi Dancing To Naomi and Her Handsome Devils

Boost Workshop, September 2024

Teaser of free teacher training program for dancers

9 of 9 - Finding the balance between dancing freely and teaching clearly

8 of 9 - The cycle of teaching and how to improve as dance teachers

7 of 9 - depths of goals, time allocation, and feedback - how to plan your dance classes

6 of 9 - First mindset, then ability - how to prioritise your material

5 of 9 - A five-step process to create effective teaching models for your dance classes

4 of 9 - In teaching dance, when should you use examples, and when should you use models?

3 of 9 - What content should make it into our dance classes?

2 of 9 - Distinguish between what the dance is, our intuition of it, and how we teach it

1 of 9 - Introduction: a teaching framework that honours the full complexity of a dance

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Beginner Lindy Hop Workshop in Heidelberg on March 11th 2023

Beginner Lindy Hop Workshop in Heidelberg on Feb 19th 2023

Teachers' struggles

How to make sure your students' needs are met

Learn Swing Dance! Lindy Hop for Beginners: Triple Step Rhythm (Class 1 of 6)

Building a repertoire of easy instructions & getting the optimal teaching tempo in class

How to deconstruct figures seen just briefly

How to guide students to focus on the most relevant details

Impostor syndrome as a dance teacher

How to get your students into social dancing

How to prepare content for workshops vs. regular weekly classes

Stand Out By Being Yourself || with Benedikt Jockenhöfer

High quality audio sync for live online dance classes (Part 2)

Light Weight Audio Sync || with Lucy Flournoy

Using Your Own Personas as a Dance Teacher || with Lucy Flournoy

Creating A Good Atmosphere in Online Dance Classes || with Lucy Flournoy

New way how to perfectly sync audio video and microphone in Zoom for free. (PC)

Scaffolding in Online Dance Classes || with Greg Dyke

Blended Learning in Online Dance Classes || with Amy Lu

High quality audio sync for live online dance classes (Part 1)

New way to perfectly synchronise audio and video in Zoom for dancers and musicians for free. (Mac)

How to pick the right cable for best sound quality: a guide for studios and online streaming set-ups

How to synchronise voice, music and video for live Zoom dance classes - an overview

Fancy Exit from Switches in Partnered Lindy Hop

Lindy Hop: Transition from open to closed and how to make a nice swivel

Left side Sailor Step in Partnered Charleston

Cool circle break in swing dancing with fun solo exercise

Skip-Ups in Partnered Charleston

Fancy Partnered Charleston Transition from Offset Airplane into Sailor Steps

Beginner Solo Jazz - Box Steps with rhythm and slide variations

Partnered Charleston Sendout

How to internalise the beat for Solo Jazz and Lindy Hop improvisation using a drum loop

Classic Lindy Hop Double Tuck Turn, done Frankie style

Followers Swivel preparation in Lindy Hop

Learn Swing Dance! Lindy Hop for Beginners: Charleston Rhythm (Class 1 of 6)

QCharleston Heidelberg - SwingStep

QCharleston Berlin - SwingStep

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Fernanda Sumano. Hoops!

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Sep & The Audience Improvisation

Kris and Ali Lindy hop social dancing to It's Only a Paper Moon

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Bára - "Maria Ninguém"

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Bara & Cat - "Ball of Fire"

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Show Track performance

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Romance Comes In Pairs (silent movie)

Cirque du Solo 2019 - Teachers' Introduction