Stacy Rose, Dance Instructor
  • Home
  • About
  • Thoughts about dancing
  • Photos ~ Videos
  • Contra and Family dance
  • Class archives
  • The Witches' Dance
  • Folk dancing in Oregon
  • Other Links

Stockton Teachers

7/26/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
The caliber of teaching at Stockton is incredible. The Serbian teacher is Bata Marčetić. Watching his feet is mesmerizing! He is like an artist who uses his feet to make brush strokes. So precise and light! Each of the teachers is remarkable. They teach a 55-minute class twice daily. They each participate in an end-of-the-day review. Each teacher takes a turn presenting an hour-long cultural assembly - there is a different one each day. They participate in the after party. Each class is physically demanding to me -- all of the dances are mentally demanding, as well. 

One thing that I noticed in both Bata's class and Jitka (pronounced Yit-ka) Bonušová’s class is that each of these teachers interjects discussion about style just as prominently as they do explaining footwork. Style is not an after thought - it is just as integral to the dance as the steps.  

Jitka is the teacher from the Czech Republic - her partner injured himself a few weeks ago, but she came alone and is doing a fabulous job teaching couple dances. It is her third trip to the United States teaching dances of her country. Over dinner one evening, she told me that she also teaches contra dancing at home. She said it is very popular. (So is country line dancing, but she doesn't like that style of dancing.) In a session of "Dances of all Ages", Jitka shared some beginning level dances that she teaches to children. They were so cute. Jitka is anxious that her English is not fluent, but when she is teaching there is NO misunderstanding about what it is she is instructing us to do. I've learned about having a strong presence from watching her teach. 


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Dancing give me SO many things to think about...

    Archives

    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    December 2016
    October 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    August 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Class Preparation
    Contra
    Dancers
    Family Dance
    Food
    Health
    Music
    New Experiences
    Special Occasions
    Teaching

    RSS Feed