You've lost me here.
"The teacher knows a considerable number of moves which look good enough to keep people coming back to learn more. They can demonstrate them so that they are always the facing the correct way for maximum effect. They are aware of the style elements that can be added. They have experience of people watching them intently while they do the moves. They have experience of it going wrong."
Aren't they doing this every week when they teach?
Various teachers going "you can style this out this way"
Fair enough. Are these things not taught to them as part of their teacher training / a requirement to being teachers in the first place?
Nah, can you imagine people's reaction to entering an Intermediate Comp with all them in it?
Yup, I'm thinking of people who if I named them, most people on the Forum would go "who?"
Maybe I'm missing something
My point is not that all teachers are all magically somehow at Advanced level for doing Comps. My point is that if a teacher is interested in doing comps and puts in the same amount of practice as non-teacher who's is genuinely just an intermediate
dancer, I'd be surprised if they were at the same level. Sure you'll have a few exceptions to the rule, but by and large, surely the teacher's got an advantage all else being equal?
Bookmarks