Class Observation - Bodywork Company

Class: Ballet	Bodywork Dance- family run business
What teaching strategies does the teacher use? Example: imagery/demonstration...	·        Imagery- the teacher focuses on phrases like ‘up like a rocket and down like a parachute’ when completing grand battement ·        Demonstration- the teacher marks through all the exercises with the students ·        Repetition- the teacher encouraged repetition of enchainments so the class could improve on their previous attempts
How do they cater for all abilities?	·        The class was already levelled. ·        It was depending on what year of Vocational college the student was in
Time management strategies	·        The lessons are 1 hour and a half long ·        Warm up/barre work/pors de bras/centre work/corner work/jumps/cool down ·        I t was roughly 45 mins to warm up and finish barre work – 45mins to complete the rest of the class
Any other comments	·        The students were all seriously partaking in dancing as they were at vocational college ·        I still found that upon observing primary school children, children that partake in dance as a hobby and students that want to make it a career all three had a succinct enjoyment from expressing themselves through physicality.