EP 60: How To Make Online Content Work For You

In this episode of It’s All Relative, Cara breaks down how dance teachers can evaluate the endless online dance training content available on Instagram and YouTube. She explains how to determine whether an exercise is appropriate for your dancers, whether it actually leads toward the promised technique, and whether it fits into your class without sacrificing valuable training time.Cara talked about:Why training designed only for advanced dancers may not translate to your studentsHow complicated props and long setup times can take away from valuable class timeWhy the exercise needs to match the actual movement pattern and final technique goalHow to make sure every dancer can gain something from an exerciseWhy exercises should have a clear path into and out of the technique being taughtThe importance of building fundamentals before flash and layering advanced technique progressively3 Red Flags to Watch for in Online Dance Training:1. Only advanced dancers are being trained. Ask whether the teacher or company actually understands how to take dancers from their current level to the advanced level being demonstrated.2. The exercise takes too long to set up. Consider how much class time is spent explaining and arranging props, and watch the dancers in the background to see whether they actually understand the exercise.3. The drill doesn't match the skill. The exercise should train the correct muscle groups and the movement pattern required for the final technique.—Connect with us! 🎧Relative Motion: https://www.instagram.com/relativemotiondance/Youtube Relative Motion: https://www.youtube.com/@relative_motion