10 Tips to Make the Most of Your Dance Rehearsal

 

 


 

TIPS 

 

1. Determine Your Goals

Keep objectives in check.

2. Communicate the Plan

Communicate rehearsal goals

3. Start on Time

f you respect your dancers’ time, they will respect yours.

4. Practice Purposeful Repetition

Purposeful repetition builds neural pathways, allowing the technique to become more autonomous. When we know an exercise by heart, dancers have the opportunity to focus on technique without thinking too much about the steps or the sequence.

5. Use Purposeful Multitasking

Ccombine closely related movements into a single exercise. 

6. Divide and Conquer

Split a hefty agenda item into sub-parts. Help of another dancer to pre-teach him/her the choreography before rehearsal.

7. Prioritize

Concentrate on cleaning. Focus on “getting the choreography out” and then create some opportunities and tools, such as videos, to help the dancers digest the material.

8. Acknowledge, Apologize, Abort

Avoid complete derailment by having a heart to heart with the group.

9. Document and Review Corrections

Retain and recall notes and corrections delivered in rehearsal. Write down the key changes and adjustments during practice. At the next rehearsal, test for retention prior to running the piece by asking the dancers what changes they remember and then fill in the gaps.

10. End on a High Note

End rehearsal  by letting dancers dance their hearts out.

 

Question 1

Why are these tips important for the rehearsal process? 

 

Question 2

Which of these tips do you think is essential in making the rehearsal as productive as possible? Explain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: https://www.danceadvantage.net/rehearsal-management-tips/

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