Thursday 23rd April, 2020
Hey bedancers,
Hope you are all well and enjoying home schooling and the sunshine? I’m certainly enjoying the latter however not as keen on teaching any other subject than dance and my two students mostly tell me that they don’t want to do anything.
Fortunately our bedancers don’t answer back quite so much and it has been so great seeing how quickly you have all adapted to the online classes and we are all extremely proud of you for doing so. It has also been really interesting to see how the different age groups are responding online.
Level one start the class full of energy and enthusiasm but we can sometimes see them getting tired quickly- it’s so much harder doing a 45 minute class at home! In our normal classes we do things in pairs or a line at a time which means that there are little rests in between dancing, however on zoom it is go, go, go! We totally understand how they feel and have found that a few games like ‘find and seek’ and a break for water definitely help!
Our teens classes always seem really happy to see each other and enjoy the challenge and workout. For us teachers, we find the engagement with our students to be a real high point in our week, to get that sense of ‘normality’ and also to dance away the stresses and anxiety that we are all feeling right now- no doubt our teens feel the same.
Level threes are our focused students and they mean business! Whilst lots of the classes have a quick chat before we start, the Level 3’s are primed and ready, with their mics already muted. They all work really hard, listening and responding to our direction whilst we use this time to get back to basics and work on that technique that sometimes gets overlooked in class.
The level two classes are brilliant fun and really make us laugh. They obviously miss the interaction with their friends and they are constantly saying “hi” to each other! They are far more tech savvy than us and are able to send each other little messages to say “this is really hard” and “did you get that right?” all at the same time as dancing. Now we know what they are talking about when they have those little chats in class!
Whilst these classes are not the same as seeing you all in person, we are so pleased that so many of you have joined in online and if you haven’t already done so, please come and give it a try. We realise that it’s not the same and it may feel weird and we totally get it- we felt that too but we can guarantee that you will feel 100 times better after joining in and we can hopefully make you smile.
Likewise, you sending us your TikTok videos, pictures of you dancing at home and sending us things like the blogs and posters that we have asked you to get involved in really brighten up our day and our Insta feed!
We also have our day of dance to look forward to next Saturday. So far we have raised an incredible £650 for NHS CHARITIES TOGETHER and we would love to raise more money to say thank you. By staying home and dancing, you are keeping safe and helping to protect the NHS.
Keep up the good work team!
Becca x
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