The Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a one or two day workshop, that can be taken for your area of interest. The classes typically run from 9am to 5pm, or 9am - 4pm for the two day workshops, which allows each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
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Training Turnout in Tiny Dancers
For Dance Teachers and Health Professionals
Many teachers struggle with hip pain and injuries in their adolescent dancers, but few realise how much of this stems from the training that children had in their early years. This course delves into the delicate art of training turnout in tiny dancers, through to adolescents. In conjunction with early childhood Master Teacher Beverly Spell, we explore safe ways to develop both range and control in young hips, preparing them for higher level work in the future, while having fun with creative play in the classroom. All good learning is laid down in layers; we explore what concepts need to be introduced at what ages and how to practice this in class.
This course is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate the right preparatory exercises into their tiny dancer classes to help them develop correctly and avoid injury in their hips.
Some students seem blessed with lots of range but lack the ability to control it, while others constantly struggle with the mobility of their hips. This makes training a group of students a constant challenge.
In this systematic and comprehensive approach to training turnout in young artists, Lisa and Beverly provide dance teachers with direct techniques to use in class to safely develop optimal range and control of motion in all dance students. This program begins by establishing strength and control in parallel, before adding on the control of rotation, which is hugely important in the long term health of dancers’ hips. Using elements of fun and creative play to bring scientific and detailed training programs into dance schools is a unique and effective way to help thousands of young students worldwide.
We believe that at younger ages, children should be playing and exploring the full movement of their bodies. Pushing them into ballet class at a young age and not letting them do anything else is a way to diminish all natural movement and lower their body awareness. Climbing trees and swimming, for example, are great ways for them to train the diagonal fascial lines that run through their body which will help them later in their careers once they start performing more dynamic movements.
This course is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate the right preparatory exercises into their tiny dancer classes to help them develop correctly and avoid injury in their hips.
During this course, we aim to train teachers to work with their tiny dancers by exploring:
- Visualisation and pretend play
- The physical development of young students
- The importance of crawling
- Anatomical variations and other factors that may affect physicality
- Safe stretches for young dancers
We then look at a 6 stage program designed for students aged 4-8 to gradually prepare them for the demands of dance training. This includes:
- Encouraging natural development of core stability
- Sustained balance on one leg
- Awareness of rotation from the hip
- Cross BODY patterning
- Introduction of more formed ballet
- Maintaining turnout through movement
New Online Video Training Coming in 2020!
Completing the 3 Day Level One Teacher Training is recommended prior to attending any of the more detailed intensive Teacher Training courses, but it is not essential. If you have yet to attend the Level One course you may sign up to our Level One Online Teacher Training Portal prior to the workshop going ahead. For further information about this, please contact us on workshops@theballetblog.com.
Two Day Teacher Training Intensives
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Select optionsCore & Flexibility Intensive, Munich, GERMANY, June, 2020
$330.00 – $550.00We are extremely disappointed to have to postpone the two day Dance Teacher & Health Professional Intensives in Munich, Germany.
Location: Ballettzentrum Unterhaching Pirouette
Address: Südstraße 8, 82008 Unterhaching, Munich, Germany -
Add to cartMORE INFOFlexibility Intensive, Morris, IL, USA 2020
$550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Forté Arts Center
Address: 1200 N Division, Morris, IL, 60450, USA
Flexibility Intensive: Tuesday 28th July & Wednesday 29th July 2020
Many dance teachers are concerned at the safety of their students who are working into the extreme positions require by some current choreography. They want to keep their students safe, yet do not want to hold their dancers back from suceeding in this ever competative world. While some young dancers struggle with their range constantly, others have excessive natural range, and will often perform “tricks” that make most adults squirm. How do you train this extreme mobility safely?
During this two day flexibility Intensive teacher training course you will learn answers to the following questions, and more:
- What may makes one person tighter than the other?
- Why can one dancer do the splits without stretching while others can’t, even when they try so hard?
- Why do students sometimes feel even less flexible when they are stretching?
- How do I help student get their leg higher in second when it just feels like it’s stuck in the socket?
- How do I deal with a class full of students with different levels of flexibility?
- How do I deal with students who suddenly lose flexibility when they go through a growth spurt?
- What is neural tension, and how can I work safely with students with tight nerves?
- In students who have amazing range, how do I ensure they stay safe?
- How do you work into deep back extensions without risk of stress fractures or spondylolisthesis?
Our Flexibility Intensive is designed for both teachers and therapists!
Completing the 3 Day Level One Teacher Training is recommended prior to attending any of the more detailed intensive Teacher Training courses, but it is not essential. If you have yet to attend the Level One course you may sign up to our Level One Online Teacher Training Portal prior to the workshop going ahead. For further information about this, please contact us on workshops@theballetblog.com.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Select optionsFoot Injuries in Dancers & Pointe Intensive – Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA 2020
$550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE.
Location: The Dance Conservatory
Address: 2050 East Main Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567Foot Injuries in Dancers – Thursday 6th & Friday 7th August- 9:00am – 5:00pm
Pointe Intensive – Sunday 9th & Monday 10th August- 9:00am – 5:00pm
* Please note that each course is $550.00Our intensives are specifically designed for both dance teachers & health professionals. Each workshop is delivered as a detailed two day intensive, that can be taken in your area of interest allowing you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. These intensives allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
Completing the 3 Day Level One Teacher Training is recommended prior to attending any of the more detailed intensive Teacher Training courses, but it is not essential. If you have yet to attend the Level One course you may sign up to our Level One Online Teacher Training Portal prior to the workshop going ahead. For further information about this, please contact us on workshops@theballetblog.com.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Select optionsPointe & Flexibility Intensive, Brisbane, AU, September, 2020
$450.00 AUDLocation: Bayside Dance
Address: 2/264 Tingal Road, Wynnum, Brisbane, QLD, 4178Pointe Intensive – Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th September 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September 2020
Our intensives are specifically designed for both dance teachers & health professionals. Each workshop is delivered as a detailed two day intensive, that can be taken in your area of interest allowing you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. These intensives allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
Completing the 3 Day Level One Teacher Training is recommended prior to attending any of the more detailed intensive Teacher Training courses, but it is not essential. If you have yet to attend the Level One course you may sign up to our Level One Online Teacher Training Portal prior to the workshop going ahead. For further information about this, please contact us on workshops@theballetblog.com.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Add to cartMORE INFOPointe Intensive, Sydney, AU, August, 2020
$450.00 AUDLocation: En Pointe Dance Academy
Address: 9a Resolution Drive, Caringbah, NSW,2229Saturday 29th August, 2020 9am to 4pm
Sunday 30th August, 2020 9am to 4pmProgressing onto pointe is one of the biggest rites of passage a young dancer faces, it is often very exciting. However, it is also very challenging, and the excitement of that shiny new pair of shoes is often quickly soured with the onset of pain and blisters. But it does not have to be this way! Given a slow and carful preparation, along with a detailed assessment of the dancer before pointe work is introduced, it can be one of the most amazing times, and open up a whole new world of possibilities in dance.
During this two day Pointe Intensive you will learn:
- Details of the correct training and preparation for pointe work
- How to complete a thorough pre-pointe assessment
- Mobilisation techniques to safely improve pointe range
- Corrective exercises to achieve optimal alignment before commencing pointe work
- How to choose the right pointe shoe based on the biomechanics of the foot
- How to tailor the pointe shoe for a perfect fit
- Good foundation pointe exercises that will give the student excellent basic pointe technique
- How to prevent injuries on pointe
- Answers to all of the common questions asked about starting en pointe
Our Pointe Intensive is designed for both teachers and therapists!
Completing the 3 Day Level One Teacher Training is recommended prior to attending any of the more detailed intensive Teacher Training courses, but it is not essential. If you have yet to attend the Level One course you may sign up to our Level One Online Teacher Training Portal prior to the workshop going ahead. For further information about this, please contact us on workshops@theballetblog.com.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Add to cartMORE INFOTraining Turnout in Tiny Dancers- Professional development course for dance teachers- Florida, USA, August 2020
$330.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Ballet East
Address: 2365 Vista Parkway #7, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 33411Thursday 20th August: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Many teachers struggle with hip pain and injuries in their adolescent dancers, but few realise how much of this stems from the training that children had in their early years. This course delves into the delicate art of training turnout in tiny dancers, through to adolescents. In conjunction with early childhood Master Teacher Beverly Spell, we explore safe ways to develop both range and control in young hips, preparing them for higher level work in the future, while having fun with creative play in the classroom. All good learning is laid down in layers; we explore what concepts need to be introduced at what ages and how to practice this in class. This course is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate the right preparatory exercises into their tiny dancer classes to help them develop correctly and avoid injury in their hips.
Our Training Turnout for Tiny Dancers is designed specifically for dance teachers!
Please note that this course is a stand alone course and does not require you to take the Level One workshop prior to attending. However, we highly recommend you familiarise yourself with Lisa’s approach prior to attending to the workshop.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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