October

The first week of October.

It already snowed on Thursday here, Winnipeg.

I usually give  my students a class of the month, make them memorize it, keep the class for maybe 2 weeks (4 classes) and slowly develop the exercises more advanced after 2 weeks.

I also have goals of the month for each class.

In my Intermediate II class, we are focusing on coordination of arms and heads. But it's a real challenge for them and for me!!

Even though I want to focus on artistry I still can't ignore their basic techniques, which are turn-out, pointing toes, positions of the arms, etc...

To me, artistry and technique come together because you can't have artistry without correct techniques. But to them, those two things are completely different. When they think about arms and heads, they forget about the other things :(

Anyway, coordination is very important and I think they should have it before their Grade 5 exam. S I'm going to take time to teach it and see if they can get used to it.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!