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Read the room
Your lesson plan is not the class.
- The people in front of you are the class.
- Watch their faces, breathing and energy.
- Notice when confusion becomes silence.
- Notice when repetition becomes boredom.
- Adjust the pace without abandoning the objective.
- A strong teacher teaches the room they have.
- Awareness is a teaching skill.
Your practice question
What signal tells you to change direction?
Go deeper
How to read the room as a dance teacher.
The people in front of you are the class. Watch their faces, their breathing, their energy. Notice when confusion becomes silence, and when repetition becomes boredom.
Then adjust the pace without abandoning the objective. A room that has gone quiet and stiff needs a change of energy far more than another correction.
A strong teacher teaches the room they have, not the room they planned for. Awareness is a teaching skill.
Reading a dance class in real time is a skill you can train.
