A Predictive Menu of Satisfaction Levels
Students are typically too polite to admit when they are bothered by something in class, but faces and body language are easy to read.
Dance lessons can be like vegetables. The ones that have the potential to do us the most good aren't always the ones that we enjoy the most.
Uncomfortable interpersonal interactions also occur from time to time. The teacher should be ready to interrupt these situations and divert attention back to the core material when necessary.
Here is a summary of student reactions to techniques and situations encountered in tango classes.
Here is a summary of student reactions to techniques and situations encountered in tango classes.
Love
- complex step sequences
- exciting techniques
- the moment where a technique "clicks" for the first time
- being promoted to the next class level
Enjoy
- new material
- techniques that they want to understand better
- dancing to inspiring music in class
- candid discussions of milonga etiquette and experiences
- laughter
- an explanation of a problem that they encountered when practicing or dancing outside of class
- dancing with a well-matched partner
Tolerate
- exercises to improve fundamental technique
- exercises to improve floor craft/navigation skills
- repeating material that they think that they understand well enough (but don't)
Barely tolerate
- exercises to improve musical awareness, comprehension, and interpretation
- gender imbalance
- criticism from or arguments with fellow students (yes, married couples, we hear you fighting in the back of the room)
- dancing with a struggling classmate
- feeling that they aren't receiving enough individual attention
Despise
- mixed-level classes (e.g. Beginners and Intermediate students in the same room)
- inappropriate or creepy behavior from fellow students
- feeling uncomfortable in the embrace (physically or emotionally)
- reckless floor hogs
Have fun making all of THAT work in real time! ;-)
¡Buena suerte, amigos, y muchas gracias!
Daniel
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