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Learning to Dance through Kinesthetic Rapid Learning Techniques

 
by: Shawn Trautman

Learning to dance is a physical activity, but the kinesthetic aspects of a dance lesson experience with Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection start before you get on the dance floor and expand beyond the studio.

 Write It Down

 Kinesthetic learning is at the heart of dance instruction. This isn’t a huge surprise because kinesthetic learning provides the umbrella for all “hands-on,” activity-based educational experiences. What might surprise you as a learner is where and when the kinesthetic learning starts. Activate the kinesthetic portion of your brain and memory by engaging in the multi-sensory experience of taking notes as you read Picture Yourself Dancing, research ballroom dance, or watch a DVD. Not only will you be providing yourself with an additional written record or cue card to stimulate your visual learning, you will also be engaging the activity-hungry portion of your brain with the act of note-taking.

Exercises

Each of the dance lesson DVDs in Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection highlights exercises to assist you in developing particular muscular traits or dance habits. Note these exercises and incorporate them into your routine at home.

For example, in Chapter 2 of our book, Picture Yourself Dancing, an abbreviated series of stretching exer cises is outlined. These gentle exercises, if you are physically capable of performing them, are beneficial as you pursue your daily activities as well as learn to dance.

Drills

Throughout Picture Yourself Dancing and the dance lesson DVDs from Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection dance-specific drills are noted. Very simply put, practice the drills. Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection is specifically designed to be cumulative learning experiences. Success in the major cumulative dance concepts taught in Shawn Trautman’s Dance Collection is achieved through mastering the individual components of couples social dancing and the individual dances.

Dancing along with the DVDs

As stressed in the visual and auditory learning sections, use the dance instruction DVDs. Dance along with the instructors as they go through the curriculum. You can watch the DVD first to take notes and absorb, but it is imperative that at some point in your learning experience you get up, get moving, and start dancing along with the DVD. This will stimulate the activity-based portions of your brain, much like note-taking, but on a more systemic level, and it will give you a chance to practice making your body do what the instructor’s body is doing as he or she is doing it.

 
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  • "I was inspired to learn line dancing when I saw all my relatives doing it at my nephew's wedding reception. I wanted be up there with them. I got Shawn Trautman's Line Dancing 101 DVD and now I'm ready! He makes it so easy to learn. He takes you step by step, just at the right tempo. He shows the steps from different angles so you don't have to guess if you're doing it right. He took me easily from from one dance to another and I got a great workout. I'm 64 years old, and I only wish I had found Shawn Trautman earlier."
    -Isadora (CA) Line Dance 101

  • "What a GREAT DVD that simply teaches you the most popular line dances. Even my 11 year old son quickly learned the Party Line Dance steps and confidently used them at his 1st school dance. Thanks Shawn!!"
    -D. Daugherty (GA) Party Line Dances

  • "My favorite thing about Shawn Trautman's DVD's is the instruction provided individually for the leaders and the followers, so that each person learns what they should be doing."
    -M.C. (Florida)

  • "Great DVD. Shawn's DVD make learning to line dance easy and fun. His methods of instruction get an A+ from this teacher."
    -C.S. Boyd Essential Line Dances

  • "These dances are indeed complicated. But as he does in other DVDs, Shawn presents the steps in segments that can be easily learned and he encourages you to repeat them over and over to make sure you've mastered them.."
    -R. Jenkins (FL) Smokin' Line Dances

  • "Wow, we really liked this one! This one gives a number of specific dances to go through with a partner that are like line dances for couples. The Sweetheart Schottische and the Ten Step are fun to do and are the same dances they do here where we are. We found the instruction to be very easy to learn from and liked the speed of the teaching."
    -R. Sheldon (KY) Hot Country Dancing for Couples

  • "I have many swing dance DVD's at home but this one is by far the best. The instructor breaks down each step, arm position, and dance position into its most basic form allowing a person who has never danced before to master the basics. Each step is repeated many times so that there is no need to stop and replay each section. Split camera angles are used effectively to show the proper position of each partner. I highly recommend this DVD for anyone who has no prior experience in dance."
    -C. Blalock (OR) Swing Dancing for Beginners

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