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TEACHER GUIDELINES Karras: The teacher has to make a stronger contact with the people. The person who comes to take a class likes to make some connection with the instructor. These contacts are very important to the student as he feels the instructor is taking a personal interest in him. After-class contact with your pupils is a means of guiding them into other functions. Guide people to various activities until they find what they want to do. People will often come in for one activity and stay to join in another if encouraged. Try to promote an interest in folk dancing among new people. If some ot the advanced pupils feel neglected and go elsewhere -- let them -- and concentrate on the beginners, which increases the number of interested people. Oakes: Has advanced class first, then beginning class. This arrangement takes care of those who want to learn advanced dances and, because they are more actively interested and more stable, they come in on time. The beginner or amateur tends to come late, so they wind up in the advanced class if it is held second. If the advanced class is scheduled first, some beginners will show up early and wait for their class, which gives them insight into what they can advance to, and stimulates interest in continuing classes. Avoid to much regimentation. Discipline is good in classes, but once the dance becomes to rigid it loses its earth quality.
The Intersection Folk Arts Center Staff Meeting April 18, 1970
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