Royal Ballet School Melbourne seminars
The Royal Ballet School in London is collaborating with the Australian Ballet School to hold a five-day intensive teacher training program in Melbourne.
Called Inspire, the intensive will bring the Royal Ballet School's renowned dance teacher training to Australia. It is aimed at both vocational and recreational teachers, and will be hosted at the Australian Ballet School (ABS) from September 29 to October 3. The program will allow teachers to explore new ideas, techniques and skills for teaching classical ballet.
The bespoke program for Australian teachers will comprise four days of seminars, plus another day that includes a roundtable discussion with expert dance educators and a health and wellbeing workshop led by Megan Connelly (ABS Artistic Director); Lynette Wills (Head of Teaching and Learning); Teagan Lowe (Health and Wellbeing manager); and Artistic Teacher Andrew Murphy.
The Intensive will be a mixture of theoretical and practical learning. For the practical classes, teachers can participate physically at the level they are comfortable with and with consideration for any medical or other conditions.
The roundtable discussion will cover appropriate communication in and out of the dance studio, exploring topics such as effective feedback, the use of language in the studio and the impact of the dance teacher on students.
The Inspire seminars will be delivered by the RBS dance training and education specialists, Mark Annear (Director of Training and Access) and Karen Berry (Senior Teacher Training Manager). They will cover the foundations of classical ballet, barre work, centre work, allegro, pointe work and good teaching practice. Dance teachers of all experience levels can book individual days or the full five day course.
Bookings open on July 29.