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At the moment within ECTA there has started a process to develop an new teaching plan for Round Dancing. Some steps have already been voted on and are implemented and tested, others are in planning.

Teaching Concept

considerations

Problems with the system as it were:

• Beginner's classes are too long (1 year and longer)
• Cuers teach different things (different rhythms and figures)
• there is no common dance level for graduated dancers => this means disaapointment on dance events for the dancers, Problems (for cuers) concerning programming e.g. on Jamborees, Tanztreffs
• there is no beginner's level for dancer's freshly graduated, that can be danced by those dancers => this is frustrating to the freshly graduated dancer's, may drop out of the activity, they do not keep on until they are out of the woods
• Phase II as basis of a class s 1. too extensive and 2. too boring (only 2 rhythms: TS and WZ)
• old and partially unmodern Musik for many dances that are usually taught in class (orientation: Repertoire dances)
• there is not sufficient material for cuers and dancers for supporting class (dances, step descriptions and the like)

aims of the new teaching concept:

• a common curriculum for a class, so that one can proceed from a common basis for graduated dancers (this first teaching module - the beginner's class - it is called Teaching List A)
• it should be possible to finish a Class in about 20-25 evenings (about 1/2 year), therefore: the number of figures taught is reduced and fixed to about 25 per rhythm in 4 rhythms) )
• early experiences of success for the dancers

Structure of the concept

• 1. A common teaching module for a beginner's class has been defined. It is calles Teaching List A or Level A.
  • 4 Rhythms: TS, RB, CHA, WZ - the sequence of these rhyhtms in class can be varied, each rhythm is treated independently and can be taught as first rhythm. Of the Class.
  • The Teaching List A has been voted on an accepted at the Fall Round Up 2009 in Darmstadt
• 2. The Figures of the Teachinglist are put into a suggested teaching order and for this suggested teaching order there will be written dances that build up on each other.
  • the first dance will cover around 8-10 figures
  • each following dance includes the figures, that have been new last time (more practice) and at least twice the figures that are new in this dance.
  • for each position in the teaching order there can and should be written sisterdances - dances with the same function in class covering the same figures), so that there will be a diverse and hopefully modern variety of music availabale (that can be bought legally)
  • the dances for class should have no gimmicks and should be danceable to cues
  • At the momend headcues are sufficient for these dances (since they can be danced to cues)
• 3. There should also dances be written, that cover the whole of Teachinglist-A-Figures (and only these without extra gimmicks). Level A should be offered at dancing events as beginner's level.
• 4. additionally written material is to be produced: figure lists and step descriptions
• 5. Building on Modul List A there should follow other Modules of similar sizes (B, C) - until one has a well-educated dancers that can dance on normal Events (without getting frustrated) and is able to further educated themselves through Workshops.

Comments:

• Das Level A soll nicht die Phaseneinteilung von Roundalab ersetzen. Es handelt sich dabei lediglich um eine definierte Teilmenge aus Phase II und III, die zuerst unterrichtet werden soll. Nachdem man dann B und C (?) abgeschlossen hat, kann der Tänzer dann vielleicht Phase III in den wichtigsten Rhythmen. Das ganze dient lediglich zur diadaktischen Unterstrukturierung des Lernstoffs.
• Ziel ist nicht, weniger zu unterrichten, sondern den Stoff für Tänzer und Cuer handhabbarer zu machen (in kleineren Modulen) und den Tänzern frühere Erfolgserlebnisse zu ermöglichen indem diese Zwischenlevels auf Tanzveranstaltungen auch angeboten werden.

History of the Concept

(noch nicht vollständig, bitte ergänzen)

• Diskussion in Cham 2008 (Dokumentation) und 2009 (Folien vom Treffen
• Konzept von Michael Schmidt (2008) Deutsch Englisch
• Vorschlagslisten als Diskussionsgrundlage: Cha/Rumba, Walzer von Michael Schmidt, Twostep von Regina Kolshorn und Susanne Geiger
• 2. Entwurf der Liste (Stand April 2009) Lehrkonzept.xls.htm Entwurf
• Beschluss, das Konzept umzusetzen (wann? wo?)
• Vorstellung der Twostepliste und Diskussion des Konzepts (ECTA Convention 2009)
• Diskussion der Listen im ECTA-Forum (darin auch Beiträge des Cuertreffs Nord und Cuertreffs Rhein/Main)
• Abstimmung der konsolidierten Listen auf dem Fall Round Up in Darmstadt 2009

siehe dazu auch die entsprechende Seite von Michael Schmidt und die Dokumente dazu:

• http://www.rumsdance.de/Lehrkonzept.htm

Implementation

wie geht es weiter?

Umsetzung von Level A:

• Tänze müssen geschrieben und verbreitet werden (bitte macht alle mit)
• das Level soll in jetzigen Classes getestet werden
• Level A soll erstmalig auf dem RDF 2010 angeboten werden
• Begleitmaterial sollte erstellt werden: Schrittbeschreibungen für Tänzer und Leitfaden für Cuer
• in einem Jahr wird wenn nötig nachgebessert

Material

Level A

• Teachingliste Two Step
• Teachingliste Walzer
• Teachingliste Cha
• Teachingliste Rumba
• Teachingliste Terms (zusätzlich zu unterrichtende Begriffe)

Tänze

• Level A Walzer Tänze
• Level A Twostep Tänze