The best partnerwork workshop?

[Bozoz]

What have been the most inspiring, most constructive single lessons/workshops you've have attended?

I'm thinking about teaching and what would make the best lessons. I think the best way to really improve dancing is to follow a progressive course from a good teacher, and practicing those lessons in socials or by yourself. But some lessons from workshops have really upped my game as far as social dancing is concerned.

For some more famous examples; SuperMario usually mentions a few unwritten rules of partnering. Stuff like "hip connection arms up, shoulder connection arms down."
Talal usually focus their workshops on building connection and creating a pleasant, elegant dance.
Marie Cazorla (of AlegriaDC) often mentions the responsiblities of a good follow.
Rodolfo Navarrete usually focuses on one concept and lets it show up in the routine in a few different forms. Allowing the attendees to start mastering a concept.

Do you have any examples like this? What have been the best PW workshops you've attended been like?

 

[Chris_Yannick]

What do people need the most in your region?

I’d look into the local demographics and see what’s missing and what can be plugged.

From what I’ve seen, workshops that focus on Musicality/Song structure have been successful.

I avoid teachers that only teach choreographies (either partnerwork or shines). Unless they can tell me something unique about what makes their dancincg so special. A lot of people will just flock to the teacher they want to emulate, but quickly realize their dancing hasn’t improved at all since they were never given the tools to improve.

Giving your students the tools they need to improve is something extremely rare these days.

But if you have anything that distinguishes you from the other teachers, you should leverage that first. If you’re teaching on your own, don’t be afraid to get creative.