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locus_ofcontrol ([personal profile] locus_ofcontro) wrote2004-10-21 08:30 pm

I love teaching

I so love teaching. I love bringing to people the joy I get in this dance.
I love sharing their smiles, grimaces and laughter as they realize that - yes they CAN - draw a circle
with that body part. I love teaching.

I love finding the one student who's head is stuck in her hips and the student who doesn't know where her hips are. I love watching their eyes light up, their smiles grow and their stresses and tensions fade.

I love teaching this dance.

[identity profile] la-cortigiana.livejournal.com 2004-10-22 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I hear you. It was like that for me when I was teaching lap-dancing,
[I stole some of the moves I taught from Valizan *chuckle*)

The difference was that while I wasn't teaching an actual dance discipline I was teaching dance techniques that could be transfered to other dances. Nothing pleases me more when I meet up with former students of mine who have gone on to do other dances (belly dance, swing, ballroom, latin, african) who tell me that my workshops gave them the confidence they needed to go out and try new things.

BTW, I'm considering taking belly dance (at last).