- FULL NAME: Susanne Bentley
- EMAIL ADRESS    : susanne@susannebentley.com
- PHONE NUMBER: +32498841607
- KEY TEACHER (no)
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- TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY: Your Own Best Teacher - coaching-based strategies for teaching & learning dance, to create ultimate learning environments.
A short, interactive presentation based on the Impulstanz workshop (22-26 July): sharing snapshots of content & concepts.
- DETAILED CONTENT DESCRIPTION (300 words or more):



In dance we are generally thought, and taught, to ‘train’ ourselves and others: learning and passing on information to perform our specialised activity. But what if we worked to ‘educate’ ourselves or our students as well, in the Latin sense of the word educere: to build the person, to draw out their latent potential? Create thinking, sensing, inspired and empowered dancers? What if we could also empower and uplift ourselves with this process?
Coaches exist in sport, in business, in life (life-coaching). They are skilled in guiding, a caring collaborator who sees what you cannot necessarily see. They empower you towards progress. They ask the right questions and give you tools to help yourself, instead of giving answers. They start from the basic standpoint that you are your own best teacher.
The workshop (22 - 26th July @ Impulstanz) looks at practical ways of combining training and coaching, to help us evoke excellence in our students, and ourselves. We will cover topics such as: motivational tools, goal setting, methods for creating enquiring minds, keeping material fresh, dealing with students’ blocks, promoting experiential learning, play and exploration and parter/teamwork. This short, interactive presentation will share snapshots of some of the material covered.
Your own best teacher is designed for dance teachers of any genre or level, for dancers interested in pedagogy, and for those who wish to push their own boundaries further by coaching themselves.
- SUMMARY OF CONTENT DESCRIPTION (about 60 words; for publishing)                    
A short, interactive presentation based on the Impulstanz workshop (22-26 July): sharing snapshots of content & concepts.
In dance we are generally thought, and taught, to ‘train’ ourselves and others: exchanging information to perform our specialised activity. What if we also worked to ‘educate’ in the Latin sense of the word ‘educere’: to draw out their potential, to create thinking, inspired and empowered dancers?
                                                        
- SHORT BIOGRAPHY (for publishing)
Susanne Bentley (BE/NZ) is a contemporary dancer, improvisor, teacher, coach & choreographer, working with others or on her own projects in New Zealand & Europe since 1996. She has performed with companies such as: Superamas, Les Ballets C de la B, Maria Clara Villa Lobos, Bal Moderne. Since 1994 she has created her own works with movement, sound & text - choreographed or improvised. From 2002 - 2009 she worked with electronic musician Peter Van Hoesen as 'Bent Object'. She is a founding member of the improvisation group SoloConversations Dance Collective since 2007. Susanne teaches contemporary dance & performance improvisation for companies, universities & studios such as: Ultima Vez (Brussels), Impulstanz (Vienna), Marameo (Berlin), University of Waikato (NZ). She is also a qualified life coach with Consciousness Coaching, and offers artistic mentoring.
http://susannebentley.com/

- AIMED AT WHO (AND HOW MANY PEOPLE MIN /MAX?)
- dance teachers of any genre or level, dancers interested in pedagogy, anyone who wishes to push their own boundaries further by coaching themselves.
However many people are interested! :) There's no limit!!!
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-  TIME REQUEST          20 - 30mins                                                                                                                                                       
- TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS (audio, beamer etc):  flip chart,  pens                                                                                                                                                                          
- SPACE NECESSITY (studio size etc): dependent on size of public. Space for audience to move a bit - at least one (moving) audience interactive moment in the presentation.