Hi all,

I have been working for a while on a new workshop called "Your Personal Development Plan" which helps dancers assess their level, their skills and weaknesses, their budget and available time, allowing them to set short, medium and longer term aims and objectives linked to their dancing.
I ran it as part of our Day of Dance in the summer and received very encouraging feedback, so much so that the students have asked me to repeat it this January as so many of us like to set New Years resolutions.
Often students get to a point where they want to know everything now, or they are getting bombarded with workshops and don't know what to take or are just confused about why its all suddenly become much harder. I have found that they need a few ideas on how to focus, if not for their sanity then for their bank balance ! I have taken some of the work I've done over the last few years for features in Taqasim magazine and tried to help each and everyone see how these ideas can help individual focus.
Some of my students then split into peer support groups reporting back regularly to class on their progress, which has not only improved their dancing but also helped build a better dance community.

Previously I have struggled to teach workshops outside the area as I have had a regular teaching job for 50 weeks of the year each and every Saturday - this year I have organised to only teach 30 - giving me not only more time home, but also more chance to travel and teach more workshops !, something I'm keen to set as one of my main aims for 2009 !!

Please let me know if you are interested in this or any of my other workshops, which are listed on my web site. - lots of love, Sara
www.letsbellydance.co.uk