All the Things You Learn From Dance, Aside from How to Dance
I was overwhelmed during my first rehearsal for the ballet Coppelia, but as they progressed through the month of February, I realized that despite my minimal ballet experience, I brought a lot to the table as a dancer. My skills and experience from dancing styles like ballroom, salsa, swing and even Zumba, proved to be extremely valuable as I learned and rehearsed a ballet routine.
In the corporate world, they would be called transferable skills. In this case, I guess they would be transferable dance skills. I guarantee you have some of these skills as well, even if you’ve only been dancing a short time. So read on to be reminded of how many skills you’ve amassed as a dancer!
Sometimes I forget that things that are second nature to me now are actually learned skills. The average person pulled off the street and into the dance studio won’t automatically understand the difference between marking choreography and dancing it, or be able to hear the beginning of a phrase in music to know when to take the first step. Basic body awareness and coordination aren’t basic to someone who has never danced before. We may not even think of these things as dance skills, but try dancing without them.
The group of ladies dancing the Mazurka for this production had a broad mix of dance skills. Some were…
