SEEING THINGS FROM THE CHILD/LEARNERS PERSPECTIVE Davis made me think today as to whether Dance is always perceived as a useful tool in the therapy of others particularly the older generation or if in fact they reject the idea. One piece of music can be evocative and give pleasure or pain depending on the memories attached to it. That all individuals will draw what they will from the dance class despite our best intentions, it will come down to who they are and what interests them and our job to provide enough interest to engage all learners. I was keen to see how much we relied on syllabus in our early careers and at what point we had the confidence and courage to branch out with our own ideas to motivate learners. So convention and spontaneity. Also where the spontaneity came from and how much of it is deep rooted into who we are, our subconscious. Our environment, childhoods......? We also discussed the relevance of 'tradition' and Davis pointed out the many tradit
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