Teacher Training
Course
2 years intensive program (Januari 2009-december 2010)
‘Teaching is
Touching and Empowering a Life Forever’
Kaouthar’s
vision of teaching belly dance
Kaouthar’s TTC
(Teacher Training Course) is a two-year training especially designed
for oriental dance teachers and dancers who wish a thorough training
and a solid concept from A to Z. This course is aimed for those
who want to become 100% professional in their dancing and teaching. You will
work on improving/polishing your own dance technique, as well as your
teaching skills.
This course includes
also group classes and intensive private
coaching and more than hundred pages of
written material (theory, technique, background information, etc.) This
course certifies and fully qualifies dance intructors to teach
professionally Oriental belly dance. A diploma will be awarded to
students who sucessfully complete the training.
This two years
program start in January 2009 until december 2010. The first year (jan. 2009 t/m
dec. 2009) we will cover all oriental belly dance issues (theorie,
technique, practice) for teaching Beginners-Intermediate levels. These are crucial levels because this is
where the responsability of the teacher is the biggest. This group is
also essential for the survey of your teaching because the students at
this level are your future Intermediate-Advanced level. And this level will be covered in the second
year (jan. 2010-dec 2010).
This course
certifies and fully qualifies dance intructors to teach professionally
Oriental belly dance.
I. Content of the
Course:
The subjects are as
follows (in both years):
-Oriental and
general dance techniques
-Music and Rhythms
(identifying and counting the music)
-Various styles
(Raqs Sharqi, folklore, baladi, American and Turkish style, Fusion,
Tribal)
-Arab Diva styles:
Samia Gamal, Tahiya Karioka, Naima Akef, Fifi Abdo, Nadia Gamal, Sohir
Zaki, Nagoua Fouad, Mona Said...
-Various props
(different veils, assaya, melaya, finger cymblas, Jar dances...)
-History of the
dance (from 3000 b.c. to nowadays)
-Children classes
-Pregnant Women
-Balance
choreography and Improvisation
-Designing solo and
group choreographies
-Stage performance
-Show production
-Didactic (Pedagogy,
class structure, structuring different levels, Routines sequences,
visual/oral methods)
-Dance communication
and feed-back
-Natural
Leadership-Authority, healthy boundaries
-Medical aspects
(safety, how to prevent injuries, pelvis fysiotherapy)
-Psychological
aspects (Empowerment, Mentoring, Emotional intelligence, Networking)
-Ethics
-Financial setting
(courses structure, payment, taxes)
-Pleasure, fun and
enjoyment (for yourself as teacher and also for your students)
-Self-Care en Self
Energizing (for yourself as teacher)
... and much, much
more!
II. Structure of the
Course:
The course is
a combination of group classes (once a month), private classes
(personal coaching twice a month) and personal assistance (once or
twice a month) for each student. Personal coaching is composed by two
sessions: a visual analysis (by camera and email), followed by a live
coaching. Personal assistance (once à twice a month) will take
place during Kaouthar’s regular classes and workshops.
1. Theory+Technique+Practice (100
hours)
We will address once
a month (sunday) different issues, themes, styles, etc... covering the
theory, the technique and the practice of the dance. In the practice
part (the teaching of the theorie+technique) we will have ‘live class simulations’
where students will perform teaching classes and receive feed-back
about their dancing and teaching skills.
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2.Private classes of Individual coaching (50 hours)
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3.
a) Camera
Coaching: Once a month, after each group
class, each participant will be given a private home work: student films
herself during a dance performance
and a dance class. Example: if the
theme was about Baladi style, the student has to film herself a)
performing a baladi dance, b) teaching a baladi class (even without
students). She records it on a computer CD or DVD and send it to
Kaouthar by post for evaluation. You will receive a detailed response
and evaluation by email. Home work’s analysis and evaluation will be
reassessed in the following ‘Live Coaching’.
Fulfilling Home work
tasks is essential because they represent 50% of the final examination
in june and december.
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b)b) Live coaching: Once a month (saturday afternoon) Kaouthar will meet you in person for a private session to provide you with personal guidance, feed-back, support and help you work on personal needs and issues.
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c)
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2.3. Personal Assistance: ‘Teaching in Action’ (50 hours)
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3.Each month (Saturday or wednesday) Kaouthar offers her belly dance school’s infrasturcure to each student for a ‘Teaching in Action’ experience. The student is Kaouthar’s Personal Assistant during classes and workshops. The focus here is to observe the practice of teaching and take notes (an important part of the learning how to teach is observing), and assisting Kaouthar personally in running classes and workshops (organisation, teaching etc.) By being Kaouthar’s PA (Personal Assistant) you will experience ‘Teaching in Action’ and learn practical valuable information that you will use during your ‘live class simulations’ and ‘Camera coaching classes’.
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4.
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e)4. Examination and diplomas: 2 exams per year (in juni en dec)
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6) these exams form 50% of the final examination. They will be given in a ‘real situation’. The exam includes a written part (theorie) and a practice part (teaching a class of theorie+technique). Students will receive individual evaluation and diplomas after the exam.
Place:
In my beloved studio
in the heart of the old center of Amsterdam, on the water.
Studio Vredenburgh,
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 1, Amsterdam (5 min lopen van Central
Station)
Time (per year)
-Group classes (100
hours): sunday 10-18 uur, once a month, 12 sundays
-Private classes (50
hours per student ) zaterdagmiddag
-Assistance Kaouthar
classes and workshops (50 hours per student ): woensdag of zaterdag
-First year: Januari
2009 to december 2009 with a break in july and august
-Second year:
Januari 2010 to december 2010 with a break in july and august
Definitive data’s
will be soon available.
NB! Only a small a
group of dancers/teachers will be accepted for this training.
Annual FEE (per
year):
For 200 uur: 100 uur
groeplessen+100 uur privélessen p.p: (50 uur private coaching+50
uur personal assistance)
€ 2500,-
€1500,- to be
received before 1 dec 2008, and 10 monthly payments of € 100,- to start in
januari 2009.
I like to offer a 25% reduction when the
total annual fee is paid BEFORE 1
december 2008, so you’re sure your
investment will be only € 1875,-
Na aanmelding, liefst (!) per email info@kaouthar.com kun je je plek
definitief boeken door het bedrag vooruit te storten.
ABNAMRO - rek.nr. 498127591, t.n.v. K.
Darmoni, o.v.v.'arabische cultuur Teacher
Training'
Why you should
think about teaching Belly Dance?
- Teaching bellydance is rewarding and
fun.
in its broader spectrum..
- Your involvement will assist the
artistic (physical and psychological) development of others.
- You will be responsible to pass down
knowledge of traditional dance styles- often from cultures that are not
your own.
- Yet you will also have the freedom to
create your own characteristic bellydance style, With education
however.
- You will be able to create 'fusion'
styles with greater awareness and insight.
- You will transmit the technical aspect
of bellydance balanced with the emotional quality of this age old art.
Celebration, gatherings, laughter... the playful spirit of the dance!
- As a teacher, you can enjoy the honoured
role of mentor, inspirator and guide as you support women on a journey
of joy, confidence and femininity.
Kortom: There are so many great reasons
why you should seriously think about becoming a
Professional Oriental Belly Dance Teacher!