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Technique Tips

The following pages offer tips and tricks for improving dance technique.

The Varsity article focuses on dance team tricks, including various leaps and turns that are commonly included in competition routines.

The MA Dance packet begins with a short dance dictionary of terminology followed by dance fundamentals and short combinations that can be used to enhance your team's technique.

Team Building Activites

The following pages provide ideas for games and activites

that will help dancers learn to work together and bond as team.

The first site outlines a variety of simple games that have proven to be camp "favorites" as well as a Challenge Day activity intended to break down barriers, break up cliques and promote team unity.

The second site from American Dance/Drill Team presents even more fun games intended to increase team bonding and places importance on group goal setting.

Camps and Competitions

MA Dance

The following companies hold Summer Camps and Winter/Spring Competitions that dancers and their teams can attend to receive routine choreography, technique classes, and valuable evaluations and feeback

to seek further improvement and progress.

Crowd Pleasers

Showtime International

In addition to their website, these companies are active on social media where they post pictures from their events, provide technique/competition tips, and connect with dance teams across the country.

Leadership Resources

The following pages outline leadership tips for dance officers

that put their position into perspective and help them be

approachable, servant leaders for their team.

Honor and Responsiblity - This handout presents the true job description of a dance officer and leader.

Leadership Do's and Don'ts - This article from the Officer Headquarters helps leaders to be the example, not the exception.

True Colors - This is probably my favorite leadership resourse of all. This activity enables leaders to become aware of their own personality and communication styles while recognizing the preferred styles of their other leaders to help them better understand one another and work together effectively.

Other Educational Support

The following pages offer other educational support

for teachers and choreographers.

The American Dance/Drill Team article discusses the various fitness needs of a dancer and presents ideas to improve strength, flexibility and endurance.

The Rix Kix Arts website outlines the basic elements of choreography and provides beginner choreographers with ways to manipulate and embellish movement in their own choreographic process.