Sep
06

Inspiring Creativity – External Focus of Attention in Practice
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Clare Guss-West and David Leventhal In conversation with us, dance educators often bemoan the challenge of creating their own repertoire of diverse EFA ideas appropriate for different learners and skills levels. However, in an interactive exchange of a recent webinar we facilitated, participants suggested a plethora of inspirational EFA feedback. These ideas enhanced aspects of our performance and our artistry for our short dance excerpts based on a poem The Clearing by Morgan Farley. Imagine the range of possible EFA types as a spectrum ranging from more tangible to less tangible foci: REAL – DANCE CONTENT – SENSORY – IMAGINARY Example types of External Focus of Attention: REAL […]