Bel recently brought up the idea of me teaching a non-pole class. She calls it Femme Fatale (a cardio burlesque type dance/exercise class). At first I was STOKED. What better way to "force" myself to do cardio than to be required to show up and teach it?! We haven't talked details. I don't know if it will be a one-time workshop or a regular class one day, two days, three days a week? It's the holidays so we have some time to work that out. But I thought, well I should jump on this. I downloaded a bunch of music. I wrote down the 8 counts in each song. I had an app figured out the beats per minute. I started thinking of routines in my head. Of course, as a jazzerciser from way back in the day, I'm thinking of a combo of some cardio with a few strengthen moves in there is the best idea. I bought a binder so I can type my routines out and bring them with me but I don't want to be staring at a binder the entire time.
Then all of these questions started swirling in my little pea brain and I haven't been able to sleep. Choreographing ONE four minute pole routine is hard. How will I choreograph an entire hour of routines? How will I remember it all? I have been a gym student my entire life...can I switch to teacher mode and start giving cues ahead of time?? If this ends up being a regular class, how often should I change it up? Should I wing some of it? Should I choreograph every single minute? Or should I break down a short routine and teach that for at least a few songs?
How do all of you teachers do it?? Please help me sleep tonight!!!! :-D
I *know* you'll nail it!
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