Bringing out their Best: for Dance, Drama & Music Teachers
by Sarah Marshall · 37 episodes
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Performing Arts PD brings Educators a weekly broadcast to renew the spirit and bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the performing arts classroom.
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11 min
First Nations Content
Today’s article follows the journey of six drama teachers from Victoria, Australia who set out to include First Nations content in curriculum. Each teacher came to the project with…
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7 min
Mentoring Networks
We are hearing more than ever about how teachers are burning out. How young teachers aren't coping with the stressors of this demanding profession. I was wondering how graduates co…
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5 min
Feedback Finale
This week we look at a study which did a review of 21 studies measuring the effectiveness of feedback interventions on motor skills. And the good news for me in this is that we hav…
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7 min
Teaching Pop Music
How to teach Pop when you’ve only even known Classical?There is increasing pressure on music programs to include popular music genres however arguably the biggest stumbling block t…
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6 min
Effective Goal Setting
Whether we teach dance, drama or music, motor learning is an integral part in performance achievement. Aside from class, there's an expectation our students will work on their perf…
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6 min
Motivating Students
I remember when I first had my babies, I was astounded at how much they practiced. Without me doing anything to encourage them!When they learned to use their voice they would lie i…
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8 min
Reboot your Creativity
As performing arts teachers there is an expectation that we are brimming with creative vibes! That we are able to come up with inspiring and innovative solutions to anything from l…
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7 min
Building Connection with the iPhone generation
We work in an age where our students are more often fixed on their phones than on faces of their friends. Presentation of self is stylised and without the imperfections of everyday…
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9 min
Do we need to Demonstrate?
Do we really need to demonstrate? This 2018 dance study trials movement vs instruction. To answer “how necessary are visual demonstrations to embed performance skills”. Enjoy! Than…
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8 min
Coping with Discomfort
Our students are constantly being pushed to extend their boundaries, recognise what they don't know and try to expand on that knowledge base. This for many causes considerable disc…
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9 min
Confident Ensembles
What does it take to make a confident ensemble that works cohesively? This 2020 study of an amateur choir comes up with some interesting ideas. Enjoy!Thanks for listening! Follow u…
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7 min
Effective Feedback
Welcome to Season 2 of Bringing out their Best. This season we are going to look at effective feedback for developing performing artists. Today's episode is about whether we should…
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7 min
Post Pandemic Wellbeing
Today’s article reviewed over 3700 studies to see how the performing arts plays an integral role in improving and maintaining well-being.So let’s remind ourselves of these benefits…
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7 min
Teaching Science with Drama
Be honest… have you ever thought about using drama to teach scientific concepts to a group of 10 year olds? I know I haven’t. Today's study looks at how 10 year olds research Elect…
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8 min
Cultural Humility
In recent years there’s been a shift towards recognising and empowering those in our community whom have historically been without a voice. e.g. Black Lives Matter, Me2 and LGBTQI+…
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8 min
Memorise like a Dancer
In the last few months we have examined how Actors and Musicians memorise. Today we are going to look at how Dancers memorise hours of complex movement sequences, and find out if t…
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8 min
Perfectionist Teachers
Are you a performing arts teacher and a perfectionist? I suspect if I asked who wasn’t I might get a more manageable response. Well, we’ve talked about perfectionism in our student…
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6 min
Post Performance Rumination
Are you the kind of person who can’t stop thinking about a performance after it is done? Particularly if it didn’t go as planned? I confess I am guilty of this and as it turns out,…
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8 min
Performance under Pressure
We all know that as performing artists we are expected to perform whilst others are watching. Well our students arguably have it worse. From their perspective, they have to perform…
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9 min
Difficult Students
I don’t know about you, but I certainly have some “entitled students” come into my studio. You know the type I mean? Who feel they deserve special treatment that isn’t warranted ba…