Episode Details

This episode is all about picking one thing and how that single shift can completely change your experience in class.

Overwhelm feels like you’re trying to fix too many things at once.

I talk about how I approach class the same way I approach my word of the year: one focus creates clarity. It can be fun to think about dance like a science lab. We experiment, we repeat, we observe, and we learn. When you go into class trying to fix everything, memory, arms, facials, balance, performance, your nervous system gets overloaded and nothing sticks.

Instead, I walk you through how to choose one intentional focus:

•  memory (or the specific part that’s tripping you up)
•  facials (which part of the face?)
• arms (specifically fingers?)
• performance quality
• musicality

When you stop trying to fix ten things and commit to one, everything else starts to improve naturally. Memory gets better because you’re more present. Performance improves because you’re not in your head. You breathe more, move fuller, connect more  with the music and with your audience.

Mastering one thing will always feel better and be more effective than trying to master everything at once.

Pick one thing  and watch everything else follow.

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