Competitive Dance is unique in that it combines not only our dancers physical being but also is an art that involves emotions and feelings that make it truly an art. But how can dancers who are still not adults relate and connect to emotions with limited experience in life and challenges that it may bring. We are bringing in a super qualified former dancer with a PHD in Sports Psychology and a Passion for Dance, Dr Chelsea Pierotti. Welcome to Two Dance Moms Podcast!
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
- Dr. Chelsea Pierotti's history as a dancer
- Help us parents understand why an emotional connection is so important for our dancers to express in their dancing.
- Emotional Intelligence and how it relates to athletes improving their sports performance.
- How to help our kids try and connect their real life experiences and emotions with the song/topic given in dance & practical tips
- What should a dancer do when they are given a song or topic that is un relatable to them.
- Is there a risk to asking our children to take on darker emotions for the sake of their dance?
- How empathy can be developed by dancing a character.
- Suggestions on how dancers can manage the expression of deep emotions from experiences they have had in a healthy way.
- Steps a dancer can take to come out of that heavy space they may have been emotionally in doing their dance and transitioning into a different style or emotion.
- Emotionally connection and how it can help team culture and even their synchronicity and scores
- Pre performance steps to help a dancer “Get in the Zone” and deal with nerves & overexcitement as they prepare to go on stage.
LINKS FOR DR. CHELSEA PIEROTTI
Passion For Dance Podcast
www.chelseapierotti.com
instagram @dr.chelsea.pierotti
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