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Date Posted: 05:26:24 12/17/25 Wed
Author: Your whole post is contradictory and completely irrelevant. More inside.
Subject: Again, you just sound ridiculous.
In reply to: Easy 's message, "How do you teach a step if you can't remember it?" on 20:46:30 12/16/25 Tue

The idea that a teacher should not be expected to remember choreography is fundamentally absurd and would be unacceptable in any other educational setting. You would never enter a school classroom and tolerate a teacher who doesnt remember what they taught last week or what they plan to teach today so they just start all over again. Dance is not exempt from basic professional standards simply because it is physical rather than academic.

A teacher who cannot remember choreography wastes class time re inventing material instead of refining it. More critically, it makes individualised instruction impossible. Tailoring dances to students requires continuity, remembering what was taught, what corrections were given, and how a dancer progresses. Constantly making it up on the spot eliminates thoughtful planning and meaningful development. Every once in a while is understandable but not every single lesson.

A teacher must remember:
what was previously assigned
what corrections were given
what stylistic or technical goals were set within the dance
Without remembering choreography, none of this is possible, so how would a dancer progress?

There is also a clear contradiction in this argument. These same teachers insist it is the dancers responsibility to remember choreography and often claim dancers have exceptional memory skills. Yet dancers become teachers. Do they suddenly lose this ability when they step into that role? Of course not. Expecting memory from students while excusing its absence in teachers is a double standard.

Ultimately, not remembering choreography is not a teaching philosophy, it is poor teaching. Memory, preparation, and continuity are basic requirements of any competent educator. Teaching, whether in dance, math, or literature, requires knowledge, memory, structure, and intentional progression. Without those, it is not teaching at all, it is improvisation masquerading as pedagogy. Again, making changes or a few movements up on the spot is completely normal but never remember your dancers choreography to help them progress is absurd.

Also, CLRG may be your gold standard for testing but that certainly is not the case for most in OP. Most would not want to associate with that abomination of an org, but if you want to constantly compare yourself to them, that says more about your character than anything else.

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