What ARE Learning Plateaus?
Most dancers who have taken lessons know about reaching plateaus in learning. For the new dancers this is very frustrating and sometimes leads to quitting dancing altogether. We have a few suggestions that have helped in the past. As usual, there may be some other ideas out there from other dancers. Please share them & we will pass them on. We define “reaching a plateau” as when you seem unable to learn more. When it seems to take forever to master a difficult pattern or technique. When you finally recognize that you are at that point, try the following. • The first impulse is to take a break from practice or lessons. We found that this is counter-productive as you can’t begin to make progress if you eliminate the means to learn. Instead, we make a firmer commitment with ourselves to continue. If we don’t then we are quitters. • Examine your learning methods. When we had a tough time with a move we tried to incorporate it into a short pattern. That way we got to practice more. • Book a
