Use visual aids to get ideas across to students whenever possible. Use percussion instruments and music to help stimulate the students to move. For example, crashing cymbals could encourage students to leap high off the ground. Ensure that students have a complete dance experience, even when they are simply exploring movements. Emphasize the fact that stillness is important.
Students get satisfaction from learning a phrase of movement and repeating it.
Make the lesson challenging. Be generous with praise for the students' quality efforts. Accompaniment Accompanying students in their dance will help motivate them to move. Percussion Instruments Percussion instruments are well suited to the creative dance lesson. The teacher can stimulate the students to move by using a variety of instruments, and by adapting the tempo and accents to suit the students' movement explorations.