Teaching What You Want to Learn

Teaching What You Want to Learn distills the five decades that Bill Evans has spent immersed in teaching dance into an indispensable guide for today’s dance instructor.

From devising specific pedagogical strategies and translating theory into action, to working with diverse bodies and embracing evolving value systems, Evans has considered every element of the teacher’s role and provided 94 essential essays about becoming a more effective and satisfied educator. As well as setting out his own particular training methods and somatic practice as one of the world's leading dance teachers, he explores the huge range of challenges and rewards that a teacher will encounter across their career. These explorations equip the reader not only to enable and empower their students but also to get the most out of their own work so they are learning as they teach.

This is an essential book for anyone who wants to teach dance and movement, from professional and academic settings to amateur artists and trainee instructors.

(James William) Bill Evans is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico and a Visiting Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York College at Brockport. He is the founder of both the Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival and the Evans Somatic Dance Institute, now headquartered in Port Townsend, Washington.