A Guide to Teaching, Training and Directing Dance and Drill Teams

One of the leading authorities in the dance industry has compiled her sage advice for all dance directors(aspiring, new, and veteran) in a handy “dos & don’ts” manual, A Guide to Teaching, Training and Directing Dance and Drill Teams. Susan Angell-Gonzalez has wisdom galore to share concerning camps, contests, conventions, and workshops as well as offering her straight-forward and emboldening direction for supporting and nurturing all dance directors no matter their experience. Directors will find this guide significant, relevant, and applicable to today’s challenges. Her words are filled with inspiration, enthusiasm, and encouragement for educators of pep, drill and dance teams of any level. Included are many essays to help directors sustain their dancers’ mental, emotional, and physical health and well-being. A remarkable, pragmatic and sensible “companion” guidebook for all dance mentors. Line members, officers, soloists, high school and college level teams are addressed in many of the articles so directors will find this reference as versatile, constructive, beneficial, worthwhile, and easily consumed as a useful tool when working with performers-athletes.