Medal Testing

        At Two Left Feet Dance Clubs we offer an exciting way for you to measure  your achievements in dancing known as Medal testing.  Medal testing is a beneficial way of improving your standard of dancing:

·        Assessments offer a wonderful goal-directed program, which provides motivation to develop your dance skills. Working toward a specific assessment provides great motivation to maintain your active involvement with classes.

·        There is a steady measurement of progress with the Medal Program. Successful candidates receive a certificate of achievement. The entire experience gives you concrete recognition of accomplishment, which you would otherwise miss by merely coming in for weekly classes.

·        Assessments provide a super teaching tool. Students who commit to the scrutiny of an assessor will work harder to eliminate faults and to master problem areas in their dancing.

·        Great prestige. The Assessment Program provides dancers with the assurance that the institution where they receive their lessons trains its students to a high standard. To be a part of such a program gives the student an additional sense of pride and loyalty.

·        By using the graduated series of goals, it can be determined if you have mastered a particular skill level before being introduced to a higher level.

Let me put to rest a common misconception about medal testing-it is neither an oral, nor a written examination with probative questions about the rules and intricacies of technique.  Instead you (with your partner, or teacher, or somebody else’s partner or any other available person) will simply be asked to dance to the music until the Examiner tells you to stop. That’s not to say you’re supposed to know (and be able to demonstrate) the correct technique, as indeed you are. In fact that’s the very purpose of taking the tests-to demonstrate your proficiency at technique!

          Must you be a competitor to take medal tests? Not at all! The beauty of the medal tests is that they offer a way to monitor your progress. Unlike competitions, where you could be at the mercy of  other peoples floorcraft  (of lack there of), its just you, the examiner, and the music. When you’re in school , you take tests to measure your progress, don’t you? So why not in dancing too? It’s very reasonably priced indeed! You must start with the Social Ease medal test and move your way up the ladder. I can personally guarantee that it will make you a better dancer. Want to know more?  Ask your private lesson teacher or Pamm.       

What is the absolutely best thing of all about introducing incorporating  Medal Tests into our dance programs? It is because they will-without the shadow of a doubt elevate the level of dancing in the country. Guaranteed. It’ll take a while, but you just watch!

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