Getting to the top in dance competitions, performances and examinations requires dedicated training, drive, inspiration and passion. Successful dancers don't just dream of success, they see it, feel it, hear it, smell and even taste it! Thinking like a winner ensures focus, energy and motivation when it really counts.

A winning edge for the captivating dancer:
positive beliefs,
positive pictures,
positive talk,
positive relationship with the audience.
Get these right and you too can think like a confident dancer; prepared for competitions, performances and examinations.

Dance With Confidence: Helping dancers and dance professionals to control anxiety and improve self confidence and self esteem ready for competitions, performances and examinations.

You enjoy the challenge, want to push yourself and achieve the best results.  But is it possible that your current beliefs and behaviour patterns could be holding you back?

Have you spent months preparing, practising and perfecting your choreography, only to find that on the day of the competition, performance or examination:

• you haven’t slept well
• you’re stomach is full of anxiety and nervous tension
• you’re easily wound up or irritated
• your muscles are stiff
• round and round in your head, that little voice is questioning your ability, what others will think of you, parts of the routine that don’t feel right, whether you can really be successful?

Do you feel like you’re just going to explode with the stress?

When you get on to the dance floor, are you worried about the floor, music, where you can position yourself?   Do you have concerns about the audience – are they supportive, or could they be critical or even laugh at you? What do those judges really think?

You’re trying to tell yourself to be positive and stay calm, but it’s not working.  When self doubt kicks in, do you believe it and end up performing badly, and taking the anguish and disappointment to the next dance and to the next?

HELP IS AT HAND

Negative beliefs and anxiety levels brought on by all these issues will have a considerable affect on the body’s ability to maintain relaxed muscles, stamina, movement etc, and the mind’s ability to cope and adapt to any new challenges (such as a slippery floor, wardrobe malfunction, spatial awareness).

However, if you can turn this around and think differently, in pursuit of success and positivity, the mind’s natural chemical reaction enhances your ability to think creatively and respond quickly to any eventuality.

Which do you think is better for your dance ability??

CONFIDENCE COACHING

The winning edge in competitive dance is effectively a psychological one; an unshakeable self-belief.

In order for dancers to maintain the ability to keep their mind and body in the optimum state, they need to control any anxiety (threat) levels and potential for negativity on the lead up to the dance event and during the routines themselves.

Following research and “excellence modelling” of exceptional and successful championship winning dancers (in association with JJ Dance Studios), a number of coaching packages (combining some of the latest psychological tools) have been developed to help today’s dancers improve their self-esteem and confidence for competitions, performances and examinations.

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) & Time Line Therapy™ are techniques which, at their core, are studies of what makes successful people successful.  They bring about results by working with our natural patterns of thinking, using our memories and imagination, and identifying the strategies we use to relate to others and make sense of the world around us. By working with a combination of techniques, which all value the importance of maintaining your own individual uniqueness, you will learn how to control your specific anxiety and fears and significantly improve your self confidence levels.

Areas covered can include:

• Overcoming anxiety and fears
• Relating to the audience
• Eliciting positive states such as calm/relaxation, excitement, confidence
• Self confidence and self-esteem boosters
• Negative beliefs and limiting decisions
• Anchoring positivity

Here’s an example of how you impact others when you dance.  When you’re talking to a friend who is really anxious, worried or panicky, how do you feel when you’re with them – anxious and worried for them? When you’re around someone excited, happy and raring to go – do you feel that with them?  The same applies to your audience – if you’re anxious, your audience will feel it too; if you’re excited and can’t wait to dance for them, they’re going to feel that energy and really want to support you.

Let’s swap the feelings of anxiety for excitement!

COACHING PACKAGES

INDIVIDUAL 1-2-1 COACHING

• 1 hour initial consultation to discover the specific concerns, followed by up to 3 hours intensive coaching session
• Additional 1 hour coaching sessions, or packages of 6 x 1 hour available thereafter.

PARTNERSHIPS

Given the close relationship needed between dance partners, both mentally and physically, there are major benefits from understanding how each other is motivated, makes decisions, takes in information and can control anxiety.  This builds a strong team, capable of powerful insight and assistance to each other, both before and during the
dance.

• 1.5 hour initial consultation is required to establish any individual needs as well as those of the partnership, following by up to 4 hours intensive coaching session.
• Additional 1 hour coaching sessions, or packages of 6 x 1 hour available thereafter

GETTING STARTED

Whatever you want to improve upon, let’s start now.  The number and duration of coaching sessions will be designed around your specific needs and confirmed within the first initial consultation.

Please use the Contact Form to arrange a time for an initial discussion or answer any queries.

To find out more about Karen go to About Us.

FREE Confidence Hints and Tips: You can also sign up for some additional help by clicking HERE.

Dance with Confidence Now is a coaching package developed by Karen at Assiem Ltd.