How is the Positive Performing Arts Method ® different from traditional after-school Performing Arts schools?
Some traditional after-school Performing Arts schools, particularly dance schools, have a focus on preparing students for exams and/or competitions. The discipline and technique these students develop is invaluable but not all students who want to dance want to do so competitively. The Positive Performing Arts Method ® is committed to using the Performing Arts as a way of enriching our lives through finding the joy in the Performing Arts - finding the fun! Sometimes students at traditional after-school Performing Arts schools find it difficult to find the joy and the fun because they are under too much pressure. That’s why PPAM is also beneficial to those students in conjunction with their technical and competition focussed training. At PPAM we aren’t as focussed on technical training, however students receive an important foundation in learning how to dance safely and how to look after their bodies. Something we focus on a lot at PPAM is how to find our “Zhoozh!” In order words, how to find your own “unique individuality” when you dance, your own “pizzazz!” Through discovering how to be relaxed and finding the joy and the fun, competitive dancers often find that PPAM can benefit their competition performances because it can bring life into their performances, it gives them an edge!