Tiler explains how musicality is crucial to expanding your expression and creating more dynamics in your dancing. She shares personal memories of how she has been affected by musicality and gives you an overview of what to expect in lessons to come.

Learn what it means to be a musical dancer. Together with the help of an expert musician, Tiler defines musicality from her point of view on 3 varying levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced.

Learn how to dissect music in order to hear the individual instruments at play. Tiler walks you through her process with clear examples of how you can apply what you hear, to how you dance.

Discover the fundamental difference between beat and rhythm as they pertain to music and dance. With an in depth description of each, learn how beat and rhythm work together to create musical phrasing and how you can apply the same concept to your movements.

Learn practical examples of how musicality is integrated into an iconic excerpt from George Balanchine’s, Who Cares? As she guides you through her personal thought process, Tiler explains how you can play with musical timing within any variation. 

As Tiler demonstrates an excerpt from George Balanchine’s, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, learn practical ways for how to adapt your speed and timing to create more dynamics in any dance.

Learn specific methods for how you can apply elements of musicality to any ballet class. With a focus on 5 different steps, Tiler shares how you can add dynamic to your dancing in a simple, yet effective, way.

Accompanied by a live band, Tiler performs her own choreography in this final presentation. Her musicality and application of basic musical concepts is clearly visible throughout the performance.