Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Had him for Ballet II. Would recommend him, focuses a lot on technique, and not combinations. Has a hard accent to understand, so make sure to listen!Rate My Professors ↗
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VIVIAN TOMLINSON
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Vivian is a cranky guy who has a fairly strong accent, making him difficult to understand. The class isn't that hard, but it isn't paced well so you will be forced to cram a lot in the last month or so. The other crappy part is that for ANY Dance 41 class you have to attend 3 outside dances and write 2 papers based off shows you have to go see.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
Funny guy. He is cranky at times and you do the same steps over and over. He'll say we'll start from where we left off but you start over. We spent 2 months on the waltz and had only couple days at the end of the semester to learn swing and tango. Very easy to get an A, but if you want to actually learn dancing, I would take a different professor.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Pretty soft spoken, hard to understand sometimes. Great ballet teacher nonetheless. I've taken ballet for 7 years and I took Ballet 2, and after the first week or so I could already feel my turnout and basic foundational technique improving.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Favorite class ever! You learn so much and have fun too. He's kind of quiet and difficult to understand at times but SUPER funny! Remember to "step away from the wall, you're going to trip on all of these bags."Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
I started taking his non credit classes 25 years ago and fell in love with ballet. I am still dancing today and have many fond memories of my 9 years in Mr. Tomlinson's class. I remember the many records and him standing behind the piano playing while we jete'd across the room.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with VIVIAN TOMLINSON
DANCE 399
Independent Project
1–3 creditsDANCE 399 is an independent project course involving advanced study in dance under faculty direction.
No offering record · Spring 2010
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2006–Spring 2010 · limited sampleRecorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2010 | DANCE 399 | Independent Project |
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