What creates a great sense of enjoyment in a dance class?

 So, it is 2021 and here I am again.

 I spent the last few weeks reading about topics of my interest. In particular I have been looking at psychological approaches in Dance Pedagogy and teacher effectiveness towards motivation and success of students in Vocational Dance Programmes. 

Besides finding many articles and studies, I came across this video from the 'Beyond The Body Conference' (Birmingham, 2014). 

Elsa has actually been teaching us Anatomy and Body Conditioning alongside other lectures during my first year (BA1) at London Contemporary Dance School, back in those years (2012-14).

Here she talks about how to create a 'Positive Psychology Environment', and in particular, she describes the theory of 'Flow': 

“a subjective, mental state contributing to optimal experience, which is characterized by complete absorption in an activity, at given moment in time”(Csikszentmihayli, 1990, p.53).

Elements such as clear goal-setting, good balance between skill and challenge, concentration, sense of control and autotelic experience are an example of what 'Flow' in a dance class feels like.

I often found myself wondering what creates that great sense of enjoyment in a dance class, and how to achieve it as a teacher. Thinking beyond the teacher technical/academic preparation, what other elements or psychological approaches make (pre-professional) students have a (positively) unforgettable experience of their technique classes? 

What is the most successful pedagogical method in Ballet and Contemporary Technique for vocational students nowadays? Is there such a thing as a 'balance' between mantaining discipline and motivating students to shine and excel encouraging armonious passion?