How to become a dance teacher

Before considering teaching yourself, you should know the different ways to enter the profession and  become a dance teacher . In this case,  the formations can be of three types :

• Dance training after a professional retraining (after being a professional dancer, for example);
• University training, to study dance, music training, etc .;
• Continuous professional development, which allows you to improve throughout your career.

On the other hand, there is Professional or Non-Professional training:

• The Professional Dance education is taught with official academic validity and allow you to obtain a degree. They are aimed at qualifying you as a future professional for incorporation into the work field typical of these disciplines.
• Non-Professional Training : these are dance schools where dance studies are taught without official academic validity aimed at the training of amateurs, without limitation of age. Its main objective is to give a greater knowledge of these disciplines at an early age, discovering vocations and skills that can be channeled into professional teachings.

Once you have the necessary skills to be a dance teacher, you must think about how you want to practice the profession: do you want to be a dance teacher in an educational institution? Or autonomously ? There are three possible ways to practice the profession :

• Like an employer,
• As a freelancer,
• As a volunteer in an association.

Depending on the option you choose, you can be:

• Full professor, in a private or public school, where a specific dance is taught;
• Substitute teacher, in a dance school or center, where various disciplines are taught;
• Interim teacher, for summer courses and workshops;
• Private teacher, you make the decisions regarding your students and your class hours;
• Personal dance teacher, you teach students for a specific period, for example a couple who want to learn to dance for their wedding.

You know, if you want to know how to become a dance teacher, train and start looking for a job or a place to teach your classes. Do not forget to visit the following link where we inform you about different aspects of the Madrid dance classes  or Barcelona dance classes (rates, styles, places to go out to dance, etc.). How to become a