dance teacher
Dance teachers instruct students in a recreational context in the various dance genres and forms, such as ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, hip-hop, latin, folk dance etc. They provide students with a notion of dance history and repertoire, but mainly focus on a practice-based approach in their courses, in which they assist students in experimenting with and mastering different dance and dramatic expression styles and techniques and encourage them to develop their own style. They cast, choreograph and produce performances, and coordinate the technical production and the set, props and costume usage on stage.
Also called: dance coach, dance instructor, specialist dance teacher, instructor of dance, dance and performing arts teacher, teacher of dance, dancing teacher, teacher of dancing
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- essential skills
- 35
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
31- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- balance participants' personal needs with group needs
- be a role model in community arts
- bring out performers’ artistic potential
- consult students on learning content
- create a work environment where performers can develop their potential
- demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style
- demonstrate when teaching
- develop a coaching style
- direct movement experiences
- encourage students to acknowledge their achievements
- express yourself physically
- give constructive feedback
- guarantee students' safety
- help performers internalise choreographic material
- inspire dance participants to improve
- inspire enthusiasm for dance
- instructional strategies
- maintain safe working conditions in performing arts
- manage student relationships
- perform classroom management
- prepare lesson content
- provide lesson materials
- stimulate performers' imagination
- subject of music coaching
- teach dance
- teamwork principles
- understand the emotional dimension of a performance
Optional skills
35- adopt a person-centred approach to community arts
- analyse your fight discipline expertise
- assessment processes
- assist students with equipment
- contextualise artistic work
- contribute to the choreographer's process of reflection
- coordinate artistic production
- create choreographic material
- define artistic approach
- develop a rehabilitation programme
- develop artistic educational activities
- develop artistic project budgets
- develop codified movements
- develop learning curriculum
- develop methods for choreographic integration
- develop proposed choreographic language
- develop the physical language
- devise choreography
- evolution in delivery practices in practiced dance tradition
- facilitate teamwork between students
- history of dance style
- keep personal administration
- keep up to date on professional dance practice
- learning difficulties
- link between dance and music style
- maintain dance training
- manage artistic career
- manage resources for educational purposes
- match needs of target community with your skills
- movement techniques
- prepare performance training session
- present exhibition
- read dance scores
- record lessons learnt from your sessions
- understand the architecture of a live performance
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