Dancing master

Dance teacher is the term for someone who teaches dance. The term is used these days especially for those who teach on a freelance or in a dance school ballroom dancing or special dances such as Salsa, Tango Argentino or discofox.

History

The nobility, the ( the final demise of the Ancien Régime ) represented the upper classes until at least 1918, had private dance teachers, because the dance was one of the befitting manners. This profession was practiced in the 17th and 18th century still traveling by famous dancers and, for the less wealthy citizens from traveling people.

An obsolete term for this function is dancing master. On large farms, there were salaried dancing master. The Dancing Master had not only to teach, but also arrange movements of festivals and ceremonies or Contredanses on balls. On stage, he was also the ballet master and choreographer. The term dance master was in German theaters in the 1920s with the advent of modern artistic dance again commonly used to distinguish it from the ballet master.

Training

Germany

In Germany, the dance teacher is one of the professions which is not bound to a training or license. It is allowed to call each dance teachers without training and open a dance school. Both the General German Dance Teachers Association ( ADTV ) and Professional Association of German dance teacher (BDT ) and the German dance teacher and hip-hop dance teacher organization ( DTHO ), the three professional organizations for dance teachers in Germany, provide training for dance instructors for ballroom dancing and hip hop to. Process and contractual conditions of training, aimed at ADTV according to the provisions of the Vocational Training Act. However, content of teaching and examination regulations of the three organizations differ in many details. There is unilateral recognition difficulties; the ADTV shall not accept the training of the BDT and the DTHO, the DTHO is open to graduates of the ADTV and BDT.

Training to / for BDT-Tanzlehrer/in

The training to / for BDT-Tanzlehrer/in lasts three years and includes a basic training of dancing and teaching skills that are necessary for teaching dance. Training begins on either January 1 or September 1. After each year of training an intermediate examination takes place after 3 years the final exam to / from the dance teacher / in (BDT ). Prerequisites: completed school education ( at least GCSE is recommended) the completion of the 18th year The training consists of a practical and a theoretical part. Both parts are each in a recognized BDT dance school statt.Ausbildung to / for HipHop-Tanzlehrer/in and to / from the Discofox-Tanzlehrer/in Since 2012, the BDT also offers specialized training courses for / to HipHop-Tanzlehrer/in and to / from the Discofox-Tanzlehrer/in to.

Training for ADTV dance teacher

The vocational training in the ADTV includes a practical, dance, technical- theoretical and technical training, which is based on the Vocational Training Act.

This company training starts on the 1st of August, 1 September or 1 October of the year in a recognized training school of ADTV with a three- year apprenticeship. These will accompany up to three times in the morning or in the block classes take a professionally - theoretical and dance lessons at an authorized ADTV vocational training school. More part-time contents are outside the company explained in seminars.

In addition to training in ballroom dancing still include specialized training to their contents can be selected as part of the given catalog, from different disciplines. The integrated in the training and examination regulations frameworks define the individual training content, how they are distributed on the length of training.

Currently, there are 478 trainees in the ADTV. You are talking about right as associate members in the General Assembly and the Executive Committee by the Speaker of the staff dance teacher (AT) represented.

The former splitting of education to " assistant dance teacher ADTV " ( allowed to teach ) and " dance teacher ADTV " ( may be self-employed ) no longer exists.

Switzerland

In Switzerland, the dance teacher training is not regulated by law.

However, the Swiss Dance Teachers Association Swiss Dance offers training for dance teachers, which consists of three stages Exams substantially. The existence of the first stage eligible to carry the title " dance teacher swissdance ", the second stage is a specialization that can be made separately for individual dances or dance genres. The third stage is an expert training. It is for the student to acquire the exam material. This can happen, for example, in the context of an apprenticeship contract with a dance school, or also by private lessons.

Austria

In Austria, the training lasts for VTÖ dance teacher three years, with subsequent regulatory inspection. The practical training takes place in a VTÖ dance school, is added once a month theoretical training in the training school of the Association of Dance Teachers of Vienna. After training as a dance teacher, a further two years of training to be completed for dancing master.