Professional Dancers' Teaching Diploma

This module is designed to extend your dance knowledge gained through your vocational training experience and professional performance career. There is a strong focus on designing and developing effective teaching across a range of curricula, including syllabus and non-syllabus based dance education contexts. You will explore numerous aspects of ballet teaching, including the safe progression of technique and how repertoire can be used as a creative tool to inspire dance students across a range of ages and abilities. You will gradually build the skills needed to teach dance through observation of teaching, peer teaching and teaching practice. You will study through lectures, practical sessions and observation of teaching in different contexts and be supported with on-going verbal and written feedback on your progress throughout the programme. The module is assessed through a presentation and practical teaching examination, followed by a critical reflective discussion of the class.

In this module, which is studied by distance learning, you will reflect critically on your practical teaching experience to date, drawing on theories of dance pedagogy, safe and reflective practice. By the end of this module you will have developed knowledge, understanding and skills which will support you in developing effective reflective practices throughout your career.