Dance Teacher Profile.....

Dance teachers of young children really have to be multi-faceted.   They must be able to communicate effectively with adults and handle their concerns and questions; and then step into the classroom and be able to be a pumpkin in a patch with the students!  He or she must be energetic, enthusiastic, and extremely passionate about their art----if not, the energy of the class and excitement will not be present and little ones will soon lose interest.  Dance teachers need to be very animated with little ones.  Young children are experts at picking up on a teacher that does not really want to spend time with them.

Any program that offers dance or theatre arts classes to young children is only as good as its instructors and program design.  The teachers that are sent out to teach a program have to be phenomenal!  The programs who train their teachers well and only choose the best are the programs that are seeing great success in this volatile economy that we are experiencing.  Parents and students alike quickly pick up on the programs that are fluff.  Now, more than ever, parents are making sure that whatever they choose to spend money on is well worth it in every way.   We are seeing the mediocre programs quickly fall to the wayside----a great sifting, if you will, in the industry.  The silver lining to this is that the children's programs that stand for excellence and are time-tested have a clear path to take over when this happens.  (And that is what we are seeing presently.)  In children's dance programs the strong, quality programs are gaining great momentum and strides!  Great news for us who love what we do and do not compromise our standards in passing our love of dance and theatre to the next generation.