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Career Guidance Skills communication, collaboration and creativity S1.3 - teaching and training S1.3.1 - teaching academic or vocational subjects Teach dance
Description
Instruct students in the theory and practice of dance, recreationally or with the aim of assisting them in pursuing a future career in this field. Deliver correcting instructions that support difference and pay attention to ethical codes of conduct around touch, personal space, and appropriate pedagogic methods as a tool to foster participants.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 7 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Dance teacherDance 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…
- Performing arts school dance instructorPerforming arts school dance instructors educate students in specific theory and, primarily, practice-based dance courses at a specialised dance school or conservatory at a higher …
Optional for
- DancerDancers interpret ideas, feelings, stories or characters for audiences by using movement and body language mostly accompanied by music. This normally involves interpreting the work…
- ChoreographerChoreographers create sequences of movements in which motion, form or both are specified. Some choreographers also take up the role of coordinating, teaching and rehearsing perform…
- Artistic coachArtistic coaches research, plan, organise and lead arts activities for sport practitioners in order to provide them with artistic abilities such as dance, acting, expression and tr…
- ChoreologistChoreologists are specialized dance creators in specific styles or traditions, such as ethnic dance, early dance, or baroque dance. Their work is contextualized historically and so…
- Dance répétiteurA dance répétiteur is a professional who assists conductors and choreographers in directing rehearsals and guiding artists in the rehearsal process. They are responsible for teachi…
Related skills
- Demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition
- Dance therapy
- Develop codified movements
- Maintain safe working conditions in performing arts
- Develop methods for choreographic integration
- Develop proposed choreographic language
- Understand the emotional dimension of a performance
- Be a role model in community arts
- Stimulate performers’ imagination
- Develop the physical language
- Manage artistic career
- Match needs of target community with your skills
- Create a work environment where performers can develop their potential
- Inspire enthusiasm for dance
Last updated on February 19, 2026
