Teacher Training program

Danced for years and eager to share your love of dance with others? You know how to dance and what the steps are, but not sure how to convey that to your students? FRCBA offers teacher training courses for beginning, intermediate and beginning pointe levels.

Train for one or more levels and feel confident as you address your students. Interested graduates will have the opportunity to teach or substitute at FRCBA for the level at which they have trained. All graduates of the course will receive a certificate of training in the level they studied which may be presented to any studio at which they are applying for a teaching position.

Program description

• Observe FRCBA Director Ixchel Levendosky who has learned from many world-class dancers during her career and who has been teaching ballet for almost 3 decades.
• Learn how to introduce movements in the most effective way.
• Discover the most important aspects of technique to focus on at each level.
• Learn common mistakes and misconceptions to watch for at each level.
• Practice teaching while being observed and evaluated; discussion will follow to help you improve your pedagogical skills!
• Review proper terminology.
• Understand key differences between ballet styles – e.g. Vaganova, Cecchetti.

Program Structure

8-10 in person classes meeting 2-3 times a week. Includes lectures, demonstrations, discussion of syllabus and technique, ballet vocabulary, sample lessons, and opportunity for trainees to give partial classes to each other

During the final week trainees will teach full classes to FRCBA students observed by the Director and receive feedback following class

Please contact Ixchel for information if you are interested in the Teacher Training Program.