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THE SCOOP ON DANCE TEACHER UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

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CUTTING EDGE PRACTICAL TEACHER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

Faculty from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Dance Teacher Web have partnered to create the best and most comprehensive teacher training program for dance teachers, K-12 teachers and dance studios with multiple disciplines. This program presents a syllabus that is safe, effective and fun! The curriculum provides a challenging yet easy to grasp dance training for beginner through intermediate levels. Level two certification is for those looking for intermediate and advanced curriculum. Give your Studio a competitive edge by certifying your faculty!
 
Curriculum
An exceptional program (Level I and Level II) including the basics of ballet, modern, tap and jazz, as well as classes in anatomy, prevention of injury, pre-school movement, and much more developed, by teachers with experience in both the professional and the academic areas is the key to a well rounded and competitive studio. A teacher training program that will give you a foundation is very valuable but, when this education comes from people that have years of professional experience in their fields and are backed by a major University it gives the training program more credibility.
 
When information is put together in a sequential manner it is easier to retain the information. This is one of the important reasons to participate in a teacher-training program. You should receive manuals and video information for your library. This assists you with studying and provides a resource to revisit the information that you have learned. What you gain by attending a quality workshop is greatly enhanced, if you have a foundational education that you can always compare to the new information you are receiving in a workshop. Making the workshop much more valuable to you. 
 
Dance Teacher University runs concurrent to the Dance Teacher Web LIVE Conference & Expo. DTU participants have full access to all afternoon Conference classes, special events and hospitality.
 
Do You Teach Dance In The K-12 Setting?

Our teacher certification program is for you! You know how important it is to have a safe syllabus or program to follow that will also help build strength, coordination and flexibility. Plus you will learn hundreds of hours of class content that will keep your classes fresh and fun for years to come! All attendees will receive a certificate of completion that is suitable for framing!

 

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Author

Jessica Rizzo Stafford

Jessica Rizzo Stafford

Jessica Rizzo Stafford is a native New Yorker and graduate of NYU Steinhardt's Dance Education Master’s Program; with a PK-12 New York State Teaching Certification. Her double-concentration Master’s Degree includes PK-12 pedagogy and dance education within the higher-education discipline. She also holds a BFA in dance performance from the UMASS Amherst 5 College Dance Program where she was a Chancellor's Talent Award recipient. Jess now works extensively with children, adolescents and professionals as choreographer and teacher and conducts national and international master-classes specializing in the genres of modern, contemporary, musical theatre and choreography-composition. Jess’ national and international performance career includes works such as: The National Tour of Guys & Dolls, The European Tour of Grease, West Side Story, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, Salute to Dudley Moore at Carnegie Hall, guest-dancer with the World Famous Pontani Sisters and IMPULSE Modern Dance Company. Jess has been a faculty member for the Perichild Program & Peridance Youth Ensemble & taught contemporary and jazz at the historic New Dance Group and 92nd Street Y in NYC. She was Company Director at the historic Steffi Nossen School of Dance/Dance in Education Fund and in 2008 traveled to Uganda where she taught creative-movement to misplaced children. The experience culminated with Jess being selected as a featured instructor at the Queen's Kampala Ballet & Modern Dance School. She has conducted workshops for the cast of LA REVE at the Wynn, Las Vegas and recently taught at the 2011 IDS International Dance Teacher Conference at The Royal Ballet in London, UK. She is also on faculty for the annual Dance Teacher Web Conferences in Las Vegas, NV. Currently, Jess is a faculty member at the D'Valda & Sirico Dance & Music Centre and master teacher & adjudicator for various national and international dance competitions. Recently, she has finished her NYU Master’s thesis research on the choreographic process of technically advanced adolescent dancers and is the creator of “PROJECT C;” a choreography-composition curriculum for the private studio sector. Jess is also faculty member, contributing writer and presenter in the choreography and “how to” teaching segments on the celebrated danceteacherweb.com. For more info, visit her website at www.jrizzo.net.

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