Dance Teacher University
Cutting Edge Dance Teacher Certification Program
Dance Teacher Web and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Partners in Your Success!
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Dance Teacher Web have joined forces to create the ultimate training experience for K-12 educators, studio instructors, and dance professionals. Designed to inspire, educate, and empower, this program will help you take your teaching skills to the next level.
Dance Teacher University Runs Concurrent To The Dance Teacher Web Conference & Expo
2026 Dance Teacher Training Certification Course
Why Choose This Program?
- A Proven Syllabus: Access a curriculum that is safe, highly effective, and fun for your students.
- Accessible Excellence: Master teaching methods that are challenging yet easy to grasp.
- A Competitive Edge: Elevate your studio’s reputation and standard of excellence by certifying your entire faculty.
Choose Your Certification Path:
- Level One: Comprehensive training focused on beginner through intermediate students.
- Level Two: Advanced curriculum designed for intermediate to advanced instruction.
Do You Teach Dance In The K-12 Setting?
As a K-12 dance teacher, you know how crucial it is to have a safe, structured syllabus that not only builds strength, coordination, and flexibility but also keeps your students engaged and excited to learn. Our program is designed to give you exactly that, and so much more! From foundational techniques to creative choreography, you’ll gain the tools to elevate your teaching and create a lasting impact.
Ballet
Dolly Kelepecz will be teaching Ballet.
Her method of teaching ballet will use a new untraditional, cutting edge approach. It combines strict, traditional ballet steps with the ideology of Pilates, which focuses on mind/body connection, adding elements of Gyrotonics, Body Code and many other different types of useful alternative movement techniques to help youth become accomplished at the art of ballet.
Jazz
The Jazz syllabus by Steve Sirico contains isolation work, body conditioning, as well as stretching and strengthening exercises.
Center floor work includes progressions for across the floor and center combinations that will serve as building blocks for more advanced levels. Teaching technique tips for this level 1 and 2 syllabus will be given. The syllabus is up to date, safe and has a proven track record of over 25 years.
Lyrical
The Lyrical Jazz syllabus devised by Angela D’Valda Sirico helps students to gain strength and fluidity while making an excellent bridge from Classical technique to Jazz.
It includes warm up material suitable for the level and expertise of the student, floor exercises to promote strength in all areas of the body and standing exercises with an accent on port de bras, rotations and balance. A vocabulary of steps for each level will be given and ideas on how to link steps together for across the floor and center combinations for level 1 and 2 students.
Early Childhood
EC Ballet syllabus, by Simone DePaolo, is a whimsical storytelling style for introducing ballet to young dancers.
It begins with exercises on the floor and standing that prepare the young dancers for movement while also teaching them some basic ballet terminology. Various props and visualizations are used to guide the dancers to move in a group, and individually while gaining musicality and rhythm. EC Jazz movement syllabus focuses on basic and initial jazz movement for young dancers. It begins with centre isolation warm-ups, cardio, muscle relaxation, and balance exercises to help the dancer gain awareness of their own bodies.
Hip Hop
Level 1 Hip Hop is designed for children, teens and adults at the beginner level.
Within the Syllabus are different exercises to help with strengthening, coordination, motor skills, movement and combinations that you can incorporate into your classes. Your students will develop rhythm, musicality and movement while exploring various Hip Hop styles.
Tap
Tony Coppola offers a brief background of the audibility of pedestrian movement and how it progresses to tap dance.
Tap basics are broken down; accompanying terminologies are explained. Tap basics are grouped into viable combinations, creating musical phrases and complementary visuals. Basics progress to intermediate and more advanced skills. Emphasis is placed on how to break down and teach all the appropriate skills using the most clear, concise and retainable methods. Time allowing, performance and presentational aspects will be addressed
Modern
Louis Kavouras provides a practical series of warm up, standing, and traveling excersices based on the principals of the classic modern dance techniques.
In-depth study of the principals and technique of Erick Hawkins to increase range of motion, core strength, endurance, agility, coordination, rhythm and the awareness of the body in space.
Anatomy
Dance studio teachers are asked questions about pain and dysfunction of joints and muscles almost everyday.
This Training is developed to answer with the most common questions and problems that occur in the dance classroom on a regular basis The Anatomy for Dance Teacher University will be specific to the kinesiology and injury prevention of Dance.
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