Adult Dance Schools – Getting a Raw Deal?

Wherever you go, whatever town you live in, you can find a dance school for children. Not to mention new ones popping up all the time.

But what about dance schools for adults? There aren’t that many and all the ones available seem to cater exclusively to professional dancers, or are 2-3 year university courses.

So where does an adult beginner want to learn to dance? Well, naturally, it depends a lot on your goals. If you just want to learn a couple of dance steps or do it as a hobby, your goals are very different from those of a beginning adult who wants to make a living professionally.

The university route of doing 2 to 3 years is something that should be considered by someone looking to do it professionally. But even they have to start somewhere often learning part-time to successfully start auditioning for a dance school.

So if you are a beginning adult looking to learn for fun or with career aspirations, you should look for a part-time adult dance school or dance studio to start with. There aren’t many dance schools that operate part-time for adults, so you may have to look into dance studios.

You should try to find the nearest dance studio that offers high level instruction and a variety of classes that are close to you. The better the quality of the instructors, the better prepared you will be for what lies ahead. Even if you do it for fun, it makes sense to have a good dance teacher, then you will learn to dance properly!

If you want to make a living dancing, you need to try and do a variety of skills, from commercial and hip-hop to core college subjects like ballet, jazz, and tap. If you’re doing it for fun, you can do any dance class you feel like!

The problem for adult beginners is that naturally there are fewer dance schools for adults, they have to go to classes in studios where the training is not as gradual. Therefore, it is very difficult to start when they are finding their way, which can become daunting.

To sum it up, find a good dance school or dance studio with good dance teachers and dance classes that will continue to inspire you even when the going gets tough.