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Competences — dance teacher

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1eb56b85-af25-43d4-9e35-73d8ee78e228).

Essential

  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities (skill/competence)
  • apply teaching strategies (skill/competence)
  • assess students (skill/competence)
  • assist students in their learning (skill/competence)
  • balance participants' personal needs with group needs (skill/competence)
  • be a role model in community arts (skill/competence)
  • bring out performers artistic potential (skill/competence)
  • consult students on learning content (skill/competence)
  • create a work environment where performers can develop their potential (skill/competence)
  • demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style (skill/competence)
  • demonstrate when teaching (skill/competence)
  • develop a coaching style (skill/competence)
  • direct movement experiences (skill/competence)
  • encourage students to acknowledge their achievements (skill/competence)
  • express yourself physically (skill/competence)
  • give constructive feedback (skill/competence)
  • guarantee students' safety (skill/competence)
  • help performers internalise choreographic material (skill/competence)
  • inspire dance participants to improve (skill/competence)
  • inspire enthusiasm for dance (skill/competence)
  • instructional strategies (knowledge)
  • maintain safe working conditions in performing arts (skill/competence)
  • manage student relationships (skill/competence)
  • perform classroom management (skill/competence)
  • prepare lesson content (skill/competence)
  • provide lesson materials (skill/competence)
  • stimulate performers' imagination (skill/competence)
  • subject of music coaching (knowledge)
  • teach dance (skill/competence)
  • teamwork principles (knowledge)
  • understand the emotional dimension of a performance (skill/competence)

Optional

  • adopt a person-centred approach to community arts (skill/competence)
  • analyse your fight discipline expertise (skill/competence)
  • assessment processes (knowledge)
  • assist students with equipment (skill/competence)
  • contextualise artistic work (skill/competence)
  • contribute to the choreographer's process of reflection (skill/competence)
  • coordinate artistic production (skill/competence)
  • create choreographic material (skill/competence)
  • define artistic approach (skill/competence)
  • develop a rehabilitation programme (skill/competence)
  • develop artistic educational activities (skill/competence)
  • develop artistic project budgets (skill/competence)
  • develop codified movements (skill/competence)
  • develop learning curriculum (skill/competence)
  • develop methods for choreographic integration (skill/competence)
  • develop proposed choreographic language (skill/competence)
  • develop the physical language (skill/competence)
  • devise choreography (skill/competence)
  • evolution in delivery practices in practiced dance tradition (knowledge)
  • facilitate teamwork between students (skill/competence)
  • history of dance style (knowledge)
  • keep personal administration (skill/competence)
  • keep up to date on professional dance practice (skill/competence)
  • learning difficulties (knowledge)
  • link between dance and music style (knowledge)
  • maintain dance training (skill/competence)
  • manage artistic career (skill/competence)
  • manage resources for educational purposes (skill/competence)
  • match needs of target community with your skills (skill/competence)
  • movement techniques (knowledge)
  • prepare performance training session (skill/competence)
  • present exhibition (skill/competence)
  • read dance scores (skill/competence)
  • record lessons learnt from your sessions (skill/competence)
  • understand the architecture of a live performance (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 57 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • dance instruction — 47 %
  • choreography — 30 %
  • classroom management — 28 %