UE Theory of the dance teacher diploma
DE 1
Dancers with an amateur background, artists with a dance practice, who wish to train to become dance teachers.
Entry into the program is conditional upon passing the Classical, Contemporary or Jazz EAT.
The entry in training is done by registration by depositing a file between April and September.
Registration file: registration form, CV, cover letter
Duration of the training in hours: 800 hours package
History of dance : 50 hours
Musical training : 110 hours
Anatomy Physiology : 50 hours
Dates of the training season 2022/2023 : from 17/09/22 to 28/04/23
Training hours (as an indication) : 9am - 6pm
Periods of interruption: school vacations of the zone A
Training place : Centre Chorégraphique Calabash, 44 rue Pierre Delore 69008 LYON
Group size : between 8 and 15 people
17 years and over without age limit
2 years (DE 1 and DE2)
Compulsory E.A.T validation
K2105 - Artistic teaching - Dance teacher
Dance History
● Analyze choreographic works.
● Workshops around the fundamentals and repertoire.
● Accompany each learner in defining and establishing their own artistic path.
● Know and understand the art of dance.
● To know the current trends in dance in France.
Musical Training
● Know the musical currents that have been linked to the major choreographic eras.
● Analyze musical works
● Know the solfeggio and its elementary practice
● Transcribe a musical excerpt gesturally
Anatomy Physiology
● Develop knowledge related to anatomy and physiology
● Integrate body awareness related to movements
● To analyze the body in the danced movement
History of dance
Intervenants : Nathalie Deguigne, Céline Roux, Nicole Vivier
● Introduction to documentary research, writing and synthesis work
● Acquisition of historical knowledge
Musical training
Speaker: Franck Capelle
● Musical practices and culture
● Solfeggio knowledge and elementary practices
● Body translation work, rhythmic precision and quality of movement
Anatomy Physiology
Intervenants: Audrey Guerin and Soahanta de Oliveira
● Acquisition of knowledge
● Functional analysis
● Basics of physiology
3 dance studios equipped with audio equipment
1 classroom equipped with audio and video, library and audio and video supports
Dematerialization of educational resources, timetables...
Documentary resources available: books, CDs, DVDs and educational resources
For the theoretical courses, they can be transmitted on paper, email or video
Material means at the disposal of the students: computer, WIFI, printer
At the end of each period (December, March and May):
● Ongoing assessment of learners by teachers, feedback on attendance during the period.
● Oral restitution of the continuous and end of period evaluations with the learner
● Exam situation with restitution of personal and/or group variations, evaluation and feedback from the teaching team present. Self-evaluation of the learners from video recordings of their performance.
● Proposal of progress axes.
The theoretical training of the dance teacher diploma allows :
- To integrate the pedagogical training of the dance teacher diploma
- To continue the theoretical training for the students who did not validate the 3 theoretical Teaching Units.