Dancing Proficiency Test

TayHaven

Message 25977 · 11 May 2001 16:18:33 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

Great idea Ian. I have seen a few excellent teachers who have "failed"
and lost their confidence or dropped out of dancing altogether. If they
had entered a system such as you suggest then they probably still be
dancing and sharing their expertise with us.

Susan Freeman,
Maberly, Ontario.

Ian Brockbank wrote:
> How about having a graded series
> of tests, along the lines of the music exams? This would be good for
> children's classes - it would give them something to work towards. It
> could help for (eg) day schools, so there is a common definition of
> dancing levels. It could help for defining class levels (even if the
> dancers didn't necessarily have to take the test). It would give
> people a route to improve or a target to work towards.