Professional Examinations

Are you an experienced dancer with medallist or competitive experience and want to take the next step? Do you like the idea of a career in dance? Or are you just interested in pushing yourself and knowing more of the technical sides of Ballroom and Latin American dancing?

For a number of years, James has been training fellow experienced dancers in readyness for their professional examinations. The training is very specialised and requires the candidate to be committed, focused and determined to achieve the highest grade possible to demonstrate their ability to become a dance professional. Training to the required level can take some time and James will only enter candidates whom he believes will succeed. In addition to the necessary figures and technical aspects of your syllabus James will ensure that you gain the rudimentary teaching skills required to make sure that any of your future students learn in a secure and friendly environment, with the emphasise on making the learning fun and enjoyable.

In addition to this, James will ensure that your dancing level is at the required standard for your demonstrations both with a partner and solo.

An essential part of your training is gaining experience within a teaching environment, so once your professional study is underway you will be welcomed to assist in our classes as a student teacher, where some paid work may also be possible.

James is qualified to Licentiate level in Ballroom & Latin American with the ISTD and NATD and as such would be able to enter you up to that level in either teaching association.