Dance teacher
Also called dance coach, dance trainer, dancing teacher
Dance teachers instruct students in a recreational context in the various dance genres and forms, such as ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, hip-hop, latin, folk dance etc. They provide students with a notion of dance history and repertoire, but mainly focus on a practice-based approach in their courses, in which they assist students in experimenting with and mastering different dance and dramatic expression styles and techniques and encourage them to develop their own style. They cast, choreograph and produce performances, and coordinate the technical production and the set, props and costume usage on stage.
What you'd do
Other arts teachers · ILO- Assessing the students‚Äô level of ability and determining learning needs
- Planning, preparing and delivering programmes of study, lessons and workshops for individual students and groups
- Preparing and presenting material on the theory of the subject area being studied
- Instructing and demonstrating practical aspects of drama, dance, visual or other arts
- Assigning exercises and work relevant to students’ level of ability, interests and talents
- Assessing students and offering advice, criticism and encouragement
- Revising curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction
- Preparing students for examinations, performance and assessments
- Arranging visits and tours to exhibitions and performances
- Organising and assisting in performances or exhibitions of students' work
- Indoors
- On your feet most of the day
- Constant contact with people
- Some freedom to decide
- Usually under 40 hours a week
- Deadlines now and then
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Limited prospectsFewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,700 a month (Hungary) to €9,900 (Luxembourg), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among professionals in the EU, women earn 21% less per hour than men. Professionals · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Usually a degreeA degree in education science is the usual route.
823 institutions in the EU offer education bachelor's degrees. Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
LittleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.35 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 10 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for other arts teachers. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).