The Art of Teaching Social Dancing by Rudi Trautz is a comprehensive guide to the craft of teaching social dance. Rather than being a book for students who simply want to learn dance steps, it is written specifically for dance teachers and those training to become professional instructors.
Drawing on Rudi Trautz’s extensive teaching experience, the book goes beyond choreography, steps and figures to address one of the most important questions in dance education: how to teach effectively.
The book explains how to communicate with students, organize lessons and adapt instruction to different learning abilities—from talented dancers and average learners to students who require more time and assistance. It also discusses what teachers should do, what they should avoid, and how to create classes in which students enjoy learning to dance.
A major feature of the book is its structured social dance curriculum. The teaching program is divided into six progressive levels, with eight classes in each level. Each class introduces and develops appropriate figures across different dances while providing practical guidance for the teacher.
The program is designed around 90-minute classes with a 10–15 minute break, and the teaching concepts can be adapted to everything from large group classes of up to 100 students to private lessons.
In addition to the lesson programs, the book covers dance terminology, music, teaching methodology, student psychology and class management. A dedicated section also discusses how to make a Social Dance School successful, making the book useful not only for teaching individual lessons but also for instructors involved in running a dance school.
What You’ll Learn
- How to teach social dancing effectively
- How to structure progressive dance courses
- A complete 6-level program with 8 classes per level
- How to teach figures rather than simply demonstrate them
- How to communicate clearly with dance students
- How to work with different learning abilities
- How to organize both group and private lessons
- How to incorporate music into dance instruction
- Practical approaches to student psychology and class management
- Principles for developing a successful social dance school
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