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Subject: Re: Professional/Amateur


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Vesna
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Date Posted: 01:05:08 06/02/03 Mon
In reply to: Jamie 's message, "Re: Professional/Amateur" on 13:36:57 05/27/03 Tue
 >It is true that the rule book states that amateurs
>will lose their amateur status if they teach, whether
>or not for money. I believe this is an example of a
>rule in respect of which EADA has exercised its
>discretion and introduced a scheme under which
>amateurs may teach under the supervision of a
>professional.

I was told recently by Richard Rose (a well-known pro importnat figure in one of those governing bodies and also a coach of Brimingham) that this rule got changed in January and now Amateurs aren't allowed to tech at all. But I guess EADA can make exceptions if they wish.

But this is a question I've been meaning to bring up for a while (hence my conversation with Richard Rose). Many university clubs struggle to pay teachers. THey don't always realise that the top teams get top coaching becuase team members themselves pay for it (with various levels of subsidy). We spend £200 or more per year on lessons. It is clear that this amount of money requires a lot of committment, which will only be possible when you have a successful team and dancers hoping to reach finals. For beginners, it is absurd to expect this, and that's why they start off in group lessons, paying only £2 or less per lesson. However, even this can become too expensive if the classes are small and the halls are expensive. This is a problem even for the largest of clubs.

We have a lot of enthusiastic and reasonably experienced people, current and ex-students, who could help out with beginners lessons and prepare people for their first competitions, until they get hooked enough to be willing to pay a real coach.

IVDA could apply for permission from EADA to allow these amateur dancers to teach unviersity clubs and charge only for expenses (if any). In this way IVDA could really help the smaller clubs.
How realistic do you think this idea is? From talking to some pros, it may be completely impossible, as they really think that you ned a qulification in order to teach anything. However, we could argue that the vast majority of students would never take a dance lesson if it wasn't for their university society, and hence the amateur teacher would not be taking away a professional's job.

I believe that this would be an excellent way of getting more teams involved, as the student and ex-student teachers could promote the enthusiasm for university completitions that many professional teachers don't share.

Any thoughts?
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Re: Professional/AmateurMore controversial01:39:07 06/02/03 Mon
    Re: Professional/AmateurJustine13:12:45 06/02/03 Mon

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