Council for Dance Education and Training http://www.cdet.org.uk

Photographs of various dance styles, schools and rehersals including: Bird College, Central School of Ballet, Urban Dance Company, Stella Mann College and The Urdang Academy. Credits from left to right:
1. Photograph by Peter Teigen, courtesy Bird College
2. Photograph by Bill Cooper, courtesy Central School of Ballet
3. Student at the Urdang Academy Photograph, courtesy The Urdang Academy
4. Photograph by Thomas Grey of dancer Michael Joseph, courtesy Urban Dance Company
5. Photograph of Sarah Preston by Peter Teigen, courtesy Stella Mann College
6. Photograph by Bill Cooper, courtesy Central School of Ballet

Dance Awarding Bodies and Dance Teaching Societies

A photo of Royal Ballet dancers by Johan Person

Christopher Wheeldon in rehearsal with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Photographs courtesy of the Royal Opera House and Johan Persson, photographer

Dance Awarding Bodies and Dance Teaching Societies are examining institutions offering graded and vocational graded qualifications in dance and musical-theatre.

Dance teachers who hold a teaching qualification from an awarding body or teaching society may enter students for the examinations of that body.

The Council has two categories of membership for awarding bodies – Registered Dance Awarding Bodies - four bodies registered (accredited) by the Council - the British Ballet Organisation, the British Theatre Dance Association, the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and the Royal Academy of Dance. Qualifications from these bodies are also accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and have been admitted to the National Qualifications Framework.

Corporate Member Teaching Societies – ten bodies currently moving towards Council registration – Association of American Dancing, British Association of Teachers of Dancing, International Dance Teachers Association, National Association of Teachers of Dancing, Professional Teachers of Dancing, Russian Ballet Society, Scottish Dance Teachers Alliance, Spanish Dance Society, United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing and Kindred Arts and United Teachers of Dance.

Full contact details of dance teachers who are members of a registered Awarding Body may be found in the The UK Directory of Registered Dance Teachers; teachers who are members of a Corporate Member Teaching Society may be found in the UK Database of Dance Teachers, together these directories make up the most comprehensive listing of dance teachers in the country. The directories are the primary reference for students, parents, carers, primary and secondary schools looking for locally based, qualified dance teachers. Awarding bodies may also have a directory of their own teachers who do not subscribe to the CDET directory. Please go to Links to view full details on the Dance Awarding Bodies and the Corporate Member Teaching Societies.

CDET, Old Brewer's Yard, 17 - 19 Neal Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9UY
phone: 020 7240 5703 fax: 020 7240 2547 email: info@cdet.org.uk