The Licentiate qualification builds on the skills learnt in the initial teacher training qualifications and combines this with the knowledge and experience that come with practice as an experienced teacher.
Our Licentiate qualification builds on the skills learnt in the initial teacher training qualification and combines this with the knowledge and experience that come with practice as a teaching practitioner.
In order to apply to take the Licentiate exam you need to have one of the following:
Training will normally take place with an approved teacher or examiner. You can also look out for our Continual Professional Development courses run during spring and summer programmes by the Education and Training Department with our experienced lecturers and examiners.
For further guidance and information please contact education@istd.org
After successful completion, candidates are eligible to apply for Full Membership of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and are eligible to enter candidates for examinations, in both Theatre Dance and Dancesport genres. You may consider applying to the Society to become an Approved Dance Centre or DDE Approved Tutor.
You could also consider combining the Licentiate with the level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy. Successful completion of the Licentiate would exempt you from Unit 4 of the DDP.
You may now want to progress to the Fellowship examination, our highest teaching qualification and eventually apply to become an examiner.
Our syllabi are created by internationally renowned teachers and dancers and are used to train dancers. Teachers are encouraged to keep up-to-date with the latest syllabi. This can be done through our many courses, summer schools and congresses as well as our syllabus products – books, DVDs, CDs and syllabus outlines.
If you do not fulfil the entry requirements for the Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy, Licentiate or Fellowship but feel you have the required knowledge or experience, you can apply for APEL to access this qualification. The Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) scheme takes account of your professional experience and unregulated qualifications to enable you to by-pass the usual requirements.
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