I have been a ballet dancing teacher for almost 20 years. I teach modern, hip hop and ballroom dancing as well, but my first love will always be ballet. I can see that this is the foundation to all the other dance forms, and pupils will always be better in the other dance forms if they have had good basic ballet dancing technique training. Of course, most people aren’t built to be ballerinas, but one can gain so much personally, spiritually and physically by taking ballet dancing classes.
Being a Dancing Teacher is hard work. Every year one has to come up with ideas for new dances, costumes and teaching ideas so that the children stay motivated, as well as stay motivated, dedicated and fresh yourself. Most dancing teachers that I have met are motivated and driven because they love what they do. Most dancing teachers that I have met have all the skills to be successful entrepreneurs, as they rarely give up and keep striving to do better. Unfortunately with this profession, it is hard to build up your studio in the beginning, and as dancing is considered a luxury, it is the first thing to go when times are tough. Most ballet teachers have some good years and some bad, but where does that leave them when they have to plan for their retirement. This is definitely a profession that most do for the love of the art. Rather than to become rich financially we become rich emotionally (which isn’t a bad thing).
I am almost 40 and I have decided that it is now time to take stock of my financial future. As teachers we all trade time for money, but what happens when we can no longer do that. What can we do with our spare time, little that there is, to build a financial platform for ourselves for when times are tough. We also need something that can create a good residual income for many years to come, without having to trade our time for money. Do we have protection in place if something happens to us physically, and we aren’t able to teach anymore? How many of us actually think of the future. Do you really think you can go on teaching until you are 70 years old?
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