Reviewed by Kevin Fee Teach Like a Pro: The Ultimate Guide for Ballroom Dance Instructors is the roadmap for every ballroom dance teacher, from the aspiring new teacher to the seasoned pro. Teach Like a Pro is the only book I have ever found that provides a comprehensive, detailed look at the “art” of teaching…
Written by Roxanne Minott Original article link: examiner.com One can learn to teach ballroom dancing by attending the Ballroom Dance Teachers College, which was founded by Diane Jarmolow, who has been teaching ballroom dancing since 1978. Diane graduated college with a Math degree, and then decided to focus on teaching ballroom dancing. Ballroom beginnings Diane…
Diane Jarmolow has made it her life’s mission to change the way dance teachers are trained in the United States. And now she has created the tool to do it—Ballroom Dance Teachers College in a Box! In this article, Diane talks about the state of dance teacher training in the United States and how her…
By Lee Erica Elder When Diane Jarmolow, former owner and director of San Francisco’s Metronome Ballroom (one of the largest and most successful ballroom dance studios in the country, now a Cheryl Burke Dance studio), founded The Ballroom Dance Teachers College program in 1991, there was no vocational training available for ballroom dance teachers. Now,…
By Dolly Tavasieff Original article in Open Exchanges The dancers enrolled in the Ballroom Dance Teachers College teacher training program all share the same dream: to become an instructor and make ballroom dancing their life. Many of these future teachers are fresh out of high school or college and have been dancing all their lives….
by Paul Sterman The Oakland Tribune As a young woman growing up in Brooklyn, Diane Jarmolow’s life seemed to be all mapped out for her. “I was supposed to be a math teacher, like all the good Jewish girls from New York City were supposed to be,” she says with a smile. But Jarmolow moved…