Good luck, and the other two posters gave some good advice. However, I would caution you to make sure that this is really the job you want before accepting it. There will be a lot of hard work on your part to learn your job. The hours can be long when you're on your feet. If you ever decide that you want to compete, it will have to be as a professional once you start teaching. This could change everything in your world of dance...just make sure it's really what you want! Find out what your obligation to them will be...will you sign a contract? If so, have someone look it over for you. Are you bound to work for them for a certain length of time, with a promise not to compete (ie, work for another studio or independantly) for a period of time after you leave? Will you have to pay for your training? Will you be responsible for building your own customer base?

Well first off, you're taking a great first step by asking others for tips.

Now onto the actual advice... my old studio did the same thing. We would bring in people and for five nights they were given 3 hours of semi intense training (I was always the hard ass that people hated to work with) and after that, they were either brought on for more training or they were cut loose.
The main things that we looked for were first how fast of a learner you are. Second, you had to have an outgoing personality and then we also looked at how well you worked with others. You gotta keep in mind that it is kind of a competition in a way but you still have to work together and show that you can work with others.
I think the main thing that won a person over with me and got them on my good side was an outgoing personality. As long as they were outgoing and left their mind open to learning new things and listened to what they were told, they did fine.

~LB

PS: good luck!

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