Tips for teaching and running a class - what do you do?

[RobotLion]

Just out of curiosity, where are you based? Privates are more effective for obvious reasons but are much more costly. A lot of people ahve done very well with open classes.

I am in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Private lessons are not just much more costly, but the amount of money it would take to get to the level of a good social dancer is pretty much unobtainable to the average person.

I don't expect to learn everything about Salsa Dancing from group lessons, but I wish I could at least find some that were decent enough to supplement my private lessons.

 

[terence]

Very good post, I remember when I was first starting out in Manchester many moons ago, our instructor always took time out to talk about the roots and history of the music and dance, without being overbearing about it.

As I could remember, it never had any affect on student numbers., but hey, that was a different time.

Its not about the "numbers ".. its about educating the ones you have .