Why Take Private Lessons and Coaching?
Changing the teaching format to Private Lessons Twenty years ago I abruptly changed my teaching format to private lessons only. I have been conducting daily private lessons in my home studio almost exclusively ever since. The change in my teaching format that year was a very difficult adjustment for me to make because I had spent, literally, the previous decade developing my studio geared toward group dance instruction and my clientele likewise. Loosing my base group clientele and closing my “main street” dance studio seemed such a frightening loss for my ego! Time often changes our circumstances, and I found that the relatively poor financial rewards involved in studio ownership sobered my burgeoning ego. Owning one’s own studio, having access to the “perfect” class time slots, and having control over conditions in the dance space are such seductive goals! However, reality had me by the pockets, and I was forced into a position of making my dance efforts profit in actual “fahlooz” (mo
