Dance lessons can be held in a studio or the classroom, and most dance classes are group lessons with 10-20 students learning together with one teacher guiding them. Students can range in age from kindergarten to adult and the class is often geared towards a specific genre of dance. For example, if the class is a group of beginner ballet students, then focusing on the basics of the genre and learning how to count steps will be an important part of the lesson.
Most dance lessons are fast-paced and have a lot of repetition to them, just like most new things. Students can be overwhelmed by the amount of information and they may need some time to process it. Typically, the instructor first describes the steps before they show them how to do them. They might then put on music and let the students practice the step before moving onto the next one.
Some students are detail-oriented and need to know every aspect of a move before they can master it, while others are concept-oriented and need to grasp the overview gestalt of what a dance or step is all about. Try to appeal to both kinds of learners in your class by including enough details and concepts to challenge the detail-oriented dancers and the overall gestalt of movement for the concept-oriented dancers. Also, be consistent with your terminology. If a step has several names, use only one or the dancers will get confused.
