Do you want to combine your dance artistry and your passion for teaching? Would you like to become a dance teaching expert and prepare future dance teachers for the field or to work as a dance educator in K-12 settings? You can, when you take your skills and credentials to the next level.
Degree Awarded: Certificate
Dance Teaching Artist Praxis (Certificate)
This program equips students with practical and theoretical knowledge, skills and credentials that deepen their understanding of dance pedagogy. Students engage in a mix of studio-based courses, seminars and experiential learning in order to fully explore and scaffold appropriate teaching practices for dancers of any age and skill level. Students completing the dance teaching artist praxis certificate fulfill the coursework requirements they need in order to obtain a Provisional Arts Education, preK-12 certificate in dance from the Arizona Department of Education. They also gain the qualifications and credentials required for developing and teaching university teacher preparation courses and training programs as well as the skills and perspectives necessary for working effectively as a teaching artist in diverse sociocultural and learning contexts.
September 2025
Arizona State University
Tempe Campus,
1151 S. Forest Ave.,
TEMPE,
Arizona,
85281, United States
To be admitted to ASU, you must have earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor鈥檚 degree from an international institution that is officially recognized by that country.
Competitive applicants typically have a 鈥淏鈥 (3.00 on a 4.00 scale) grade point average in the last 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of undergraduate coursework. If you do not meet the minimum GPA requirements, your application may still be considered by the department.
English language proficiency requirements
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Score of at least 80 on the TOEFL iBT
International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Overall band score of the academic test of at least 6.5
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Score of at least 60
Duolingo English test: Graduate minimum score of 105