Okay to Take Semi-Private Lessons with Another Girl? (I'm a girl too.)

[Shandy]

Well, when people from other countries say that hourly rate there is so much cheaper than here in US, my question usually is - how does that relate to average income there. I mean if a typical monthly income in that country is, say, $500 (no idea which country dansa is from, so totally making up that number), than $15 is a lot of money there.

When I saw the OP, I thought the same, "it's all relative". So I took my various dance teachers hourly rate and worked out how many hours I would need to work at adult minimum wage to pay for my lessons:

£16 = 2 and three quarter hours
£24 = 4 hours
£38 = 6 and a half hours.

I know my lessons are good value for the level of teaching/dancing (many people in the UK would pay a lot more) but it does make you think.

 

[Chris Stratton]

When I saw the OP, I thought the same, "it's all relative". So I took my various dance teachers hourly rate and worked out how many hours I would need to work at adult minimum wage to pay for my lessons:

It may also be interesting to consider how many hours you would have to teach per week at those various lesson rates to come up with a livable income... (realistically, one including the teacher's own continuing training expenses).

Also, even if the teacher is independent, there's going to be some overhead for floor space involved, that either the teacher is going to pay out of the lesson fee, or the student is going to have to pay on top of that. In the greater NY area (inside the city or out in NJ) that's typically $20/hour now.

 

[elisedance]

Dancing is for everyone but, similar to other sports, you can spend as much on dancesport as you, or within an extreme limit, anyone else has...

 

[elisedance]

It may also be interesting to consider how many hours you would have to teach per week at those various lesson rates to come up with a livable income...

Also, even if the teacher is independent, there's going to be some overhead for floor space involved, that either the teacher is going to pay out of the lesson fee, or the student is going to have to pay on top of that. In the greater NY area (inside the city or out in NJ) that's typically $20/hour now.

And add to that that it is unusual indeed for an independent to do, say, an 8 hr teaching day - lessons by the hour may be interemittent even for some of the best teachers.

OTOH pro/am can - for some - be a gold mine. But at least for NAmerican values, that is not frowned on at all, just admired.

 

[Shandy]

In the current economic climate, everyone is having to assess carefully what is a 'living wage'. Just hope that dance instructors/clients are willing to see both sides of the hourly charge. If the market for dance instructors declined, what would be their alternative employment? I adore my teachers but if they needed to find employment outside of their dance experience, I'm guessing that they would be working for an hourly rate much closer to minimum wage.

 

[QPO]

I would do what I could to reduce dow the expenses, I have no problem with it. Either to learn the lead and follow.