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This training has helped me beyond dance teacher training, it’s helped me to reclaim my confidence and who I am as a person, and to stand in my truth. It’s shown me I can incorporate being myself into my dance practice and the offerings I’ll provide for my students.
Nikki
our dance teacher training will guide you step by step to:
develop your unique style of dancing and teaching
(even if you feel rusty, even if you feel not experienced enough, or even if you’ve trained for many years - you can refresh and redefine to be the most YOU and the most effective)
lead dance classes you can share with others
(learn the Dance Again Method for turning any dance style into a structured dance class that is effective and magnetic)
make dance an active part of your life and career
(in a way that fuels your creativity rather than draining it)
make money and turn it into a side gig
(taught from someone who has been making a self-employed living in NYC for over 10 years)
join a community of supportive movement people
(so that you don’t have to feel alone in your process anymore)
who it's for:
creative movers who don’t fit the typical mold with dance or dance teaching
...but who want to hone in on their unique style and experience and turn it into something they can teach or share with others.
existing movement teachers (in fitness, pilates, yoga, etc)
who want to refresh their teaching content, add dance if they don’t already teach it, boost their confidence, and create a wider network to share their classes with.
those with other kinds of dance teacher training who didn’t quite “launch”
... maybe because the style didn’t feel totally genuine to them, or because they didn't have the right business training aspect or marketing approach
rusty dancers who don’t necessarily want to teach, but want to renew their confidence
...and make moves to let dance be a bigger part of their lives in a more consistent and fulfilling way.
Hi! I'm Jess, your guide through this process.
As the founder and director of Dance Again®, I have been running our classes and programs consistently since 2015. I'm also a TEDx speaker, the author of Dance With This Book, a creative coach, copywriter, former holistic health coach, and dancer/performing artist. (shout out to my fellow multi-passionate creatives!)
how I got here:
I was a holistic health coach with a thriving practice and thought that was my calling, until something in my soul told me otherwise. What started out as a creative hobby - making homemade dance videos alone in my room - has grown into a career and a community over the last 10+ years. From starting tiny workshops in a Brooklyn studio to speaking on a TEDx stage to performing in front of hundreds to seeing my homemade dance video screened at Lincoln Center, I’ve been on a mission to make dance more accessible, with an emphasis on creativity and self-expression.
I’ve produced over a dozen showcases for my students in NYC and I’m the creator of the annual Dance-a-Day in May challenge, which continues to spread each year.
I’ve also published a book, maintained my own blog since 2012, and have been coaching since 2007 in the fields of women’s health, creativity, copywriting, and business. Over that time I've supported 85+ entrepreneurs and businesses on their content, marketing strategy, and messaging, as well as 60+ individuals into successful creative paths.
My Dance Again® programs and videos have helped hundreds of people in NYC and beyond to reclaim their sense of self through dance, feel at home in their bodies, and revive their creative expression.
In our changing times, I felt called to take this mission to more places and reach more communities, and so I started this dance teacher training, which helps you to create your own dance movement, based on YOUR unique dance story and experience.
this training incorporates everything i’ve learned from both the artistic and business side of starting a dance-based business and movement.
I've been leading the training since 2019, and with each cohort I've updated and improved the content. In 2024 we are excited to be offering opportunities to become officially certified as a Dance Again® instructor and join our team! If you've been checking out this page and considering joining the training for awhile, know that there's a lot of new things to expect from it!
As a non-trained dancer, I've been hesitant to move forward on my own, but...I’m so glad that I reached out to Jess! She helped me redefine dance for myself to create a movement program that’s inclusive to all movers - trained or not!
Julie Fernandez
It was a gift to learn how to take my ideas and manifest them into a program that is aligned with my beliefs as a dance educator.
- Marisa Catena