Open Teacher Slots

Anyone can sign up to teach a class on a first come first serve basis. Open teaching slots* are currently for our Thursday classes.

Scroll down for more info about how to sign up to teach, how to submit promotional info, and other info you may need!!

*Please only sign up to teach once per month max, to allow space for other community members to teach!!

How to teach a class!

  • 1. SIGN UP TO TEACH

    Signing up to teach class is easy! Just add your name to the digital sign up list, which you can find on Google Docs at the link here.

  • 2. SUBMIT PROMOTIONAL INFO

    After you sign up to teach, make sure you submit info about your class so we can promote it! You can submit that info via the form here.

  • 3. TIMELINE

    Please submit your promo info by the 15th the month BEFORE you are teaching. For example, if you are teaching in February, you should submit your info by January 15th!! We will start promoting your class ASAP after you submit your promo info!

Class with Cindy Paul, 2024. Photo by shosh Isaacs.

More questions? We’ve got answers!

  • No and yes.

    No because you can teach any style/genre/form/anti-form of dance that you want to!! You can explode the very notion of a dance class, or you can teach the most traditional ballet class. Up to you! 

    On the other hand, yes there are parameters; we have a care ethos that includes guidelines for teachers to hold a safe space.

  • It's up to you!! Class can be for complete beginners, professional/advanced dancers, or any level in between.

  • Yes! All genres are welcome. Tap dancers must have a tap board/mat to lay over the marley floor. At this time, we cannot provide tap mats but teachers and dancers are welcome to bring their own.

  • Yes! We/the studio ask that dancers wear white-soled shoes on the studio floor and to bring a pair of shoes that recently haven't been worn outside. Essentially, shoes that won't scuff or dirty the marley are fine!

  • Please only sign up to teach once per month at maximum, to allow space for other community members to teach as well!

  • All classes are on a sliding scale, participants can pay $10, $15, or $20. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

    We (PDS) reimburse ourselves for the space from the money received from participants for class. If a teacher makes $20 or more after we reimburse ourselves for the studio, the teacher would keep 70% and PDS would keep 30%*. If the teacher makes less than $20 after we reimburse ourselves for the studio, the teacher would keep 100% of the profit. 

    Although this may seem like splitting hairs, or doing a lot of math for a minimal amount of money, it will help keep the program sustainable in the long run.

    *You may be wondering, where does the money go that PDS keeps? Right now we're just saving it up, and will use it in the case that not enough is made from class to reimburse for the studio space. In the future if we have extra we may use it for a PDS  festival, or something else that we haven't dreamed up yet.

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