dance coach

Teaches dance steps

A dance coach is someone who trains dancers, helping them develop technique, artistry, and performance skills.

Unlike choreographers who create routines, coaches focus on refining execution and building a dancer's physical and mental abilities: Her dance coach worked with her for months before the competition.

The term appears in competitive dance, ballroom, and reality television contexts.

Related

turn out · rehearsal · full out · routine · pirouette · leotard · mirror · barre · steps · technique · movement · rhythm · performance · recital · posture · flexibility · warmup · counts

Categories
Opposites
role in dance instruction

dance coachnovice

Inexperienced newcomer to field

trainee

active participation vs. passive observation

dance coachspectator

Observer at an event

observer · onlooker · viewer · bystander · dance critic

relationship to skill development

dance coachdiscourager

One who dampens motivation

dance critic · naysayer · detractor · saboteur

Family

dance, coach, danced, dances, dancing, dancer, dancers, coached, coaches

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G