Quick Guide to BDASA Certification

  EXAM  LEVELS                &             
       REQUIREMENTS

    
 

AMATEUR  LEVELS

Candidate must belong to a currently registered & paid-up BDASA/SADTA dance studio.

*  Duration:
    Gr 1-6: 30min per candidate.
    Gr  7  : 1hour per candidate.

*  Grades must be passed in
    succession.

*  Entry Age = 8 years old+.

*  FORMAT: Gr1-7 = Practical

* 1 Examiner per session.

* Exam Fees.
   Gr1-6: R200,00 per Assessment.
   Gr7   : R250,00 per Assessment.

* Maximum of 4 candidates per 
   examiner/session.* Floor-work sections are optional.

* Pass = 60%


 











 
   CANDIDATES ARE ASKED TO
   PRESENT A MOVEMENT AND
   ARE MARKED ACCORDING TO
   TECHNICAL PRESENTATION
   AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE
   ABILITY.

   EXAM CONDITIONS ARE 
   FRIENDLY AND REASONABLY
   RELAXED, ALTHOUGH NO
   DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE
   BETWEEN EXAMINER AND
   CANDIDATE.

 

TEACHER LEVELS

Candidate must be a currently
registered & paid-up BDASA/SADTA member.

*  Duration:
    Level 1-6:  2 hours
    Associate:  2 hours
    Level 7:      2 1/2 hours
    Licenciate:  2 1/2 hours

*  Levels must be passed in
    succession.

* 1 Examiner per session.
   2nd Examiner optional & incurs
   extra cost

* Maximum of 1 candidate per
   session.

* Exam Fees:
   Level 1-6:  R300.00/exam
   Level 7   :  R350.00

* Knowledge, understanding and
   ability to teach floor-work
   sections is compulsory.

* Pass = 75%

*  Certified Levels 1-7
    Entry age for Level 1 = 18yrs
    Entry age for Level 5 = 22yrs
    FORMAT = Theoretical &
                   Practical.

*  Associate Teacher Cert.    
    Entry age = 21 years &
    successful completion of
    Certified Level 4.
    FORMAT: Theory
                  - multiple choice.

*  Licenciate Level
    (Internationally Recognized
     Teacher Qualification)   
     Entry age = 25 years and
     successful completion of
     Certified Level 7.
     FORMAT: Class situation
                   - Practical.

*  Fellow Level
     (Examiner level)
    Entry age = 26 years and 
    successful completion of
    Licenciate Level.
 
    Mentored for approximately
    12 months with a minumum
    of 8 Trials (6 Amateur grades
    and 2 Teacher levels)
    
    Specific requirements 
    pertaining to personality and
    accountability exist.




   CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO
   PRESENT A
   MOVEMENT, DISCUSS ITS 
   MECHANICS AND
   THE ANATOMICAL ASPECTS.

   EXAM CONDITIONS ARE
   FRIENDLY AND INTERACTIVE.
   THE TEACHER IS ENCOURAGED
   TO USE HER OWN TEACHING
   METHODS DURING THE
   PRESENTATION  AND
   DISCUSSION IS ENCOURAGED.

   CANDIDATES ARE MARKED ON
   ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE,
   TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION AND
   PRESENTATION AS WELL AS
   PERFORMANCE ABILITY.

   IF A CANDIDATE IS UNABLE TO
   PERFORM FLOORWORK, SHE
   MUST USE A THIRD PARTY FOR 
   PRESENTATION.  THE THIRD
   PARTY MAY BE A STUDENT OR
   THE EXAMINER.

   CANDIDATES MUST MAKE IT
   KNOWN THAT A THIRD PARTY
   IS REQUIRED, AT THE TIME OF
   BOOKING THEIR EXAM.