I've been learning dance for a couple of years now and have been teaching under another studio for about a year and a half. I feel for myself though, that the studio is holding me back, especially as i am learning somewhere else as there are no more steps in this studio for me to learn. The studio i feel doesn't appreciate what i can offer, and is complaining to everyone else that they cannot afford to have me at the studio. Should i move out and do it myself, i've got the people behind me, as i am forth coming with the knowledge that i have.

And what can you offer? If you need a studio to teach you further steps (!) you shouldn't be teaching. Do your pupils KNOW that you are an unqualified novice?

I agree with telemark. All teachers should not need to be taught any more steps. They may find certain steps difficult and therefore need someone else to show the pupils what to do, but by no means should still be learning!!! I think like telemark says your students need to know you are a novice and not qualified!

You have been dancing for two years and teaching for a year and a half. You must be at a chain school where you only have to be one step ahead of your students. I would suggest you go to an independent studio and ask for an assessment of your dancing before striking out on your own. Teachers should continue with coaching to keep current and sharp but should not need lessons to learn new steps. At the very least, you should know your bronze syllabus, leader and follower, to teach credibly. Unless you stick to beginners only, you will run out of steps to teach. And then there's technique, leading and following, floorcraft, all incredibly important but often blown off by unqualified instructors. Their students look like crap on the dance floor and eventually the students realize it and move on.

LOL---this post is funny. Dancing isn't a series of steps. It as an artform to be mastered, and to do so takes years and years. Top professionals can work on the same movement for 10-years before they feel proficient.

You should go compete against some top professionals at a place like Emerald Ball, Ohio Star, or Nationals and see how you rank. Then decide if you have what it takes to be an indy instructor and determine if you are doing little more than ripping off your students by professing to be a professional in something that ethical individuals work on for decades before they dare suggest they are worthy of teaching.

My professional instructor started ballroom training at 7-years of age. He is now in his thirties and he is still getting coaching from people he feels can help him progress. He is asked to judge national competitions and is a successful competitor himself.

You just come across as sounding arrogant and not devoted to your craft.