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| Abbreviation | IDTA |
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| Formation | Founded: 1903 Incorporated: 1967 |
| Legal status | Private limited company (Ltd) |
| Purpose | Dance education and examination board |
| Headquarters | International House 76 Bennett Road Brighton BN2 5JL United Kingdom |
Region served | UK and Worldwide |
Chief Exec. | Elizabeth Murphy |
Main organ | Board of Directors |
| Affiliations | • British Dance Council • Council for Dance Education & Training • Central Council for Physical Recreation • Theatre Dance Council International |
| Website | www.idta.co.uk |
TheInternational Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) is a dance teaching and examination board based inBrighton,England. Operating internationally, the IDTA currently has over 7,000 members in 55 countries. The IDTA is recognised by the national qualifications regulators in England and Wales,Ofqual and theCouncil for Dance Education and Training, and is also affiliated to theBritish Dance Council, theCentral Council of Physical Recreation and the Theatre Dance Council International. The IDTA works in partnership with theRoyal Academy of Dance. The IDTA publishes a print and online magazine for members titledDance International four times a year.
The International Dance Teachers Association was formed in 1967 as the result of a merger between the Dance Teachers' Association (DTA), and the International Dancing Masters Association (IDMA). Both of these organisations were formed from the merging of older dance teaching associations, with the earliest being established in 1903. The IDTA subsequently celebrated its centenary in 2003.[1]
The earliest predecessor of IDTA was the Manchester and Salford Association of Teachers of Dancing, founded in 1903. This later became known as the Empire Society, (ESTD), in 1938. In 1920, another group of teachers in Birmingham formed the Midland Association of Teachers of Dancing (MATD), which eventually merged with the Empire Society in 1961 to form the Dance Teachers' Association.
In the early post-World War I years, a number of other small dance organisations were formed: the English Dancing Masters Association (EDMA), the Premier Association of Teachers of Dancing (PATD), the Universal Association of Dane Teachers (UADT), and the Yorkshire Association of Dancing Masters (YADM). These four organisations merged in 1930 to form the International Dancing Masters' Association.
After their merger in 1967,[who?] the organization was renamed the International Dance Teachers' Association.[1]: 32
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