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The International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) is a leading dance teaching and examination board based in Brighton, England. Operating internationally, the IDTA is one of the largest dance teaching organisations in the world and currently has over 7,000 members in 55 countries. The IDTA is a recognised awarding organisation, recognised by the national qualifications regulators in England and Wales, Ofqual and the Council for Dance Education and Training, and is also affiliated to the British Dance Council, the Central Council of Physical Recreation and the Theatre Dance Council International. The IDTA also works in partnership with the Royal Academy of Dance. It publishes their magazine for members Dance International six times a year. ==History== 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 these organisations were themselves formed from the merging of older dance teaching associations, with the earliest being established in 1903. The IDTA subsequently celebrated its centenary in 2003.〔Wainwright, Lyndon 1997. ''The story of British popular dance''. International Publications (IDTA), Brighton.〕 The earliest predecessor of today's 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''. The final merger of these organisations in 1967, saw the creation of today's ''International Dance Teachers' Association''.〔Wainwright, p32.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Dance Teachers Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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