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III Bellydance Code Of Ethics & Professionalism
This applies to those members of the belly dance community who play an ACTIVE & PROFESSIONAL role ... along with these
PRIVELEGES come special RESPONSIBILITIES.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall extend professional courtesy to all fellow professionals. For
example, "standard rates" should be adhered to.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers should keep a "Standard of Excellence" by continuing their dance
education.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall only offer services for which they are trained and qualified to
perform.
Each Professional Dancer's/Instructor's/Choreographer's behavior reflects on public perception of the dance. Therefore,
while in public and identifiable as a Professional Dancer/Instructor/Choreographer you must avoid behavior that clearly is in
violation of accepted moral and legal standards.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall not, under the auspices of Middle Eastern dance, incorporate the
behaviors or practices of erotic dance, stripping, or related fields. They agree to maintain boundaries between these very
separate vocations.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall make every attempt to be aware of workplace and payment
standards and not lower the standards of pay nor engage in workplace practices that degrade the respect for the art form,
degrade working conditions, or reward it based on factors other than merit and ability in dance.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall keep the physical and mental well-being of students as a primary
consideration. For instance: Instructors will not restrict information about seminars or workshop events from their students
when the instructor, sponsor, and material presented are ethical, accurate, and appropriate to the level of the student.
Instructors may not forbid their students from studying with others.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall agree to keep the students first. For example, Instructors shall
never view students as "competition" but instead should help mentor those students with talent, interest, motivation and
ethics into future peers who will be a credit to the field, and in general try to guide, help and address concerns. No one who
is concerned about being "passed" by a student should teach. Being exceeded is what we all hope so that the next
generation will rise higher.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall not, through personal contact or through representatives, attempt
to recruit students from another school or institution.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall speak the truth about professional experience. For example, you
shall refrain from making false claims to past fame or affiliations. You shall not falsify credentials. You shall not knowingly
disseminate unverified or unsupported pejorative insinuations or statements about another professional.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall respect the intellectual property of others and not represent it as
their own or belonging to anyone other than the originator.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers agree to credit sources for choreography, music, photography, and
intellectual property in general when possible.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall guard the individual rights and personal dignity of each student and
not engage in discriminatory practices in regard to age, weight, religion, disability, race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers agree to respect the privacy of all students served and responsibly use
personal information gained from that relationship.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall not monetarily manipulate their students. For example, instructors
may not require their students to purchase products or services from them at a price that is substantially more than the
market rate as a condition of their remaining in class. Instructors shall not promise students unrealistic guarantees of work.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers, who adhere to the "Code of Ethics & Professionalism", are of high moral
character and conduct themselves and their practice in a professional and ethical manner.
This applies to those members of the belly dance community who play an ACTIVE & PROFESSIONAL role ... along with these
PRIVELEGES come special RESPONSIBILITIES.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall extend professional courtesy to all fellow professionals. For
example, "standard rates" should be adhered to.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers should keep a "Standard of Excellence" by continuing their dance
education.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall only offer services for which they are trained and qualified to
perform.
Each Professional Dancer's/Instructor's/Choreographer's behavior reflects on public perception of the dance. Therefore,
while in public and identifiable as a Professional Dancer/Instructor/Choreographer you must avoid behavior that clearly is in
violation of accepted moral and legal standards.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall not, under the auspices of Middle Eastern dance, incorporate the
behaviors or practices of erotic dance, stripping, or related fields. They agree to maintain boundaries between these very
separate vocations.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall make every attempt to be aware of workplace and payment
standards and not lower the standards of pay nor engage in workplace practices that degrade the respect for the art form,
degrade working conditions, or reward it based on factors other than merit and ability in dance.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall keep the physical and mental well-being of students as a primary
consideration. For instance: Instructors will not restrict information about seminars or workshop events from their students
when the instructor, sponsor, and material presented are ethical, accurate, and appropriate to the level of the student.
Instructors may not forbid their students from studying with others.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall agree to keep the students first. For example, Instructors shall
never view students as "competition" but instead should help mentor those students with talent, interest, motivation and
ethics into future peers who will be a credit to the field, and in general try to guide, help and address concerns. No one who
is concerned about being "passed" by a student should teach. Being exceeded is what we all hope so that the next
generation will rise higher.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall not, through personal contact or through representatives, attempt
to recruit students from another school or institution.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall speak the truth about professional experience. For example, you
shall refrain from making false claims to past fame or affiliations. You shall not falsify credentials. You shall not knowingly
disseminate unverified or unsupported pejorative insinuations or statements about another professional.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall respect the intellectual property of others and not represent it as
their own or belonging to anyone other than the originator.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers agree to credit sources for choreography, music, photography, and
intellectual property in general when possible.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall guard the individual rights and personal dignity of each student and
not engage in discriminatory practices in regard to age, weight, religion, disability, race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers agree to respect the privacy of all students served and responsibly use
personal information gained from that relationship.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers shall not monetarily manipulate their students. For example, instructors
may not require their students to purchase products or services from them at a price that is substantially more than the
market rate as a condition of their remaining in class. Instructors shall not promise students unrealistic guarantees of work.
Professional Dancers/Instructors/Choreographers, who adhere to the "Code of Ethics & Professionalism", are of high moral
character and conduct themselves and their practice in a professional and ethical manner.
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