The IDTA publishes a print and online magazine for members titled Dance International four times a year.

Both of these organisations were formed from the merging of older dance teaching associations, with the earliest being established in 1903.

[1] The earliest predecessor of IDTA was the Manchester and Salford Association of Teachers of Dancing, founded in 1903.

These four organisations merged in 1930 to form the International Dancing Masters' Association.

the organization was renamed the International Dance Teachers' Association.