Careers In Dance

Author : Ali Duffy
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781492592730

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Careers in Dance by Ali Duffy Pdf

Never before has a greater variety of careers been available in dance—and never before has such comprehensive, expert guidance on those burgeoning careers been accessible in one book. Careers in Dance is a master guide that will help students navigate the expanding opportunities in dance and familiarize current professionals with potential career choices that best align with their pursuits and strengths. This highly practical text offers a wealth of information on career options in a variety of settings and with a variety of focuses, including commercial ventures, scholarly pursuits, administrative avenues, medical and scientific settings, and interdisciplinary opportunities. Readers are guided in discovering their deepest interests and learning how to translate their unique strengths into rich and fulfilling careers. In keeping with recent trends in higher education dance programs, Careers in Dance spotlights entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities for dancers, delving into an array of options and offering much-needed advice. The book covers some of the social and cultural influences that affect success in the field, and it explores various career opportunities: K-12 and postsecondary dance education Dance studios Performance, choreography, and production Dance research, analytical writing, and journalism Dance administration and advocacy Dance science, therapy, and medical and somatic practices Private competition companies Technical theater and related areas The text also helps readers understand the connections between dance and other disciplines. For example, it details the interdisciplinary opportunities involving technology, technical theater, and media. It also notes the possibilities for continued education in graduate school programs and suggests approaches to acclimating to life as a working professional. Careers in Dance offers two recurring elements throughout the book: Profiles of, and interviews with, esteemed professional dancers, revealing their real-world experiences and affording insights into different dance careers Reflection prompts that encourage self-reflection and prepare readers to seek career development and career advancement opportunities This text explores the opportunities dance students and professionals can pursue, helps them pinpoint their areas of interest and strengths, and equips them to create their unique paths to a fulfilling career in dance. In doing so, Careers in Dance provides the advice and strategies dancers need to actualize their own destinies in dance.

Author : Mande Dagenais
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781621531685

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Starting Your Career as a Dancer by Mande Dagenais Pdf

In Starting Your Career as a Dancer, author Mande Dagenais explains what it really takes to get into the business, be in the business, and survive in the business. Based on more than twenty-five years of experience in the performing arts as a dancer, teacher, choreographer/director, and producer, Dagenais offers insider advice and shares her vast knowledge while answering questions asked by professionals and beginners alike. Aspiring dancers will learn about different markets, venues, and types of work for dancers, and what to expect from a dancing job, while experienced dancers will appreciate helpful tips on where and how to find work, business management, and career transition. Covering topics ranging from audition dos and don’ts to injury prevention, this is absolutely the most comprehensive and practical guide you will find to the dancer’s profession.

Author : Institute for Career Research
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Amusements
ISBN : 1523299428

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A Career in Dance by Institute for Career Research Pdf

DANCING IS A PART OF BEING HUMAN. Even people who have the cliche "two left feet" and cannot learn to follow the steps of any social dance, still feel the urge to twirl themselves around in moments of joy. Even people who cannot walk and must get around in wheelchairs respond to the desire to dance - there is a Wheelchair Dancers Organization. For some people social dancing is not enough. They feel the need to make dancing the central part of their life. For these people, seeking a career as a dancer is an act of love. If you are one of those who think this might be what you want to do, you must think twice. If being a dancer is not something you absolutely must do with your life, then you should seriously consider some other career. You should understand that every other dancer against whom you will be competing for the limited number of professional dance jobs available is committed with all of their being to this art. You can certainly want to dance for fun, for your own pleasure, and as a recreational outlet for your creative spirit. If you are serious about a professional career in dance, then you must be prepared for disappointment, discouragement, and physical pain as you follow your passion. If you have the dedication, there are many things to do to give yourself the best chance for success. You will, of course, always be taking dance classes, probably from a very early age. You may already be interested in a particular technique or the work of a specific choreographer. Many dancers, choreographers, and teachers would encourage you to broaden your horizons and try to take in as many different dance, music, and art styles that you can. They would also likely encourage you to follow some form of meditation, to work on opening up your inner, spiritual self. Serious dancers believe that what they do is spiritual, that through dance they are connecting with humanity and with the universe. You will find that all the different qualities you need to be a professional dancer are connected. The spiritual, intellectual, physical, and emotional sides of yourself must all be in harmony and working together. Support will come from outside of yourself as well as from within. Although the dance world is very competitive, it is also an environment that nurtures its members. If you pursue this career, you will discover that you are part of an enormous family everywhere you go. They will be there to cheer for you when things are going well, and they will be there to give a helping hand when you are hurting, and when you need a push to keep going, they will be there for that, too."

Author : Jean Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Dance
ISBN : 0850386756

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Careers in Dance by Jean Richardson Pdf

Author : Mande Dagenais
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Dance
ISBN : 9781450201834

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Inspired to Dance by Mande Dagenais Pdf

Details the entire process of how to become a dancer. Based on more than twenty-five years of experience in the performing arts as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, director, and producer, Mande shares her vast knowledge and experience. This definitive and comprehensive guide teaches the ins and outs of show business: how to get the most out of your training; audition dos and don'ts; where and how to find work; managing the business aspect of your talent; how to sustain longevity in your career.--Publisher's description.

Author : Sandra Athans
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781731603852

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A Dancer by Sandra Athans Pdf

If you love to dance you will want to read on to discover the many types of jobs that await you! From a professional ballet dancer to a dance therapist, see if this is the right career for you. Includes a glossary, sidebars, and photographs.

Author : Grant Strate
Publisher : Dance Collection Press = Collection Danse presses
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Dance
ISBN : PSU:000025645255

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Arts de la Danse: Guide de Formation Professionnelle by Grant Strate Pdf

Author : Nancy Upper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476616728

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Ballet Dancers in Career Transition by Nancy Upper Pdf

A professional dancer’s career, like a professional athlete’s, lasts an average of 10 to 15 years. Once the prime years of physical prowess have passed, retirement is inevitable, but dancers still have many years of adult life ahead. The challenge for many is making the transition into a new career. Motivated by her own career transition, author Nancy Upper interviewed former ballet dancers who made successful transitions into new careers after they stopped performing. Part 1 of the book features dancers who remained in ballet-related careers. Part 2 features four individuals who chose careers outside the field of dance. Part 3 focuses on dancers who pursued non-dance careers that help dancers and other performing artists. Appendices include the marketable qualities dancers develop as a result of their training, career transition tips, transition resources, and a graph mapping the transition process.

Author : Angela Pickard,Doug Risner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000030419

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Dance, Professional Practice, and the Workplace by Angela Pickard,Doug Risner Pdf

Originally published as a special issue of Research in Dance Education, now with an added chapter, this text acknowledges and celebrates the increasingly diverse careers and employment networks in which dance professionals and dance educators are engaged. Addressing issues and developments relating to the workplace of dance, the text explores what it means to transcend the boundary between dance as passion, and dance as employment. Chapters explore challenges of professional practice including limitations on access, precarity, bodily risk, gender inequality, and sexual harassment, and challenge the status quo to offer readers new ways of thinking about dance, and how this might translate into professional practice and work. Ultimately celebrating the passion which motivates dancers to embark on a professional career, and highlighting the elation and joy which such employment can bring, this volume encourages dance professionals, students, and educators to imagine things differently and develop teaching approaches, curricula, work places, and communities which capitalise on the diversity and dedication of individuals in the field. This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics, professionals in the field of Dance, Dance Education, Choreography and related art forms, Curriculum studies and Sociology of Education.

Author : Laurel van der Linde
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781582704517

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So, You Want to Be a Dancer? by Laurel van der Linde Pdf

A comprehensive guide to pursuing a career in the world of dance profiles jobs ranging from professional dancer and choreographer to technical director and costume designer, incorporating tips by industry insiders and inspiring stories by young people. Simultaneous and eBook.

Author : Ruth Horowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-08-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1503639606

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Passionate Work by Ruth Horowitz Pdf

Corps de ballet literally means the "body" of the ballet company, and it refers to the group of dancers who are not principals. Another large group puts together portfolios of work, often across several dance companies. These categories of dancers typically don't have name recognition and yet comprise the majority of professional dancers today. The ways that they stitch together careers, through dedication, grit, and no small amount of skill - and the reasons they have for doing so without the promise of fame or fortune - are telling of broader trends that shape the precarious labor of professional dance, and creative careers more generally. In Passionate Work, dance hobbyist and sociologist, Ruth Horowitz captures their stories. When creative labor is studied, it is often thought of in opposition to more conventional work, and the primary metric that distinguishes them is passion. Professional creatives are not working in the traditional sense because they are following their passion. By tracing the careers of such dancers, Horowitz troubles the binary understanding of passion and work. A career in dance requires both, and approaching her subjects through this lens allows her to explore their strategies for sustaining passion through the ups and downs of a career. Horowitz explores how dancers evaluate the rewards and challenges of a notoriously underpaid, and uncertain profession. Horowitz considers major dimensions of a career in a performing art, documenting each stage in a dancer's life. Above all, she shines a light on the strategies used to achieve a sense of biographical continuity in a world often marked by discontinuity and rupture.

Author : Walter Terry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Dance
ISBN : UOM:49015000940156

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Careers for the '70s: Dance by Walter Terry Pdf

Discusses the history of dance, the various kinds of training, and the vast career opportunities both on and off the stage.

Author : Don Mirault
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Dance
ISBN : 0963786466

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Dancing-- for a Living - Two by Don Mirault Pdf

Dancing...for a Living -- Two educates dancers, teachers, and parents of dance hopefuls on the dance job market. Filled with inside industry information, this invaluable book prepares dancers for the career ahead and tells them what choreographers, entertainment directors, and dance agents are looking for.

Author : Elaina Loveland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39076002880313

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Creative Careers by Elaina Loveland Pdf

Explores careers suited for creative individuals, providing profiles of over ninety-five jobs with information on salary, outlook, training and education requirements, and resources; and includes advice from people in the professions.

Author : Kathleen E. Klein
Publisher : Hamilton Books
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761848646

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Career Readiness and Preparation Criteria in Undergraduate Dance Degree Programs by Kathleen E. Klein Pdf

This book develops a rubric that can assist colleges, universities, and communities in providing stronger outcomes for students seeking a career path in dance. This study will serve as a catalyst for inter-academic dialogue to strengthen and advocate the integrity and position of dance education in American colleges and universities.