Posts Tagged ‘ professional dance ’

Secrets to Extending Your Dance Career

Sep 5th, 2008 | By Blog Editor | Category: Adult Dancers, Teaching, Education & Careers, Young Adult Dancers

If you choose a life of professional dance, it might worry you that many dancers retire in their late thirties.

So how do some dancers keep performing into their fifties and beyond? Good question: and now is the time to ask it.



Careers For Dancers: Jobs in Dance Companies

Aug 20th, 2008 | By Blog Editor | Category: Newest Posts, Teaching, Education & Careers, Young Adult Dancers

This is the second post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.



Careers for Dancers: Challenges in Professional Dance

Aug 19th, 2008 | By Blog Editor | Category: Newest Posts, Teaching, Education & Careers, Young Adult Dancers

You’ve been dancing since age three. Your classmates have never seen you without your dance bag.

Now, you’re ready to graduate from high school and decide on a future. Until now, dance has been your life, but will it be your career?

Many dancers reach this point and wonder if the life of a professional dancer is right for them. If you want to know the pros and cons of a career in dance, then this post is for you. This is the first in our series of posts with career advice for dancers.
Click on the title of this post to read on.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.