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Getting Ready for Dance Auditions

So, you can do all the industry standard dance moves, and the flashiest new hip-hop steps. You have all the training, technique, and determination needed to become a professional dancer. But you've realized that's not all it takes...

Establishing a successful career in the professional dance world today — whether in a ballet company, on the concert stage, on TV, or on Broadway — requires a detailed, up-to-date knowledge of many different aspects of the performing arts industry. It's much like being in the fashion and modeling field. You need to know how to dress, behave, and perform in dance audition situations; how to prepare and present photo/resumes and video recordings of your work; how to get an agent; as well as how to eat right and maintain proper body weight and overall physical fitness.

It's also important to be familiar with the work, philosophies, and movement styles of today's leading choreographers. Since a dancer's performing career is typically very short — and many dancers eventually find themselves moving, over time, into different dance-related jobs — it's important to always consider what happens afterwards and prepare for it. It may mean a move into choreography, or work as a teacher, dance historian, critic, journalist, designer, or arts administrator.

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