Overview
Dancers or Choreographers entertain by performing dances, or creating dance compositions.
Day-to-day
- practises dance routines and interprets the choreographic content of the production
- performs dances for audience entertainment, co-ordinates body movements and facial expression, usually with musical accompaniment
- composes and notates ballet compositions and other dance routines
- creates and performs individual performance routines
- rehearses, auditions and travels between entertainment venues.
Considerations
- Physically demanding
- Stressful
To become a Dancer and Choreographer
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You need a high level of dancing skill to work as a Dancer or Choreographer. While formal qualifications aren't essential, undertaking a course in your dance specialisation may be useful. Vocational Education and Training (VET) and university are both common study pathways.
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