Careers Related to Dance
Performance

Concert

  • Ballet company
  • Contemporary dance company
  • Independent, freelance
  • Culture-specific company
  • Historical form

Commercial

  • Freelance
  • Film, video, television
  • Musical theatre
  • Advertising
  • Night clubs
  • Amusement parks, cruise ships, tourist attractions

Choreography

  • Own dance company
  • Freelance, independent
  • Artistic director or assistant
  • Choreologist, répétiteur
  • Videos, film and television
  • Musical theatre
  • Festivals, shows (ex: Olympics, Canada Day)
  • Gymnastics and figure skating

Teaching

  • Private studio
  • Public or private school system
  • College and university
  • Conservatory
  • Community centre
  • Dance company
  • Rehearsal director

 

Administration
  • Company management
  • Tour management
  • Facility management (ex: theatre, community centre, parks and recreation program)
  • Front-of-house management
  • Marketing, publicity
  • Fundraising, development
  • Educational programming
  • Financial administration
  • Community arts council
  • Festival organizer
  • Artist's representative or agent
  • Producing
  • Concession, usher
  • Archivist
  • Retail
  • Security
  • Notater

Writing and Criticism

  • Journal
  • Newspaper
  • Magazine
  • Biography
  • Historical
  • Academic
  • Broadcast journalism
  • Industrial
  • Publicity and promotion
  • Development
  • Communications specialist
Technical
  • Lighting, design
  • Sound design
  • Costume design
  • Set design
  • Stage management
  • Technical direction
  • Lighting and sound operator
  • Carpentry
  • Electrician
  • Painter
  • Wardrobe management
  • Cutter, sewer
  • Millinery
  • Wig makers
  • Shoemaker
  • Film and video production, post-production
  • Film and video operator

Therapy

  • Kinesiologist
  • Dance therapist
  • Sports medicine practitioner
  • Pilates instructor
  • Alexander technique practitioner
  • Feldenkrais Method practitioner
  • Yoga instructor
  • Nia instructor
The above has been adapted with permission of the British Columbia Ministry of Education from Dance 11 and 12, Performance and Choreography, 1997 for the Nova Scotia Department of Education Dance 11 Curriculum Guide, 1999.