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Choreographer Careers

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Work Environment:

Choreographers create movement sequences and dance routines for performers and dancers. Being a choreographer, you can choreograph corporate events, stage, fashion shows, film/TV shows and music videos.

Generally, you'd specialize into a specific dance style, such as:

  • disability dance
  • musical theater and jazz dance
  • non western like African/Indian

  • classical-ballet
  • ballroom
  • modern/contemporary dance

You may interpret instructions of a director, or create own dance-pieces. Your job can comprise:

  • auditioning performers/dancers
  • producing ideas and developing them into finished-performances
  • selecting music
  • planning out movements to suit music
  • recording steps/movements by notation system like Benesh/Labanotation
  • meeting artistic and musical directors, producers, and costume designers
  • teaching and practicing dancers
If you're working on freelance basis, you'd also employ time handling your accounts and tax, marketing your-self and finding out new work chances. Managing own dance firm would include recruiting employees, auditioning performers/dancers and performing administrative duties like applying for financial support.

Qualification, Education and Experience:

To be a choreographer, you'd necessitate a high standard of dance experience and training. Most of the choreographers begin as proficient dancers and start choreographing while performing as dancers particularly within small companies.

Generally, you'd train as dancer in dance school through 3 year degree or postgraduate-diploma into musical theater or professional-dance. For details about certified dance courses, contact CDET (Council for Dance-Education and Training).

Numerous universities also provide degrees into dance and few courses specialize into choreography. For details regarding admission requirements, contact training course providers.

Being an experienced and skilled dancer, you'd often be an assistant-choreographer after becoming a dance-captain. You can get work opportunity by a well-established choreographer.

Training Details:

You'd improve your abilities by assisting/shadowing an established choreographer.

You can decide to accomplish a postgraduate-course into choreography thorough a university or dance-school. These training courses are intended for dancers who want to develop their careers.

You must improve and maintain your dance abilities and fitness all through your career. Numerous local dance agencies and dance schools provide advanced workshops and classes for choreographers and dancers.

For details about all-levels of dance training and education, check the website of CDET.

You might be capable to acquire training and financial backing by regional Arts Council, if you want to establish your dance firm. For details, contact related Arts Council.

Skills and knowledge:

  • capability to work with other people
  • outstanding communication and teaching skills
  • a knowledge of health and safety measures
  • detailed understanding of movement and dance
  • concentration, patience and stamina
  • high standard of dancing skills
  • a knowledge of dancers' requirements
  • imagination and creativity

Salary and Other Benefits:

  • Initial remunerations for new choreographers can be about £20,000 for a year.
  • By experience income can get to £42,000 or above.
Freelance pay scales could be based on production's available budget and your reputation.

Working Conditions:

Hours of working can differ greatly. Usually, you'd work for long day-time hours while teaching and practicing dancers. You might also attend evening-performances.

You'd work within rehearsal rooms and dance studios, though also within holiday centers, halls, theaters, TV/film studios and nightclubs. There might be much of travel probably comprising overseas.

Different Opportunities:

Generally, you'd work on freelance fixed term agreements basis, though there are few full time chances within dance firms.

For this work, competition is tough. Success depends-on determination, talent and experience. You might have to continue dance choreographer to complement your income.

Openings might be publicized by dance publications and websites. You'd also be required to network and market yourself to obtain work opportunities.

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