The document discusses careers in dance, including eligibility requirements, job prospects, and training institutes. To pursue a career in dance, training should begin between ages 6-10 and require the 10+2 education level minimum. Course durations range from one year certificates to three year bachelor's degrees and two year diploma or post-graduate programs. Job prospects for dancers exist in academies, government organizations like Doordarshan, dance troupes, and teaching institutions. Opportunities also arise in theatrical companies, movies, television, and some corporate organizations. Training is available at dance departments in universities across India, such as Manipur University, Kannada University, Kurukshetra University, and Sree Sankarach

1. Careers
In
DANCE
Introduction
Eligibility
Job Prospects
Institutes
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2. Introduction
Dance is a performance art form consisting of purposefully
selected sequences of human movement. This movement
has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as
dance by performers and observers within a particular
culture.Dance can be categorized and described by its
choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its
historical period or place of origin. An important distinction
is to be drawn between the contexts of theatrical and
participatory dance,although these two categories are not
always completely separate; both may have special
functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic,
martial, or sacred/liturgical.
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3. Eligibility
Training in dance should start as early as age six or less.
The basic requirement for training in dance is 10+2.
However, for post graduate level courses, graduation in
the subject is compulsory.
Duration of courses: while certificate course is of one year,
Bachelor courses are of three years and Diploma and Post
Graduate level courses are of 2 years.
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4. Job Prospects
Lots of dancers are employed by academies, kala
kendras, Doordarshan, Dance troupes, All India Radio
and teaching institutions engaged in imparting dance
education. Also opportunities to drama artists are
offered by professional theatrical and opera companies
and semi-theatrical institutions like AIR, TV studios,
movie studios, films division, song and drama divisions
and many more. Nowadays quite a few corporate houses
and private institutions sponsor performances of
musicians and dancers to promote their products. One
can always take up self-employment in the form of
holding private classes or starting a dance training
institution.
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5. Institutes
Department of Manipuri Dance, Manipur University,
Imphal , Manipur.
Department of Music and Dance, Kannada University,
Karnataka.
Department of Music and Dance, Kurukshetra University,
Kurukshetra , Haryana.
Department of Dance, Sree Sankaracharya University of
Sanskrit, Kerala .
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