This document provides information about becoming a dancer, including requirements, commitments, and employment resources. To become a dancer requires extensive training of around 8 hours per day through rehearsals and warmups. Dancers must be committed to maintaining their fitness and skills through ongoing practice. While experience from performing arts colleges is not required, it can help dancers succeed. The document lists several employment websites for dancers to search jobs in the performing arts industry. Relocation may be necessary to have more opportunities in cities with dance studios and theaters.

1. Want to be
a dancer?
Have you ever wanted to be-
BY DANNY LUCKHURST
come a dancer? Or wondered
what you needed to become
one maybe you never knew
what qualifications or experi-
ence you needed. In this leaflet
you will find all the require-
ments needed as well as infor-
mation on the dedication you
will need to commit to in order
to be a dancer this leaflet will
have info on where you can find
dancing jobs or related jobs in
the business. As well as every-
thing else you need.

2. Employment Sites
Commitments
www.artsjobs.org.uk
To become a dancer you have
www.thestage.co.uk got to be willing to commit to a
www.uk.artshub.com various amount of hours which
involves training auditions and
www.activateperformingarts.org. in some cases it is good for you
uk/jobs to have a portfolio. Always try
Requirements www.artsjobfinder.co.uk
to have another job as dancing
isn't always a 24/7 job and you
Every type of dance requires dif- These websites along with many may need the money for travel
ferent types of skills and training extra lessons or training ses-
more on the internet you can put
a dancer who Is trying to make it sions. If you live in a small town
in your details location and
professionally usually trains for where there is no dance studios
search what type of job you want
around 8 hours a day usually in or theatres you may want to
the form of some sort of rehears- it will then bring back loads of
consider relocating to a city or
al as well as warms up’s before results of jobs in the performing
somewhere where there is stu-
every performance this is so that arts industry to get what you
dios and theatres so that you
a dancer maintains there fitness want you can put in dancing have more chance of getting
and keeps their bodies in shape. which should then narrow it hired.
It is not necessary for a dancer to down these are just a few of the
go to a performing arts or special websites you can use but if you
college for dancing but having have no luck on any of these it is
the experience and qualifications as easy as going onto a search en-
will help you in your corner a gine and searching jobs in the
lot. performing arts industry