Dance Field Listicle
For those who want to pursue a dance career, you should read my dance listicle. Whether you want to become a dance teacher, a choreographer, or an interpreter, it will help you understand what kind of degree you might need and it will help you learn some terminology that will definitely help you in your dance career. Also, my listicle will give you a site on what kind of workout you can do at home and another on what kind of warm up you should do before you dance.
1. Learn the different types of careers in dance.
This site features the skills needed as a dancer as well as the various tasks that a dancer is required to do, what kind of careers a dancer can have, such as dance teacher, choreographer, interpreter, coach for related sports like gymnastics or figure skating, pedagogue of movement and rehabilitation. The site also indicates the various potential employers for dancers as well as their requirements. It provides an overview of employment stats per category of diploma and careers chosen. In addition, there is a section on the expected salary for the different categories of dancers. Finally, the site mentions what type of education and studies that a dancer can choose to pursue and the different schools and institutions who offer these types of programs.
2. Learn the dance and the anatomy terminologies.
http://www.artsalive.ca/en/dan/dance101/glossary.asp
This site provides two glossaries that a dancer should know and will use during the course of her career. The first is a “Dance Glossary”, it is basically a dictionary of dance and theatre terminology about dance technique, theatre terms, stage directions, and other terms used by artists in the performing arts. The second glossary is about human anatomy, and provides all the information about the human body, which is the dancer’s main instrument. A dancer can find information about bones, muscles and injuries. Therefore, it helps dancers understand their bodies and possible injuries, providing them with a better treatment through education found on this site. Furthermore, the site provides links to other sites that may be useful for a dancer who wants to take a deep dive into different related topics.
3. Do this work-out to be in good form.
This is an article published in Vogue called “How to get dancer fit: 7 toning workouts GIFs from New York City Ballet”. The article explains various exercises to help dancers in their dance. It mentions what benefits these exercises provide. For instance, it explains if the exercises will help for core strength, jumps, alignment, flexibility, etc. As well, it explains how to do the exercises. To make it easier to understand, for each exercise, the article shows videos of a ballerina performing each movement.
4 Prepare yourself to dance with this warmup.
https://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-warm-up-2530531861.html
This article from Dance Magazine gives warm up exercises that a dancer should do before actually starting to dance or for dance class. Mainly, it explains how long you need to do the warm-up activities in order to increase the heart rate, mobilize your joints, stretch your muscles and build strength and balance. For each exercise, the site provides a short description and different photos in order to execute the movements properly. The warmup is often overlooked, but it shouldn't be. In fact, it is very important to warmup properly your whole body to prevent any injuries that may occur during a dance class. Furthermore, a good warm up will also help you maximize your movements.
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