Dance

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses various mediums of dance. It looks at jazz, ballet and studio dancing and discusses the discipline, rhythm and music used in each form of dance. The paper also discusses professional dancing and describes the training that is necessary, salaries that dancers can expect and the challenges of professional dancing life, such as expenses and injuries.

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Jazz
Ballet
Studio Dancers And Dance Teams
Professional Dancers

From the Paper:

"The average salary that a dancer earns is $21,000. That means 50% of all dancers earned less, down to $14,570 and 50% earned more, up to $34,660. Dancers on tour earn additional allowances for room and board and overtime. Dancing is considered a part time job and is irregular. Supplementing income may be made by working as guest artists with other dance companies, teaching dance or taking a part-time job in unrelated fields. The dancer signs a contract to work. Union contracts govern those who perform in public, such as major opera ballet, classical ballet or modern dance corps. These belong to the AFL-CIO and those who appear on live or videotaped TV programs belong to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Those in films and on TV belong to the Screen Actors Guild and those in musicals are members of Actors' Equity Association. Through the unions minimum salaries, hours, benefits and other conditions are specified before the dancer signs the contract (Munger 5)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anderson, Jack. Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History, 2nd ed., Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company, Publishers, 1992
• Balletmet. Ballet. Education. 2006. website: <http://www.balletmet.org/EDUCATIO/WhatIs.html.>
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• Kessel, Kristin. Dance Performance From Rehearsal to Opening Night. New York: Rosen Central, 2004
• Lee, C. Ballet in Western Culture: A History of its Origins and Evolution. New York: Routledge.2002

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