Dancers

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Dancers

• Practise and rehearse dance routines under direction or instruction to achieve desired interpretation and presentation

• Perform dances as soloists or as members of groups before live audiences or for film or television

• Train and exercise to maintain the required levels of ability and fitness

• May choreograph their own performances.

• Dance teachers

• Teach dance technique and artistic interpretation to amateur and professional individuals and groups

• Teach the techniques, cultural origins and symbolic meanings of Aboriginal, ethnic and folkloric dances

• Teach recreational dancing lessons such as ballroom dancing

• Prepare dance students for specific auditions and performances.

• Dancers may specialize in specific types of dance such as ballet, ballroom, folk, jazz or modern.

• A university degree or college diploma in dance or Graduation from a private dance school or academy may be required.

• Talent and ability, as demonstrated during an audition, are important hiring criteria.

• Dance teachers usually require experience as dancers.