| | | | | style but also probably the best training that'll be |
| Is dancing something that you love doing? Do you | | | | more focussed. |
| love going to dance classes or just dancing in general | | | | There are other routes into becoming a professional |
| and wonder how you could do it for a living? | | | | dancer as well. For example if belly-dance is your |
| Well it's certainly possible. There are many ways you | | | | passion as far as I know there aren't many full-time |
| can become a professional dancer. The routes vary | | | | belly dance schools and employers rarely ask for a |
| depending on what type of dancer you want to be. | | | | sheet showing your belly dance qualifications! You'll still |
| One thing's for sure, attending a full-time dance | | | | need to do your training by going to classes and |
| college for 2 or 3 years will give you the most | | | | learning the skills to a high standard but you won't |
| options. It will give you a lot of skills which will also be | | | | necessarily need to have gone to a dance college. |
| transferable and help you whatever route in the | | | | Hip-hop dance is another field that is popular. You |
| dance world you decide to go down. | | | | don't necessarily need to have gone to dance college |
| There are a lot of dance colleges around so it's best | | | | in order to get work as a hip-hop dancer but there |
| to do your research and decide whether you want | | | | are some very complex choreographies and it |
| to stay local or are willing to relocate in order to go | | | | definitely needs regular training. Many hip-hop dancers |
| for the dance school of your choice. | | | | do go to dance college because there's a lot of |
| Every dance college is different and they have | | | | crossover with hip-hop and other dance styles such |
| different specialities. If you're sure you want to go | | | | as jazz. |
| down a certain path then by all means specialise but | | | | If you want to be a club dancer then it is possible to |
| if you're unsure you're best going to a college that'll | | | | get work in clubs by natural dance talent. I think |
| give you a good all round training in jazz dance, ballet, | | | | being an entertainer is as important as anything but |
| tap and other styles. | | | | some clubs will only hire professionally trained dancers. |
| If you're sure that ballet is what you want to do or | | | | So whatever type of dancing you want to do, do |
| contemporary for example then it really would be | | | | some research and find out what qualifications you |
| wise to go to a dance college that specialises in this | | | | need (if any), then do whatever it takes and work |
| as not only will you get the best teachers in that | | | | hard to be the best you can. |