Description
Perform dances. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for video recording.
- • Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.
- • Study and practice dance moves required in roles.
- • Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment.
- • Perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in productions, expressing stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies.
- • Collaborate with choreographers to refine or modify dance steps.
- • Coordinate dancing with that of partners or dance ensembles.
- • Attend costume fittings, photography sessions, and makeup calls associated with dance performances.
- • Audition for dance roles or for membership in dance companies.
- • Develop self-understanding of physical capabilities and limitations, and choose dance styles accordingly.
- • Monitor the field of dance to remain aware of current trends and innovations.
- • Teach dance students.
- • Devise and choreograph dance for self or others.
- • Perform in productions, singing or acting in addition to dancing, if required.
- • Prepare pointe shoes, by sewing or other means, for use in rehearsals and performance.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
