Beyond performance: alternative careers in dance.For many dancers, the ultimate dream is to perform as a livelihood. The reality, however, is that there are far more dancers than there are paid positions in professional dance companies. It is likely you will have to consider other ways to make a living. The good news: You don't have to forgo your love of dance in order to pay the rent. In this special supplement to DANCE MAGAZINE, you'll read about dancers who have created rewarding careers in dance-related fields. Whether you're considering what to do when you retire from performance, or how to support yourself in the interim, please read on for inspiration and information. HEATHER TIETSORT-LASKY Event Producer/Talent Coordinator San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ; Age 37 Dance Background: BFA BFA abbr. Bachelor of Fine Arts BFA abbr BFA, B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts; first degree in Fine Arts. Arizona State Univ; ODC/San Francisco Dancers are disciplined. We work so hard for that perfect performance. We put one hundred percent into each show. We can use that same ability in whatever we do. STEVEN CARAS CARAS Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (sponsor of the Juno Award) Director of Development Palm Beach, FL; Age 53 Dance Background: NY City Ballet As dancers, we repeat a move until we get it right. We're driven to perfection. This prepares us for any kind of discipline--for a day that doesn't end at five and start at nine. DARLENE WENDY Personal Trainer; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Dance Background: Radio City Rockettes My experience as a Rockette taught me everything I needed to know to be a trainer. I understand what my clients feel when they exercise, and it's likely I've had the same injuries. ANDREA FLORES Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the Dance Photographer San Francisco; Age: 26; Dance background: San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. The comment that I get most is, 'you must know when to take the picture.' I've either seen the ballet before, or I've danced in it. It gives me an edge, I know when the completion of an arabesque arabesque (ărəbĕsk`) [Fr.,=Arabian], in art, term applied to any complex, linear decoration based on flowing lines. In Islamic art it was often exploited to cover entire surfaces. is, and when they're going to be jumping. LISA MARIE GOODWIN Master Trainer in Gyrotonic[R] & Gyrokinesis[R] Culver City, CA; Age: 35; Dance Background: L.A. Classical Ballet. I make my living as a master trainer, but I still dance. It's a happy balance. I always kept my interest in the healing arts in the back of my head. It ended up happening in a magical way. THOMAS BOYD Production Director Houston, TX; Age: 52; Dance Background: Houston Ballet During periods of layoff between contracts, I took calls as a stagehand stage·hand n. A worker who shifts scenery, adjusts lighting, and performs other tasks required in a theatrical production. stagehand Noun a person who sets the stage and moves props in a theatre and as an extra on load-ins, and helped our production department with props. When it was time for me to really learn production, I was prepared. LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. BLEIBERG Dance Writer Santa Ana, CA; Age: 46 Dance Background: Ballet student From age 8 through college Part of the reason I feel qualified to review dance is because I studied it. If you're just starting out, read a lot--and not just other dance writers. Find someone's work--a movie critic, a book critic. Read it and figure out what you like about it. ROBERT WECHSLER Head of College Program, Digital Performance; Doncaster, England; Age 49; Dance Background: BFA Purchase College, Artistic Director of Palindrome palindrome: see anagram. Inter.media Performance Group Personally, I am a big believer in the adage, Never Stop Dancing! Change the way you dance, maybe change the amount you dance, but I see no healthy reason to stop. SABRA BLACKLOCK ZIMMER Pilates Studio Owner; Denver, CO; Age: 36; Dance Background: BA in dance As a dancer you're trained to copy movement. You figure out how to assess and replicate it. There is a very similar aspect to Pilates. A dancer knows the difference between extending the leg and just sticking it out. --Karen Hildebrand, Supplement Editor |
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